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I Really Can't be Alone

2012-01-22T09:43:00.000-08:00

Since middle of 2011, I became the most senior generation inmy campus. And because of that, I decrease my activity in campus in order to befocus on internship report and thesis. I’m not active in campus as the firstthree years. And because I’ve also taken most of lecture subjects in earlythree years, now I can ‘enjoy’ much free-time.

But having much free-time makes me feel lonely. I mostly domy internship report and thesis in my home while online; connect Internet tosearch important materials or do some chats in social network. Really, I feellonely, I feel like I must build this life. I feel my life is half-filled.

After I graduate, I do want to have right community to growup together. I do want to grow up spiritually so I can build better relationshipwith Jesus. So I can be strong against every temptation that comes to test me.I really can’t do it alone. I do want to live in God’s plan…I want to be focuson His way and His dream. I want to grow up. Someday I must marry a girl andbuild a new family, so I must become a better person. But I can’t grow upmaximally when I’m alone. Yes I realize it very much.

Anyway, thanks God for this time. Though I still can’t see Yourplan for my life thoroughly, I won’t waste this moment. I’ll use this moment tolearn as much as I can before You end this moment. Yes, this is a moment ofwaiting! Six months to go, and I must do my best!

My 2012 Resolution

2012-01-05T09:01:00.000-08:00

My 2012 resolution:

I must do the best for my thesis, so I cangraduate well on July 7, 2012.
I must learn more to respect others and behumble.
I must improve my English, Japanese, andChinese.
I must build better and better relationship withJesus. I must keep holiness!
I must learn more to be independent.
I must improve my knowledge about electro informaticsengineering, after I graduated! Because I want to study and work in thisfield later!

I will do my best this year! And God please work on my life,change my character and lighten every dark side in my life so I don’t have anymore dark side forever!

Thanks Lord for 2011

2011-12-29T09:17:00.001-08:00

Just remains two days

For this year

And I feel so grateful

To pass day by day

Until You bring me today, Lord

Honestly,

I feel this year isn’t all happy moment

I remember, early moment of this year

I spent it with difficulty, my computer was broken

And I couldn’t do my assignment

But thanks Lord, You gave new computer for me

Also, I often feel not decent to be near to You, Lord

But thanks Lord, You never tired to make me strong

You never stop whispering Your sound

Deep down in my heart,

Even in the darkest moment in my life

And this moment

You still hold my small hand

I also want to say thanks, Lord

For everything that I never thought before

You give for me this year

For everyone that help me

To keep me on the right track

In the destiny, in the plan that You set for me

Thank you Lord

I know I am weak

But Your love is strong enough

To hold me by Your side forever

Thank you Lord

My deepest hope

To be near to You till my last breath

The Lighthouse

2011-12-01T23:19:00.001-08:00

This video was played when I had Chinese lesson. After I sawthe video, my teacher explained the meaning of the video. Our father and motherare like the lighthouse to guide our life. The boat that little by littlebecomes bigger until become a gigantic ship is like our life. When we enteredkindergarten, we just had small boat that can’t go any further because we wereheavily depend on our parent. Then we entered elementary school, we had muchmore in our life: we learn about friendship, science and social lesson, etc…ourboat changes into a motor boat. We can go much further than our kindergartentime, but there’s always a lighthouse guide us back.

Then we have a bigger ship in our high school: we begin tolook for girlfriend/boyfriend, we learn much more about friendship, we havemuch more knowledge, we begin to be active in school organization…and there’salways a lighthouse guide our way. Our parent tells us how to avoid bad thingssuch as drugs, how to study well. Afterward, we have a bigger ship when weenter university: we begin to study in another city. We begin to be moremature, we begin to think about job, we begin to be active in society…andthere’s always a lighthouse guide our way. Our parent teaches us how to beindependent, our parent suggests us when we feel confused for finding a decentjob for us.

After we graduate from university, we’ll have a giganticship. We have our own life and not depend on our parent anymore…we becomefinancially independent. We have our successful business, we begin to go toabroad, we have our own marriage, and we live separately from our parent. Butthe lighthouse still stands for us to come back…remember when we have oursuccessful life, don’t forget our parent coz they made our direction right.Remember when we have our successful life, don’t forget our parent…they havesuch pure heart to make us a better person. Remember when we have oursuccessful life, don’t forget our parent…we are nothing without them.

And if at the moment we’re still in high school oruniversity...do the best for our study, our relationship, don’t destroy ourlife with bad things! That’s our parent will to make us better and better person.

Thanks for my teacher for giving me this precious lesson...

November 2011 - A Really Busy Month

2011-11-21T10:46:00.001-08:00

Hi, readers! Long time I don’t post any article in thisblog. I am semester 7 in my campus right now, and semester 7 means I am themost senior generation in my campus! Hmm…time runs so fast, eh? This month,November 2011, is really a busy month for semester 7 students; most of myfriends are frustrating because of two things: internship and thesis! And me too, until now I still don’t haveenough evidence to support my thesis topic. At the end of this month, I must finishwell my thesis proposal!

As my lecturer said, thesis can be said as “good thesis” if(1) no one ever solve the problem with your method, so the problem that becomeyour thesis topic is considered as new case, (2) the method that you use foryour thesis topic must be strengthened with enough reference and literature,and (3) your thesis topic must be useful, so it can contribute betterimprovement or create new better method to solve the problem.

To meet such criteria, I must read many reference and havemuch time to consult my topic with my lecturers. I’ll try my best this monthand I must reduce activities like social networking (it’s my biggest problemright now that make me lost focus sometimes…-_-). I must have focus mind, Imust motivate myself: I must do my best for my graduation, so there’s no regretafter my graduation. I also have a dream to continue my study abroad so mycharacter right now will determine my future!

And I can’t do all of the things without God…thank you forguiding me this far and with You I won’t be afraid to face this busy month!

You are My Everything

2011-10-19T11:55:00.000-07:00

Jesus
when I feel happy, when I feel sad
when I feel sure, when I feel unsure
when I feel strong, when I feel weak
when I am excited, when I am frustated
when my friends surround me, when I am alone
You are my everything
You are in my every way
You are always by my side, even when I don't realize Your guidance

Thank you Jesus
Let me grow up loving You
Till I close my eyes someday
Please, be with me forever...

The Meaning of "Be the Light"

2011-10-15T11:57:00.000-07:00

"Be the light" means
There is nothing to hide in our life
There is no hidden sin
Even the others don't see us
We can keep our attitude as God says

"Be the light" means
Everything that we do
Not because of others thought
Not because of our own will
But just because of God will

"Be the light" means
Have strong will to be shaped
As God wants
Through the joy and through the hardship
We must keep our faith strong

"Be the light" means
Our heart must be ready
To leave people that we love
To leave our safe zone
To do all that God says faithfully

"Be the light" means
We are ready to be unknown
For everything that we do
Coz that's all not for our own glory
That's all just for His glory

Friends,
If you have strong desire inside your heart
To help and save the people outside
To tell the world about His love
Please, don't let it go away
Fulfil God's call in your life

There are still many people outside
That need a hug and "God loves you" word
Be the light of the world
Shine brightly, shine bravely!

God's Love in Our Everyday Meal

2011-09-04T09:19:00.000-07:00

Today I ate rice, black soup, bali telur (Indonesian food, chicken egg with spicy season), and oseng-oseng tahu tempe (tofu and fermented soybean cake with Indonesian season). Do you know what it means?

Notice rice. Rice is originated from paddies in the rice field. God take some of them as we need, cooked them with water, and put them in our meal plate.

And black soup...some pieces of cow meat from farm, mixed with many seasons: onion and garlic, candle nut, and kluwak nut that are originated from garden...all is proceeded and mixed so they become delicious..

Tofu and tempe are from soybean, proceeded with different way...and the chicken egg, God takes one from chicken farm and put it in our meal plate. So does the seasons: chilli and pepper from garden, salt that is filtered from sea water, and sugar from sugarcane plantation...

All is from different places: rice field, garden, sea, farm, plantation...but all can be mixed greatly and the taste fits so well...

Do you know what it means??

God that has this earth, this nature...He always provides anything we need everyday..it’s because we are so special in His eyes, compared to other creatures that He made…

God loves you, friend.

Teach me to be Your child

2011-08-24T23:21:00.000-07:00

A child that always misses father presence, father embrace

A child that always smiles when father come, always welcomes father with open arm

A child that doesn’t have bad heart

A child without grudge, arrogance, jealous, anxiety, fear

A child that likes beautiful things

A child that loves peaceful night with father

A child, that never be afraid because he believes that his father always provides the best, always by his side all the time

A child that always believes father’s protection

A child that has strong heart to chase his dreams

A child that has strong hopes

A child that always enjoys this life happily, without negative thinking to others

A child that always enjoys this life happily, by sharing pure smile for his friends

A child that always says “thanks father, I love u father” for every gift, every moment

A child that always loves to hear his father’s advice, and do what father said without doubt, without his own logic

A child that always has time to share and talk with father honestly, because he believes that father is always ready to hear

A child that rests all his life in father’s hand

A child that always misses home

A child that always loves the moment, when father teaches him to walk, to write and read, patiently…

God, please shape me to be like that child…

Skyline - Yui

2011-07-22T09:00:00.000-07:00

chotto dake kangae sugichau mitai
nemurenai heya no naka

It seems like I'm thinking a little bit too much
Here, sleepless in my room

isso mou yoru wo tobidashite mitai
madobe ni tameiki ga ochiru

I feel like I might as well take off into the night
A sigh falls next to the window

tsuki akari wo nukete tooku made
habataite mitai no ni
dou shitara ii no darou?

I slip out into the moon light, to somewhere far away
But I want to try and flap my wings
What should I do?

I want to fly well I want to fly well
tobikata wo shiranai dake...
I want to fly well I want to fly well
dare ka oshiete kuretara ii no ni

I want to fly well, I want to fly well
Though I don't know how to fly...
I want to fly well, I want to fly well
I wish someone would show me how

kitto mada shiranai koto bakari da yo
TV mo uso bakari de

There are surely plenty of things that I don't yet know
And there's nothing but lies on TV

amayadori no tochuu itsu made mo
kou shite hairarenai
zubunure demo kamawanai

I can't do this kind of thing
When taking shelter from the rain
I'm soaking wet, but I don't care

I want to fly well I want to fly well
tobikata wo shiru tame ni wa...
I want to fly well I want to fly well
sora ni denakucha ikenai to skyline

I want to fly well, I want to fly well
In order to know how to fly...
I want to fly well, I want to fly well
I've got to get into the sky, to skyline

chansu wo machi kirenai
onaji asa wo kuri kaeshite
ikutsu kazoeta darou egaite yuku skyline

I can't wait for my chance
The same morning repeats over and over again
I wonder how many I've counted? I'm going to paint the skyline

tobikata wa shiranai yo toberu ka mo wakaranai yo
I want to fly well I want to fly well
dakedo yuku yo

I don't know how to fly, I'm not sure if I can fly
I want to fly well, I want to fly well
But, here I go

I want to fly well I want to fly well
tobikata wo shiru tame ni wa...
I want to fly well I want to fly well
sora ni denakucha ikenai to skyline

I want to fly well, I want to fly well
In order to know how to fly
I want to fly well, I want to fly well
I've got to get into the sky, to skyline

Weak Point

2011-07-16T09:06:00.000-07:00

Do you ever feel falling down deeply so you feel guilty and not decent to be near to Jesus? Do you ever feel guilty because you just hurt people that you love, because of careless word? Maybe we have already commited to be better, but we break our commitment. We realize it very much, we hate it, but why do we can't stop doing something that even, we alone hate it! Maybe there is time when we have uncontrolled anger, lust, or jealous....and afterward we regret it very much...

I ever feel that moment, and until now I'm still struggling with it. That's why I want to share this writing, because I know that there are many people that have same problem. We can strengthen each other then. When that moment comes, I really don't have power to walk on. I really cry to God and pray, "God please...I just want to be better, please help me and please, never leave me alone...". Friend, when the weakness moment come, believe that God never leave us alone, God never hate us at all! Just never lost our relationship with God.

God always helps us in our weak moment, by whispering His word in our heart, or by other people word that strengthen us. That's His word that I must remember at all time, especially in my weak moment:

"Strengthening our heart against sins is a process, and sometimes that's really painful. Temptation that's allowed to be happened in our life won't exceed our strength, because God has already measured it according to our power. God knows each of us, our strengthes and weaknesses, so believe that nothing that can harm us. Nothing that can't be solved. Just put our hope in Him.

Remember that our life is like running competition. There are moments that we feel so tired, but we MUST keep running. We must keep our energy because we have already known our destination, to finish the competition well. Never quit the competition. Same like our life. No matter how hard the temptation entices us, hurts us....we mustn't compromise with it. We MUST never quit to strengthen our commitment. How? Keep praying to Him, build closer and closer relationship with Him!

When we feel really weak, share with others that we believe they can be trusted to help us. When we share each other, we will feel stronger than struggling alone. Remember, temptation that's allowed to be happened in our life, just to prove our faith, our heart, so we will not have three-quarter heart, or ninety-nine percent heart, but ONE heart for Him. So day by day we will be the same as His image.

The most important thing is: NEVER compromise with sins, never give up to make our life beautiful in His eyes. Let God smile see us stronger day by day. Remember that we are not created to be a loser, but we are created according to His plan, His image, we are created to be more than a winner!"

Keep My Dream Alive!

2011-06-25T09:03:00.001-07:00

When I remembered my not-too-long past
When I feel so hopeful
When I write about future that I never know
When I walk lonely in the street,
From my campus to my home
When I see the bright noon scenery
When I see the night sky, full of stars
When I feel the cool wind breezes

I remember the moments
When I walk to the church
My hearts pray,
"God, please hold my dreams!"
"God, how long I must wait?"
"God, please use me as Your light, to give smile for the world!"

I remember the moments
When imaginations were sketched strongly inside my head
About science fiction, about future technology
If I can realize just one of them!
That was I thought

When I see picture of big cities of the world
Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul
They really made my heart runs!

At the moment, I should remember all
I must keep them alive!
I know, conditions change much right now
I realize the complexity of life, more than before

Now, really
I won't let my dreams disappear
Just because I see my surrounding
I want to keep my dreams alive
See them grow, through the noon and through the night!
I just want to look up
I need stronger heart, stronger commitment!

When the Night Become Darker

2011-06-04T11:52:00.000-07:00

When I feel
Like giving up
When I feel
Just fall down and fall down again
When I feel
There is no star anymore
Just the night sky that becomes darker and darker
I’m afraid, I’ll lose the way

When I feel so
Please Lord, make me realize
You still hold my hand
Please make me realize
I still have dream and hope
Please make me sure
That I still walk on Your way

At this moment, at this time
When the night becomes darker and darker
All I need is Your presence upon me
Please, make me sure
You are still with me, hold my small hand
I need You so much Lord!

Remember, Our Life is Recorded

2011-04-28T19:35:00.000-07:00

Do you know the history of Israel and Judah kings thousands of years ago? From Saul, David, Solomon, until Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, etc. Their life is always remembered from generation to generation till now. They who live faithfully to God and take care of their people, in the end of their life they are buried with great honor by their people. Why? Because their people lost their beloved king! The kings who live badly, astray their people, and kill many innocent people, they died miserably. Their people don’t love their king. Of course, we will feel much more peace and inspired when we read the king who live faithfully to God till the end, right?

How about our life? Remember, our life is also recorded! Our life will be recorded by God, by our own memory, and by our surrounding. So let’s make our life record beautiful, start from today! Smile gently for our surrounding. Never stop pray and be faithful to God. Make deeper and deeper relationship with God. Throw away “garbage” from our life, like grudge, jealousy, and lust. Be a people who contribute much for our surrounding. Be strong and tough, not easily give up when we face difficult situation. Do every work that is entrusted to us with full heart.

Remember when we grow old someday, such today will be remembered. Could we smile when we remembered today? Could our life inspire our surroundings? Could our life make God smile?

“When we were born, we cried and our surrounding smile. Do the best with our life so that when we die, we smile and our surrounding cries.”

“Because someday, we will open our own autobiography…”

April Guidance

2011-04-18T02:45:00.000-07:00

Maybe, at the moment
I still don't know
how to keep everything beautiful
I still couldn't find my true self
I still lose my way, sometimes
But, one thing I know
Jesus, U never leave me alone

I will never forget
When You come into my life
in my teenager
As time goes by
Later, when I become a man
When I grow old
Please, hold me in Your side
Please, hold me forever

This is my desire
To walk with You till the top
I will finish what I've already begun!

Isaiah 46:4
Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.

My Target for Semester 6

2011-02-15T17:58:00.000-08:00

Here I am now, in the beginning of semester 6. That means that one and half years ahead I'll be graduated and walk for the next step of my life: work. Time is quite fast, eh? Now there are a lot of changes in my campus, some important rooms are moved. Then, I must make a lot of changes in my life, too. There are several things I want to achieve this semester:

Learn Japanese. Because my study time is shorter and shorter, it's important for me to learn Japanese more seriously. I've already made a target: everyday I must take time to learn Japanese, at least thirty minutes a day! I do want to improve my Japanese skill especially in Kanji and new vocabulary. You know, Japanese language has almost two thousand kinds of Kanji. If I can memorize four Kanjis a day, then in the middle of 2013 I can read and write Kanji fluently, just like Japanese people! Nihon e iku no tame ni, douryoku shite iru!
It's also the time for me to prepare for my graduation. Then, I must begin thinking about my TOEIC preparation, apprenticeship, and final project theme.
I want to be more and more independent. I want to learn some life skills, because it will be no long time I will live independently. I will learn to be a good decision maker. I will also learn to be responsible for every decision that I made.

That's all. And one more thing: I will learn to enjoy today and make my days here become unforgettable moment!

Solar System in Bunaken Island, Indonesia

2011-02-07T20:30:00.000-08:00

Solar system generator has extraordinary ability. Bunaken Island in North Sulawesi Province, is the first island in Indonesia which get advantages by full usage of solar system electrical generator. Beforehand, electrical generator that is used in Bunaken is diesel. By just using diesel electrical generator, Bunaken residents just could watch television in the night. Now with 100 percent solar system electrical generator, they can enjoy watching television for whole day.

Besides of its powerfulness, solar system has other several advantages. First, because it's use sun heat, solar system doesn't create air pollution at all. Second, from economic side, solar system is cheaper than diesel system.

Further, the solar system will be applied in other islands in Indonesia, such as in Wakatobi Island (Southeast Sulawesi Province), Giliterawangan Island (West Nusa Tenggara Province), Derawan Island (East Borneo Province), and Raja Ampat Island (Papua Province).

Wow, the development of solar system technology is faster that I thought! If more and more areas use this technology, air pollution can be greatly reduced!

From: Jawa Pos News, February 7, 2011

How Does Electric Car Recharge?

2011-02-07T20:23:00.000-08:00

If conventional cars right now have gas station to refill their exhausted fuel, electric cars will also have electric station to recharge its energy. How it works? Just imagine our laptop. Our laptop has battery to retain electric power that can make our laptop be able to operate. When power of battery is almost exhausted, we'll connect our laptop to the wall plug to recharge.

The concept of electric car recharging is same with laptop. Electric car will have battery that can retain electric power for several weeks. When the battery power is almost exhausted, the driver can recharge the power in the nearest electric station.

Now this concept has already implemented! See this!

Life Garden

2011-02-05T21:45:00.000-08:00

One day
Someone give me a garden
The garden is named “Life Garden”
He says to me,
“I give this garden to you
And also, I give you these seeds
This one is love seed, this one is hope seed, and this one is faith seed
Grow them become trees!
Remember, someday I'll be back and see your garden!”

I receive his gift happily
Then I plant those seeds in the best part of my garden
In first days, I notice their growth very much
Watering them, giving them fertilizer
“That man says, once I am successful to grow them,
They would become very beautiful and strong trees.
He says, the trees would yield so many colorful and delicious fruits
Even they will be too much for you to eat all alone!
So you will like to share the fruits with others
Birds will make nest in the top of your trees
He also says, once I am successful to grow them,
The roots will have the ability
To retain fresh water
You can enjoy it later, believe it!”
Wow! That sounds wonderful!

Some months passed
Until someday I found
So many strange weeds, I never plant before
Anxiety, anger, fear, grudge, lust, spite
I immediately clear them away
Some weeks later
Those weeds appear again
Around my small love, hope, and faith plant
That begin to grow up
Again, I clear those weeds

But, do you know
Every some weeks, those weeds continually appear and appear!
Then I see my love, hope, and faith trees
Even though I notice them so much
Their growth is still very slow
What! I feel like giving up

Then I don't notice my garden anymore
Until someday, someone pass in front of my garden
“Hmmm...this garden is so crowded with weeds
Who is the owner of this garden?
Why are they so lazy?”

Ah! His word makes me realized
When I don't notice my life garden anymore
My life garden would be seen so bad
For everyone passed in front of my garden
Then I rise up, and again clear the weeds away
And I see my love, faith, and hope plant
Oh, some of their leaves seem to be withered!
I remember the man who gives me this life garden
I remember all his words

How fool! Don't be lazy!
I hope many things but do less
What for?
If I am lazy, my garden will be also useless!
Clearing weeds away every some weeks,
Isn't it also part of my duty?
Waiting and noticing the growth of my love, faith, and hope plant
Isn't it also part of my duty?

Just remember, when they grow become trees
They will bless me, bless everyone who pass my garden!
Surely, everyone who see my garden would say,
“Wow! What an amazing garden!
The owner of this garden, must be strong and patient person,
Just like those tall, strong, and fruity trees!”

Clay and Cup

2011-01-27T01:38:00.000-08:00

I am a clod of clay in the road edge. Everyday all I can do is just seeing people go back and forth, waiting somebody for using me. But day by day, everybody just passes in front of me and never consider me. I feel so sad. I want to be useful but I am powerless.

Till someday, somebody come into me and put me into his container. I feel so happy because my waiting moment is ended now. At least I will be more useful in the man's hand rather than in the road edge.

In the man's house, the man immediately puts me into twisting heating machine. I feel shocked because of such deed. Then I spontaneously shout, “Stop!! Please!!” But apparently the man doesn't hear me. Many times I shout and shout, but the man never hear me. I feel so inconvenient, so hot and dizzy. I feel regret, I want to come back into the road edge because I can't bear it.

After several times, the process is stopped. I feel so relieved, but just for a while because the man then put me into a very cold place. The temperature, brrr....I want to shout but my sound is frozen. Why does the man do it? What's my fault? Why do I must experience this?

Several days passed and the cooling process is over. The man puts me outside the cold place, then carves me with his special tools. It hurts me much, during the process I always shout and shout. Afterward, the man put me together with other beautiful cups, bring us to the shop, and display us in the shop window. When I stare the window glass, I feel so surprised. “Wow, so beautiful...is it really me? Am I dreamed?”

Customers that see me said astonishingly, “Wow, this cup is so beautiful!”

Then I said, “I understand now why I must experience hot, dizzy, cold, and hurt. There were so hard for me, but they make me as who I am now. Thanks, man.”

That illustration is the same with our life. We often pray to God, ask God we can be a better person, be useful for our surroundings. God allows the problem come into our life, so we can be strong after we pass it. Sometimes we don't understand why we experience such bad condition. Sometimes we feel life is so unfair. Sometimes we think, we don't do anything wrong but why do the problem happens into our life?

Believe that everything happens in our life is just His plan to make us become stronger and stronger. Even in the process God always takes care of us, never absent to give us strength. God has beautiful plan for each of us, we are born to be His masterpiece. So every moment in our life, just say thanks to God!

Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Equatorial Project

2011-01-22T21:29:00.000-08:00

Just another inspiration for game developer

In 2040-2050 decade, global warming effect is in peak. Ozone layer in both south and north pole is greatly diminished, so all ice melted and sea water volume is increased by 20%. Huge flood and tsunami destroy islands and big cities around the world, while the biggest hurricane is continuously recorded. Mass death is reported everywhere.

After all ice in the pole melted in 2070 decade, the remaining human being come back from their refuge in the mountain and highland. Using remaining technology, they try again to rebuild the earth. But they must face extreme condition: the sun radiation boils the earth because the ozone layer is greatly corrupted and there is no ice in the pole anymore. To avoid sun radiation that can cause cancer, they must wear special cloth.

50 years later...

Ozone layer is continuously reduced and reduced. The earth temperature is like the moon, very hot in the noon and very cold in the night. Even in the noon the sky color isn't light blue anymore; it becomes dark blue and some stars can be seen, because of the extremely thin ozone layer. Ninety percent of the earth becomes desert. Sea water volume is again reduced because the sun boils the sea day by day. Then the ruins of destroyed big city like New York, Tokyo, and London are reappeared. Really, they seem so grim, no life. Dead cities. Many ruins are floated in the ocean, make the ocean seems so turbid. Most of the ruins are recycled to make new civilization.

In the midst of such extreme condition, the development of science and technology is quite fast, so people can rebuild quickly. In Kathmandu 2122 Conference, many important decisions are resulted for future human being: new settlement model, protection against sun radiation, artificial ozone concept, solar energy concept, sea cleansing and distillation, and Equatorial Project.

Indonesia, 2170

Indonesia is a part of Equatorial Project, just like other tropical countries such as Brazil and Madagascar. The world focuses the development in the equatorial area, because there are still little part of natural resource that can be saved. So, the science and technology development are also focused in the equatorial area.

Many islands that were sinked now reappeared because of the decreased sea water volume. All neighbored island is connected by bridge. In big cities, skyscrapers are soared high; the average height is 1500 meters, because people tend to settle vertically. The common architecture is: in the middle part of the building, it's used for vertical farming, to fulfill the food need for the resident. In the edge part, capsule rooms are build as settlement, just like the branch of tree. The top part of the building is used as solar system generator. From the distance, the settlement is like huge forest in the middle of desert island.

Some islands like Bali, Aru, and Seram island become reservoir place. In those islands, people still can see natural forest, animal, and fresh water source that is just a part of two percents around the world. Artificial sky is built above those islands. There are place people can still see light blue sky. There are place people can still breathe with abundant oxygen. Those islands are considered as heaven in the earth.

Of course the number of visitor are highly limited. Only they who have contributed for the world development are allowed to go to those islands. Because of the importance, the government builds floated island around the reservoir. Floated islands are used for soldier to defense them against terrorist. Terrorist often attacks equatorial area in order to pillage the remaining resource. They are organized around the world, they are also armed with sophisticated weapon.

Because of the extreme environment, world politic that become worse, and high death rate due to sun radiation and lack of resource, scientist and soldier are considered as prestigious profession.

Learning Machine

2011-01-20T21:59:00.000-08:00

When we still sat on the High School desk, we were often crammed by a number of new vocabularies. We must memorize tenth of vocabs until night, we feel so sleepy but tomorrow we have English test. But now we have already known much of those vocabs very well. Even though we forget a word and we hear someone say that word, we will think, “Wait, look like I've heard this word before”. Our brain will search the word, match the word with our “database”. Just like my lecturer said, “Human brain is amazing.”

Yeah, I really agree with my lecturer statement. How can we be considered as smart? I ever read that it's not depend on how much data we know, but it is depend on how can we link every data that we have. For example I'll tell you about one word: mountain. If me, I'll think: mountain...hmmm, the mountain I do want to visit is Mount Fuji. Mount Fuji is located in Japan. Japan has so many anime. But watch too much anime is not good because it can make us addicted......Stop here! Mountain and addicted....it has already gone too far!

What if we apply such intelligence into machine?

In the future, we will need smart machine. A machine that's not just run the program sequentially. Do you ever write a program to process factorial number? Or the program that's used to encode and decode message? Those are sequential program, because the program processes data input by a process that has many formulas that are defined before, and then results output. Data input must be complete in order to run the program successfully.

Flowchart of sequential program

Learning machine doesn't need complete data to run, because learning machine has rules. Rules is used to handle and link incomplete data input. Unlike sequential program that must have exact input and output, learning program can handle uncertainty situation. If needed, program can add new rule from its own predefined rules, by the formula that is given before. More often the program used, more rules the program will have and hence the output will be more accurate. Just like human, more experience that we have, we will be wiser.

At the moment, learning machine is usually used in expert system, a system that act as an expert. For example a software that is aimed to ask for patient's disease. At the beginning operation, the software needs human expert involvement to enter enough rules and data that is needed. As time goes by, the software itself can link data according to the rules that the software has without human expert involvement. More rules that the software has, the result is also more satisfied and accurate.

In my opinion, a machine that can learn must be developed further, not just to investigate a problem. We can widen the need of learning machine to other aspects. For example, a robot. In first use, the robot needs human expert to control robot behavior: what robot must do when meet a kind of obstacle, what robot must do when meet another kind of obstacle. As time goes by, no matter where the robot is placed, robot knows what to do according to its experiences before (read as: according to the predefined rules). Moreover, the robot can make its own rules according to predefined rules that the robot has before, make the robot smarter and smarter.

Learning machine isn't as terrible as we see in the Terminator movie. Instead, it will help us very much.

Metamorphosis

2011-01-20T21:57:00.000-08:00

One day, there is caterpillar lives in a garden. The caterpillar has haired skin that make it looks disgusting. Everyday the caterpillar just eat, eat, and sleep. Many sheets of leaves have been torn, withered, and fall because caterpillar eats them. But the caterpillar is never satisfied. For the caterpillar, the most important thing is she can eat and eat, until her body becomes fatty.

As time goes by, the caterpillar is bored with her everyday life. Moreover, the caterpillar doesn't have friend because other animals in the garden feel disgusted with her. The caterpillar feels sad. Then she makes a decision, she won't eat for several weeks and enclose herself into pupa until she becomes a different animal.

The caterpillar then alienates herself from the outside. She encloses herself into a pupa. Long waiting moment begins. Day by day, the hair that covered her body fall and in change, a small wing grows. The caterpillar feels hungry and bored, but strong will makes the caterpillar patient and strong in such moment.

Then the moment the caterpillar must exit from her pupa begins. Her wings are very beautiful, but she isn't yet ready to fly. There is the last process she must pass: strengthen her wings in order to fly. To do so, she must struggle to exit from her pupa with all of her strength.

For several hours, the caterpillar struggles to exit, tries to rip the pupa. Many times she fails, but she tries and tries again. She feels so tired, but she still tries. Then finally the pupa has enough torn for her to exit and fly.

All garden creature, see! A caterpillar that can fly, flap her wings beautifully! All creatures in the garden doesn't realize that in the past, it is just a caterpillar that just eat and sleep in her everyday life. They just know it as butterfly, a creature that has beautiful wings, colorize the garden.

Fly to the Unheard Future

2011-01-10T21:31:00.000-08:00

Against anxiety
Against boredom
Against failure
Against fear
Against immaturity
Against limitation
Against temptation
Against uncertainty
I will fly, to the unheard future

No matter what dark my past is
I will leave it behind
I will deal with it, without regret
So I don't burden my future with it
So I could fly without being burdened

The moment,
When imagination plays vividly inside my mind
I will save it forever
And I will use it to drive through every moment
As long as there is chance to learn, I will learn
I will redeem all my mistakes in the past
For the people who support me very much
For the people I will meet in the future
For the sake of better future!

I will fly bravely, to the unheard future
I will fly with courage, with the light wing
I will never be afraid my wing will be injured
Coz I know, no matter my wing is wounded
It will be healed and I will fly again

Migrating to Kubuntu 9.10

2011-01-08T21:40:00.000-08:00

I've just migrated my operating system, from Windows XP that works for me faithfully for about 4 years. Actually it happens just by incidence, because my XP is broken and I don't have any idea how to repair it, and then I remember I still have Kubuntu CD that I get in a seminar one year ago. This kind of Linux has eye-catching view. Compared to Windows XP, the Kubuntu view is more like Windows Vista or Seven. Let's see picture below, Kubuntu desktop has widget feature (just like Vista and Seven):

There are two things that I like from Kubuntu view. First, desktop icon view is arranged separately from background. Moreover, we can be more flexible to arrange which item that we want to display. For example if we want to display a specific folder in the desktop, right click the Desktop Folder, then choose Folder View Setting and browse Specify a Folder. And clinkxx....all of the content within the folder is displayed.

Second, the way Kubuntu play multimedia. It's really cool!! Just point the cursor to the music file that we want to play, no need to click, and see Information part in the right side of Dolphin, click play button there and the music is played without need for calling audio software like Amarok or VLC. But remember when the music is being played, don't point the cursor to other file, unless the music that's being played is stopped because the cursor focus is changed.

Nah, because I'm a Linux newbie, I want to share about my feeling for my first time using Linux, as a newbie. Below are my “good feeling” and my “bad feeling”:

My good feeling:

I have a chance to learn something new.
Technician independence. It means, if I have something wrong with my operating system, I don't need to call technician anymore because I have the free Kubuntu CD.
I don't need to worry about virus anymore.

My bad feeling:

As a newbie, I can't be instantly convenient with all features that Linux provide. For example, I still want to play my Windows games that I installed before, such as C&C and NFSU. I also still need some Windows softwares. But fortunately there is Wine software that make me able to run some Windows software (some, not all...).
Many file types that work in Windows don't work in Linux. For example, to play a music we usually use mp3 extension, but Linux has different default format: ogg. So you'll need additional libraries to make the mp3 file works in Linux.
To install new software, you'll definitely need internet connection. If no, it will need very much effort. You know, in Linux if you want to install new software, you must check all dependencies the software needs. If you have internet connection, you can easily type “sudo apt-get install XXX” in the Terminal, and you'll get the software package that you want, complete with all dependencies that the software need. But if no, you must know every package that the software need.

You can search in http://packages.ubuntu.com if you use Kubuntu like me. Because Kubuntu is the child of father Ubuntu, so all the packages is same with the Ubuntu used.

To get package that you want in that site, remember:

You should get the deb executable file (just like exe in Windows). Deb is abbreviated from Debian. Maybe you think, why Debian? Doesn't Ubuntu have its own executable file extension? The reason maybe Debian is the father of Ubuntu (and the grandfather of Kubuntu??).
Don't forget that not just the software package have dependencies, but each subpackages have, too.
Check the version and architecture type that your software need. If the version that you download is below the software need, it won't work.

Sakura no Ame - feat. Hatsune Miku

2011-01-03T23:07:00.000-08:00

I found a very deep-meaning song. This song, sakura no ame, is about friendship, dream, and hope.
I can't stop listening it!! When we've already became person that we dream, walk on our own career, our own life, don't forget to meet again!

Yeah, it's the lyric:

Japanese

sorezoreno basho he tabidatte mo
tomodachi da kiku mademonaijan
juunintoiro ni kagayai ta hibi ga mune hare to senaka osu

tsuchibokori agekisotta koutei
kyuukutsu de tsukuzushita seifuku
tsukue no ue ni kaita rakugaki
doremo koremo bokura no akashi

hakushi no touji ni wa tsutaekirenai
omoide no kazu dake namida ga nijimu
osanakute kizutsuke mo shita
bokura wa sukoshi kurai otona ni nareta no kana

kyoushitsu no mado kara Sakura no Ame
fuwari tenohira
kokoro ni yoseta
minna atsumete dekita hanataba wo
sora ni hanatou

wasurenaide
ima wa mada chiisana hanabira da toshite mo
bokura wa hitori janai

getabako de mitsuketa koi no mi
rouka de koboshita fuhei fuman
okujou de taguri kaita mirai zu
doremo koremo bokura no akashi

sotsugyou shousho ni wa kaitenai kedo
hito wo shinji hito wo aishite mananda
naki
warai
yorokobi
ikari
bokura mitai ni aoku aoku harewataru sora

kyoushitsu no mado kara Sakura no Niji
yume no hitohira
mune furuwaseta
deai no tame no hanare to shinjite
te wo furikaesou

wasurenaide
itsuka mata ookina hanabira wo sakase
bokura wa koko de aou

ikusen no manabiya no naka de
bokura ga meguriaeta kiseki
ikutsu toshi wo tottemo kawaranide
sono yasashii egao

kyoushitsu no mado kara Sakura no Ame
fuwari tenohira
kokoro ni yoseta
minna atsumete dekita hanataba wo
sora ni hanatou

wasurenaide
ima wa mada chiisana hanabira da toshite mo
bokura wa hitori janai

itsuka mata
ookina hanabira wo sakase
bokura wa koko de aou

No matter how hard it hurts me.
I'll never say good bye.
Your presence will always linger in my heart.
...wanna see your smile again.

English

Even when we have to each walk our different path now,
we are still friends. There's no doubt about that.
Those days when we each shone in our own colors,
they now push our backs so that we can stick out our chests.

The school ground where dust flew as we competed in a race,
the uniform that we didn't wear properly because it didn't fit,
the scribbles that we wrote on the desk tops,
all of them are our testimonies.

The replies on the white paper couldn't convey completely
the amount of our memories, which are being blurred by our tears.
Being childish, we also hurt each other before.
Have we, even by a little, grown up slightly?

The cherry blossoms rained in from our classroom's windows,
softly landed in our palms,
and knocked open our hearts.
Having made a bouquet from all the petals we collected,
let's release it into the sky.

Do not forget,
although we are each just a small flower petal right now,
we are not alone.

The love letters we found in our shoe rack,
the grumblings of our discontent in the hallway,
the future we drew hand-to-hand on the roof top,
all of them are our testimonies.

Although it's not written in our diplomas,
we have learned to trust and love people.
Crying,
laughing,
happiness,
anger,
just like us, the blue sky is also clearing up.

A rainbow of cherry blossoms stretched into our classroom from the windows,
as a piece of our dream
stirred up the feelings in our chest.
Believing that we separate now in order to reunite later,
let's all wave goodbyes at each other.

Do not forget,
once we've each grown out an extravagant flower,
let's meet again here.

With thousands of schools out there,
it was a miracle that we ended up in this school.
No matter how many years you age,
please always keep that gentle smile.

The cherry blossoms rained in from our classroom's windows,
softly landed in our palms,
and knocked open our hearts.
Having made a bouquet from all the petals we collected,
let's release it into the sky.

Do not forget,
although we are each just a small flower petal right now,
we are not alone.

Once we've each grown out an extravagant flower,
let's meet again here.

No matter how hard it hurts me.
I'll never say good bye.
Your presence will always linger in my heart.
...wanna see your smile again.

Wishlist

2011-01-02T20:13:00.001-08:00

It has been one and half years
I walk with You
And I found myself
So alright now
In You, I found the safest place
For my wandering soul

I know, it is still a long, long way ahead
And I have wishlist, in my heart
I never count,
How many times I pray for it
How many times I write it
How many times I think about it
Sometimes I feel so crazy,
Ah, maybe it's because of my impatience!

But things I know
No matter how many times I shout for the wishlist
You've already had the best plan for me
You've already held my wishlist paper
And for this new year,
I hope I know You better
I hope I can be closer and closer to You

And before we walk to the next step
I just want to say,
Thank You Lord
For the time You give for me
To learn for my future, to be closer with You
Thank You Lord
For giving me time to grow up
Thank You Lord
For always taking care for me
Thank You Lord
For holding my wishlist
I know, my wishlist is in the safest place

A Child from Conflict Area - New Life

2011-01-01T23:13:00.000-08:00

“Where am I??” the boy opens his eyes and looks the surrounding. All seems unfamiliar.

Then a crewman approaches him and say, “Boy, now you are safe. We found you and some of your friend floated in the sea, so we take you here.”

The boy begged, “Sir, please give me a new life. I just escape from war in my country. I don't have parents now, and my brother just die several days ago because of the war.”

The crewman drops his tears. Then he says, “Yeah, don't worry, boy. I'll bring you to my country. There you'll have a new home, you can play with friends, and you can eat delicious food!”

Several days passed in the sea and now they are in the crewman country. The boy are taken to the crewman house. The crewman has decided to be his stepfather. He wishes someday, the boy can save others who still live in the conflict area and doesn't have other choice to determine their own life.

First months in the crewman house, the boy tells a lot about his past in his hometown – how he lived in war, how he saw his friends are trained violently, how he tried to escape from his country. The crewman tries to cheer the boy, to deal with his past. He also introduces many new things to the boy. The boy is very happy with his new life.

After the moment, the boy begins to enter the school.

******

“My parents died, my brother died. Why just me that is saved? Why just me that can feel all of this – good country, good education?”

“Hey, what's wrong with you? Don't just daydream! You must bring all these stuffs to the ship!”, his instructor suddenly shouts.

He and his team mates are busy carrying medical stuff from repository room to the ship. Several days later they will have test to determine their graduation.

Then he comes home and meet his stepfather who is getting old.

“What's about your day now?”

“Good day, but somewhat tired. I'll have test several days later to graduate. Pray for me Dad so I can pass it well!”

“Of course....good luck for your test! Now let us eat first, you must be hungry after all of training these days.”

****

Several years passed after the boy's graduation. No, not the boy anymore. He is a man now. Now he is working as rescuer team to save children in some conflict area. But he still has a desire to go back to his hometown, of course, not as a victim anymore. Maybe there still some people he know, and he want to share all of his experience in the past – when he must struggle to live alone without parent, when he saw his friends are murdered, when his hometown were attacked, when he tried to escape from his country, but thanks to his stepfather who save him in the sea, he can become the person like now.

A Child from Conflict Area - Background

2011-01-01T23:11:00.000-08:00

One day, there is a country that is dogged by brother-in-arms for many years. The brother-in-arms is aggravated by the presence of foreign troops. They deliberately use this situation for their own advantages. That's why this country never feel even a little bit of peace. No matter in the noon or in the night, suicide bomb, tank, land mines, and aircraft always result the number of innocent victims.

There is a boy live in that country. His parents die as victim of suicide bomb, when they went to buy food in the market. Not just his parents, but many of his friends has already died, too. Now he just have only one elder brother and they live in a small house.

This boy, just like thousands of people who live in conflict area – is used to live difficultly. Whistling bullets from machine guns and suicide bombing are usual things for him. He always live in fear, because the extremists that control the area he live apply many strict rules, such as curfew. If someone disobey it, there will be a terrible punishment. He ever saw his neighbor beheaded because he disobey the curfew.

One moment, the extremists hear that coalition army will hold military operation in their area to wipe them out. In response to the attack, the extremists force all man in their area to be armed, including the boys' elder brother. They also propagate the residents with their idealism and train them violently.

But no matter how many times the extremists propagate the residents, they actually don't care. For the residents, the extremist, the foreign troops – all are enemy. They just want to feel the peace, but the condition doesn't allow it.

Several days passed. One noon, aircrafts begin to attack the area by dropped bombs. The extremists and some residents who have already trained reply the invasion with automatic gunner and anti air weapon. The boy's brother also joins with them. But the boy and some residents are trapped inside the bunker.

Then the air attack ends and now the coalition army attacks the area with tanks. The extremists that begin to lose, choose to face the coalition army with suicide bomb. When the land battle begin, the boy and all residents that accompany him immediately leave the bunker to escape, just before the coalition army reach their bunker. They want to reach the coast to leave the country for the better life.

Several days later, with tiredness and weariness, they finally reach the coast. They saw a boat tethered in the rock. They shout happily and immediately run into the boat. After cut the ropes, they push the boat to the sea. But when they begin to enter the boat, suddenly one of them shout with panic, “Hey, I see some people with guns from farther!!”

They begin to panic and jostle to enter the boat. The boy, thanks to his small body, can enter the boat first. Then suddenly the boat are fired with machine gun. The people who are still outside the boat die instantly. One of the people inside the boat immediately take the steer and drive the boat.

The boat goes with severe damage. Just less than twenty minutes after, the boat begins to sink. They immediately take every stuff in the boat and jump into the sea. Then they are floated in the sea for several times.

To be continued

Is This the Life I Really Want?

2010-12-18T22:17:00.000-08:00

“Hmmh…today is so bored….what must I do?”

“Hello Yose, what’s up?”

“Hey friend! I feel bored today. Just repetition and repetition I do everyday.”

“Bored? Oh come on…so your life today isn’t the life you really want?”

“Emmm…yeah, maybe…”

“So, what kind of life you want?”

“I want to break up these limitations. Now I still have some characters that I want to change. I still feel I can’t easily go outside. I do really want to be independent, can decide everything by myself. ”

“Be patient, Yose. Maybe you still can’t do some things. But remember that your study remains 1.5 years. Be patient. If you feel so, just remember several years ago, when you are still in High School. Of course you have more today than the past, right?”

“I think you’re right. I feel much happier today. I have much more good friends. I have many experiences with foreigners. I’ve already omitted some of my bad habits. I know many interesting websites. I have this blog. I am much knowledgeable. All that I’ve mentioned, I don’t have them in the past, thanks God for giving them to me. But…”

“But what? You still feel not enough?”

“To be honest, yes. You know, I still don’t know who really I am. I mean, I life for what? Just do this repetition?? Isn’t there such thing that’s more meaningful for being done? I will do with passion! I will do with my all! I will…”

“Calm down, friend, calm down. I know you are good hoper. To encourage you to pass today, I would like to hear about your dream, please.”

“I wish I can get scholarship to continue my study in Japan. Then I’ll use my knowledge to create better world. You know, there are many disasters happen and I want to help. I also want to go to Japan, China, and Korea. There are many beautiful places I want to visit. Mount Fuji, Kyoto, Shanghai, Great Wall, Jeju Island, and still so many. I also want to make friends with people from those countries. I also want to teach children, help them to find their dream.”

“Wow….you have so many beautiful dreams….if so, why are you defeated by today’s boredom?”

“Eh…?”

“Just continue your progress. Don’t waste too much time coping with boredom. Five years later I’ll ask you again with the same question: ‘of course you have more today than the past, right?’”

“Thank you so much for your advise, friend. It encourages me so much.”

“Yeah, now wake up, good boy.”

Then I wake up and take my Mandarin book.

Everywhere, Youth Can Change the World

2010-10-31T18:15:00.000-07:00

It’s impossible to live without disagreement in this world. Disagreement happens because of difference. There are many kinds of difference; maybe they are race, religiosity, argument, or business difference. Disagreement becomes unavoidable because every people have their own difference. Each people have different physics, talent, thought, and principle. Moreover, each people have their own ego. Ego makes us difficult to live harmonically. Human has basic ego characteristic: prefer demanding respect than respect the others, prefer being listened than listen the others, prefer receive than give, and feel as superior to others.

Egoism can manifest in various ways. In the home, mom and dad often quarrel because each of them feels their argument is the most right. In the office, there are Machiavellian people who will do everything to get higher salary or higher position. In the society, there are many races who feel as “superior”. Consequently, they insult and discriminate each other. It’s clear that our ego just sharpen the difference.

As a youth, what can we do to make harmonious world? Maybe we are not yet become a scientist, spokesman, or president. Maybe we don’t have enough power to do the big things. But to make harmonious society around us, it isn’t needed such power right? All we need to do that is pure heart. We can make harmonious society by decrease our ego and give more. By train ourselves like that, difference isn’t a problem anymore. Difference even can become the “cool stuff” to give happiness for our friends, lecturers, teachers, family, and society around us.

As a good friend, we can learn to control our ego. We can give our ear to hear their argument or complaint. Don’t debate them when they tell their own problem. Don’t force them to become the person that we want, because we’ve already different since we were born. Instead, help them to find their own bright side, help them to find their own true self. Try to become a good friend. If we can’t make and keep harmonious relationship between friends, how can we make bigger harmonious society?

When we are following the lesson in the class, create a harmonious class. We can decrease our ego. How? Don’t be noisy inside the class. As a good student, we should give respect to our lecturer and teacher because they are so dedicated by teaching us. Notice all that they teach, ask them enthusiastically, try to be an active student.

In the home, try to be a good boy or girl. If there is quarrel between our siblings, don’t worsen it by following their quarrel, but vice versa, try to be a mediator to calm them down. If our parents can’t give us as we expected, don’t demand them. Instead, prove that we can become a good son or daughter. Help them when they are busy, take care when they are sick. Do all with pure heart. Make our home condition become harmonious by our presence.

Also, begin to be active in our surrounding society. Again, we’ve already different since we are born. Then use our difference (better read it as ‘specialty’) to give more. Use whatever gift that we have to create harmonious world. If we have music talent, we can cheer street boy or orphans. If we have writing talent, write inspiring words. Maybe it’s just simple words in our social network account, but at least we can strengthen the others that read it. And still many more talent we can give.

We also can keep our surrounding society by sharpening our awareness for difference in the society. Maybe there are many various races and religiosity around us. Sharpening our awareness doesn’t mean sharpening the difference, but view the difference as “cool stuff” that enriches our surrounding society. How to do that? Begin from simple things. For example in Christmas Day, if we are Moslem, say “Merry Christmas” to Christian people. When Moslem people celebrate the end of fasting period, if we are Christian, we can celebrate together with Moslem people by having a lunch together. Let us throw away our exclusiveness.

Wherever we are, make our surroundings smile because of our presence. We are created not to live in war, but to live in happiness and harmony. Remember that life never gives excuses. Use our short lifetime to give happiness wherever we are. Become a small candle that gives its light to shine the dark room though it’s just for short time.

Let’s shine the world with happiness with our presence!

My Visit to Tanjung Perak

2010-10-24T18:36:00.000-07:00

October 21, 2010, I visited a company in Surabaya. The company I visited is a shipping company located in Tanjung Perak port which manages export, import, and domestic container. The port situation in Tanjung Perak, the second largest port in Indonesia, is quite interesting. That moment, I and my group were taken to the 8th floor inside the office. Pictures below show the view from the 8th floor:

The officer tells a lot of things about the port and shipping company. The information interests me because I never go to the port before. Nah, in this article I want to share about two things, the first is some important equipment that supports the operational in the port and the second is “the journey of the container”. Haha….are you interesting? Let’s read!

Important equipments in the port

Forklift

Forklift Truck

Quay Gantry Crane

Rubber Tyres Gantry (RTG) Crane

The journey of the container

That’s all of my report….me, the reporter will be off and back again with another article.

Misperception about "Introvert"

2010-09-15T19:02:00.000-07:00

Hey, several days ago I read a good article. I think it needs to be shared..read it and know yourself better!

Many people often misunderstand “introvert” as negative personality. “Introvert” is often considered as coward, close minded, shy, and antisocial. But it’s not true. Some extraordinary people like Barrack Obama, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Steven Spielberg are introvert person. But they have wide knowledge about the world. We should know that “introvert personality” and “close minded personality” are quite different.

Introvert feels inconvenient when they are in the crowd of people. They work best when alone. But close-minded feels afraid when they are in the crowd of people.

If an introvert knows new idea, he/she will think and consider it. But a close-minded person will immediately refuse it and say, “It’s not important!”

Introvert rarely begins the conversation because introvert thinks his/her word before speaking. Instead, close-minded doesn’t begin the conversation because he/she is afraid to do so.

Routine

2010-09-10T23:23:00.000-07:00

When I see, through the window morning
A newspaper laid down over the ground
Just like I saw
Mornings before

When I walk,
Through same road I’ve passed before
Small markets open and some people there
Buy and sell, just like days before
Small stalls prepare themselves, for whole day
Yeah, just like I saw mornings before

This road, I’ve passed many times
And I’m sure, not just me
A man with his dog, walk here almost every morning
Cars and motorcycles
Go to work every morning,
Back to home in the evening
Through the same road, just like days before

Day and night, day by day,
Sheet by sheet of calendar
Season by season, year by year
This road is still the same

For me, a twenty years old boy
It’s difficult to be understood, sometimes
My childish mind said,
“Don’t they have bigger dream?
Don’t they feel bored?”

But I realize
Such fool questions
Coz I also take part of this routine, eh?
More than that,
Without them, I can’t alive
Without them, this city can’t alive
Without them, this country can’t alive
Without them, this system won’t be called
A system anymore

No matter how big or small your work
in others’ eye
Just put a heart on it
Don’t you know, your small work
bring such life for me, for this city, for this country?

We Are Given to Give

2010-09-07T22:31:00.000-07:00

Not a long time ago, in the beginning I studied in my campus I ever felt so empty. I was so enthusiastic to learn new things. I thought if I get more and more knowledge I will become great person. I didn’t need to give to others because it will waste my time. Yeah, at the time I was so arrogant.

But do you know, I still felt my life isn’t better. I still felt so empty, sometimes I thought: what’s the difference between me and knowledge repository machine? I still felt the others have happier life than me because they consider their life so simple; don’t need to know everything to be a happy person.

And now I realize: knowledge never satisfies me. Even more than that, I realize that just think for my own happiness also doesn’t satisfy me. What is my life for? Get so much knowledge as I can, then die without brings anything of them?? Just think for my own happiness and then later in my life I realize I waste my life, doesn’t do anything??

God gives me; God gives us knowledge, talent, money, time, health, and spirit to give meaning for people around us. To give something for others who need: they who never feel happiness in their life, they who live in poverty and war, they who feel empty life, and they who hurt. To give meaning for the world. To make the world smile. That’s why we life. That’s why we are created.

At the moment, I still have two more years study here in my campus. I want to give more with all that I have; I will learn how to give more with heart. I believe after I graduate, God has another special plan for me. Jesus, please use my life as You planned! I want to give all my life for You!

Solar Energy - Futuristic Energy Source

2010-08-28T21:57:00.000-07:00

The number of vehicles using fuel oil energy is increasing and increasing now. Plane, car, or ship accident often happens. These accidents are often caused by fuel oil problem or aggravated by fuel oil. The damaged machine causes fire splash and then spreads to fuel oil tank, blaaarrr……The fuel oil explosion is happened and it causes more victims.

If the accident happens in the sea, oil from ships will spill in the sea. How many sea creatures die, how wide the water area have been polluted when Deepwater Horizon accident happens in Mexico Gulf?

Besides accident, the increasing number of vehicles using fuel oil energy causes air pollution mainly in urban area. Smoke that is produced make the city is lack of fresh air. Fueled oil vehicle is one of the main causes of global warming.

Will our earth be always like that? Car factory continues to product cars, more and more people have dream to owe luxury car, but….

In the fact, our crude oil isn’t increasing.

Even day by day, oilrigs in the offshore will always decrease the capacity of our crude oil for the sake of people need.

What if our crude oil is exhausted? Let us think about the worst effect that may be happened!

War happens because each country struggles to get the remaining crude oil. Crude oil becomes so scarce and its price is extremely high. There is inflation everywhere. It’s possible that nuclear war will be happened!

Terrible, isn’t it? So, it’s necessary to think alternative energy source for our future!

Every morning when we get up, see outside….our surrounding is lightened by sunlight. When we get out, our body is warmed by sunlight. Sunlight that lightens our world since ancient time is abundant and eternal energy source. It won’t be exhausted, no matter how much we use it.

If sunlight can support live for billions of people in this earth and so that for every creature, of course we also can use this awesome energy source. Yeah, use it becomes energy source for our vehicles!

Do you know Zephyr, plane which energy source comes from solar energy? Zephyr can stay aloft for two weeks, day and night above Arizona, US! In the noon, solar panels in its wing absorb energy from the sun and some of them are stored in lithium-sulphur battery, so the battery gives energy for Zephyr in the night. Believe it or not, in theory Zephyr can stay aloft forever, no need for landing! (http://www.technewsdaily.com/solar-powered-uav-stays-aloft-for-weeks-on-end--0872/)

Let us use our imagination, imagine a city in the future which the energy source of all vehicles comes from solar. Noise from car can be greatly reduced, city air can be still fresh no matter how much car in the road, the number of victims that can be greatly reduced because we don’t need to worry about explosion that comes from fuel oil tank, and people can still have dream to owe a luxury car - with much more futuristic and cool model!

In addition, with technology advancement we can further use solar energy for vertical farming, cooking, water treatment, and enhancing many more cool gadgets using solar energy for their energy source.

Quite prospective, isn’t it?

I Still Have Two More Years Here

2010-08-22T22:23:00.000-07:00

Finally I am here, in the mid of my study time. Now there are many changes in my campus…some lecturers I know well don’t teach me anymore coz they continue their study abroad, I have some junior friends, my campus has new building with swimming pool, and some subjects I really want to learn are opened. It’s really a new atmosphere!

And I still have two more years here, two years that’s just the beginning in my life. Of course I want to be better than two years before. I remember…I often felt so unsatisfied when my mark didn’t meet my target, I often felt chased by deadline, I was afraid about my future…hmmm…now I want to throw them away. I don’t want to live in fear anymore, I want to be really free to develop my creativity and character in my last two years in my campus.

But it doesn’t mean I let myself down and don’t do anything….no!! I still want to do many things, but I don’t like to say it “target”….I don’t want to burden myself with target! I want to write more, I want to learn Eastern language more, I want to begin learning about smart machine.

And let me remind myself….if all that I do is useless if I enjoy it by myself…so I want to develop myself to make Jesus smile, to make the others happy. I want to give more with all of my talents!

Yeah…I will try my best!

I Realize, Life isn't a Teleport

2010-08-22T22:20:00.000-07:00

At the moment,
So suffering with my childishness
When I feel so egoist,
Don’t mean to hurt others, but they feel so hurt
By my ego
When I feel so lost,
Don’t know which is right or wrong

Often, I ask God
Change me right now…
I’m so tired with this!

But I realize,
Life isn’t a teleport
I shouldn’t ask God for that
God is very patient waiting for me
Change my weakness,
Throw away my ego
Though it’s such a hard and hurt process

Struggle though it’s so hard,
Keep up hoping though it seems so impossible to hope,
Change my weakness though it hurts me very much,
That’s why I life, that’s why I born

I realize,
God wants me to be strong
He wants to see me can walk
With my own foot, with His guidance
Like a child practice how to walk

If I surrender and just cry
Then I will make Him so sad, right?
Yeah, at the moment
I know I mustn’t surrender
I must believe and hope
I can be more and more mature
I don’t want to make Him sad once more time
I don’t want to be like this along my life

Coz life isn’t a teleport
Deep in my heart, I realize it so much…

Who Are You? It's Your Choice!

2010-08-21T00:17:00.000-07:00

In the near future, there is a man who is very brilliant in developing military strategies. He is often requested by some countries, work for them to increase the power of those countries’ army. He is very brilliant, very rich, and very famous.

As the day passed by, the world politic condition is getting warmer. The main cause is world crude oil is almost exhausted, so some superpower countries prepare their army to face each other. As a consequence, the third world countries suffer a lot because of the competition. There are inflation, hunger, and poverty everywhere. There is no doubt that World War 3 will be happened soon.

The man also follows the world condition. Every night after a day long working, he goes to his room and watches television. One time, he sees the news about the condition in some third world countries. The babies cry while their brother and sister are dying because of hunger and cholera epidemic.

Because of that, he can’t sleep in the night. His mind accuses him, “You! You participate for their suffering! You make the world become worse!!”

He tries to ignore his mind. But as he tries to ignore it, he can’t stay calm.

Several days passed. Finally he can’t bear it. He decides to retire from his job.

“Why so sudden? My country needs people like you. We promise if our country wins the war, you’ll get everything you want from this country. But please, stay work with us. If you feel your salary isn’t enough, we’ll make deal again.”

“No, it’s not about the salary. I’m just tired with my job, I want to go to the third world countries and help them.”

His colleagues laugh at him. How can a man with his brilliant ideas, his high salary, and his position choose to leave everything and help such powerless countries??

But the man decides to follow his heart. He finally retires from his job and prepares everything to go to the third world countries. He thinks, if he can successfully contribute his ideas to help superpower countries increasing their power, why not if he contributes his brilliant ideas to make a better world?

The plane that will bring him comes. But soon after he enters the plane, he is killed by conspiracy.

Such a useless deed, isn’t it? No, it’s not useless! You know, after his death, Interpol investigate the cause of his death. After they found, they publish it. His death motivates many people in superpower countries to help third world countries. His death opens the eyes for many people in superpower countries that there are their brothers and sisters in the other side of the world suffer a lot because of their competition.

Who are you?

It’s not about your skill.
It’s not about your job.
It’s not about your condition.
It's not about the others' opinion.
It’s about YOUR CHOICE.

A City with Love Army

2010-08-05T21:15:00.000-07:00

One day, there is a city
There held a military parade
All soldiers marching
With their tanks and vehicles
In the main road of the city

No, they are not invaders
They even don’t celebrate victory!
Look closer…
Their tanks, their guns
Without ammunition, without bullets
Without rockets, without bombs
And look closer again!
Abram Tank US, Panzer Germany, Merkava Israel, Katyusha Arab
All take part for the parade

Above them, in the clear blue sky
F-22 US, MiG China, and Sukhoi Russia
Maneuvering together, make such wonderful airshow
Then many leaflets are dropped
By unarmored helicopters
“When all wars and violence cease”
That’s the message of those leaflets

The citizens drowned in the sea of happiness, too
Children with their father, shouting happily,
“Daddy, I want to join them!!”
Soldiers welcome children very friendly
While mothers see from their house garden
Smile when seeing their children
Enjoying their perfect childhood
And look at the other side!
Many teens gather, take photo together
With army from every nation in the background

In the trotoar, some old men
Having nostalgic moment
The moment where their generation
Kill and being killed, taking fire each other
But….those memories,
They promise to forget it
For them, see their son, daughter, grandchildren
Live in peace without war, is the true happiness
That can erase their every traumatic past

“When all wars and violence cease…”

Train, Money, and Destination

2010-08-01T22:45:00.000-07:00

One day, there was a boy waiting in the train station. While the boy was waiting, he opened his purse and noticed the money that he had. Inside his purse, he had 10000 rupiahs, 20000 rupiahs, and 50000 rupiahs.

Suddenly a stranger came to the boy and asked, "Hey boy, how much money do you have inside your purse?"

The boy simply answered the stranger and mentioned all the money he had. Then the stranger continued his question, "May I take your 50000 rupiahs?"

"No Sir, if I give my 50000 to you I can't buy ticket for train. You can owe my 10000 and 20000, but don't take my 50000."

This illustration is very similar to us who are in the life crossroad. We are like the boy that's waiting in the station, have a big question in our mind...when the train that will bring us to the future will come. And we have many things in our life now and there is ONE thing that is the most valuable. The most valuable thing that we must keep. We can't let somebody or something take it from us...for the better future. For our true call in the world. We may lose the other things, but the most valuable thing must stay in our life forever...yeah, just like the "ticket" for our life.

The question is....what is that most valuable thing? What is our ticket that must be kept while we live?

Find it by yourself.

When Imperfect Meets Perfect

2010-07-19T00:15:00.001-07:00

Some moments of my life
I feel so weak, so immature
I feel I am so easy to be misled
by my unnecessary thought, by my weak character

But He always says to me...
"It's OK, I never ask you to change yourself so soon
Just depend on me
Do you know, my son...
Why do I create you imperfectly?
If I create you without flaw, without weakness
You'll never need Me
You'll never feel how beautiful walking with Me...

So, don't worry my son
Just learn to depend on Me
Then you'll feel
How beautiful your life journey is
I'll walk in front of you, protect you
I'll teach and guide you
Just trust Me!"

Thank U my Lord...
Wherever You bring me
I'll never, never doubt You!

For Us in the Crossroad: How to Love Our Work?

2010-06-29T19:35:00.000-07:00

There are many fields in this world, such as science, industry, business, entertainment, sport, etc. All people that do their job have been contributing their own color to this world. Because there are people with their own specialization, our world become the world we’ve seen now. We can see skyscraper with 50 floor heights, animal cloning, and many more technology advancement. We’ve read inspirational story from they who are success in business, how they build their own business from zero become big. We’ve seen from the television, how athletes play so we are amazed by their playing style, wow they’re so cool….maybe we’ve been encouraged by them, someday I can be a famous player!

Nah, how about us that’s still in the crossroad? Maybe we’re still confusing, what will us be in the future? Don’t worry… here are some tips that can help you to love your work later in your life!

1. Pray, pray, pray. Yeah, we’re still in the crossroad right? So, we need to know what’s His plan in our life. He always chooses the best for us, the work that’s the best for ourselves. If we walk according to His plan, always be faithful for Him, and have willing to learn the field that He chooses to us, believe that someday He will changes our work become a great work that glorify Him, that inspires many people!

2. Always learn. There is no great work without perseverance. There are many ways to learn, right? We can use internet or book that support our field. We can learn from people who have became our pioneer. For example, if we want to be success in the business, we can learn Ir. Ciputra’s spirit, become a hard worker since his study time. If we want to be success in science, we can see our lamp that lighten us in the home…who is the creator? Thomas Alva Edison that never give up to create such “impossible mission” in his time!

3. Do your best. Whaddya mean? Is there any measurement whether we’ve done our best or not? Just do your work with heart! Don’t compare ourselves to others…it’s just make us minder if we are worse than others or maybe, it will make us arrogant when we are better than others. So…how? In every work that we do, say to God in our heart, “I promise I will do my best! I wanna make You smile today!”. We can practice in from now on, for example when we will do presentation in the class, or when we have a test…say that to Him, and don’t forget to ask Him accompany us…

4. Have a dream. Dreaming isn’t expensive, dreaming isn’t cheap, it’s free! So, what’s wrong if we have dream? Dream can encourage us to live in our crossroad time. And put all of our dreams in His hand…believe that He never disappointed us who hope in Him!

Let us raise up from our weaknesses, let us raise up from our laziness, throw away unneccessary things that can inhibit us! Remember that our life is like vapor in the wind, so use our lifetime to do His work!

Lovely Evening

2010-06-14T01:07:00.003-07:00

At the moment,
Many footsteps printed again
Just like the days before
Me, sightseeing
Beneath the clear sky
Few forms of cloud
Flying slowly in the light-blue sky
Cool wind breezes at my skin
Relaxing my mood, my heart, my feeling

As my eyes stare in the distance
The sun lazing, go back to the horizon
Some blond-hair children
Riding bicycle and laughing each other
No wonder, I think
In this lovely evening,
with mountain strongly stand in the distance
with many trees and colorful plants decorate my surroundings,
Too impossible for everybody feeling sad

While I am enjoying this lovely evening
Me, humming my favorite song
Whilst praying and shouting my hope
Wishing for someday, I could enjoy another evening
In another place, with another atmosphere
But when that moment comes in my life
I would not forget today evening

I’m so glad
I could keep this hope till now
And I know
My hope would never die
When that moment comes in my life
I would not forget today lovely evening
That God gives to me
To strengthen my hope once again
Beneath the clear evening sky

Old Man and Dying Tree

2010-06-14T01:07:00.002-07:00

Once upon a time, there was an old man in a village. He was well-known as wise man in his village because of his ability to communicate with dying tree so the tree can alive again. His ability made his village always green.

People in his village often asked him for help if they found a dying tree. Day by day, he was well-known not just in his own village but also neighbored village. Because of that, in one day he is requested for many orders.

One day, he wants to show his ability to many people as much as he can. Then announcement was spread in many villages. The day finally comes, and it’s the show time for him. At first he approached a dying tree, and then he sat down and said some magic formulas. But strangely, his magic formula didn’t give any effect. He felt so shocked and then tried again to say the magic formula. The result was same; the tree apparently didn’t live.

Do you know why is he failed? Because before he is well known by people in another village, he spoke by his heart to the dying tree, but now his motivation has changed. He can’t raise the dying tree because to speak with the tree it’s needed to speak by heart.

“In every work that you do, don’t seek for popularity. Do it by your heart, follow your heart.”

Again, I Wanna be Persistent

2010-06-14T01:07:00.001-07:00

I wanna be free
Free from anything that obscure me
to find my true self
Free from fear of the unknown
Free from the others’ misjudgation, even my self misjudgation
I wanna be free
What the others think about me?
What the others think about me?
How I am compared to others?
Am I better or worse than others?
I wanna throw away those useless questions
Really, I wanna throw them away, far from my mind

I wanna be persistent
I wanna become my true self
I am created with different talents, different thoughts, different interests, different plan…
and many more differences
So, I don’t need to compare myself to others
I wanna be persistent
Be brave to be my true self
Become the person that He wants, not the others think

My life is like vapor in the wind
Like wave tossed in the ocean
Now I am here, then another day, who knows?
If I spend my times trapped in the fear, misjudgation
It means, I waste my precious time that He gives to me, right?
Now I will learn and learn
I wanna develop my own talents that He entrusts to me
I believe His plan to me is special
Coz He has different perfect plan for each people
His plan for me is also the best, it’s for sure

Yeah, I wanna be persistent
Just like a home built above the rock!

Note for 2010 Opening Holiday

2010-06-14T01:07:00.000-07:00

Long time I haven’t written my blog. Yeah, during this last month in this semester I feel so busy, so many tasks, home works, activities, tests and I must prepare my best for all… Finally today comes, holiday…Yay!

I write this while I listen my favorite songs. Songs that I listen when I learn, when I feel so happy because my friends were in my side hearing for me, when I feel so stressed (I’m still not strong enough eh? You can see in my previous writing hehe..). But whatever happens in this semester, I know Jesus is always with me. I know Jesus always accompany me in every step in my life; I know His plan is the best for me…

Now, I just wanna say thanks, thanks, and thanks for Jesus…

- Jesus, thanks because You give me strength when I feel sad. I can feel Your love through people around me

- Jesus, thanks because You make my life colorful…I know every activity that I follow this semester is also Your plan for me…

- Jesus, thanks because You correct me when I begin to be arrogant, when I feel unsatisfied and disgrace…I know it’s because You truly love me, You won’t let me lost….

- Jesus, thanks for all knowledge that I get this semester…I believe every knowledge that I get won’t be useless…I promise to use them for Your glory!

- Jesus, thanks because You give me such heart so I can feel this life is so graceful, so beautiful…

- Jesus, thanks to give strength so I won’t be surrender, I wanna learn and learn to be stronger, fly high with You…

I fully believe in You. You will accompany me forever. I don’t need to worry about unknown because You know everything. Now I will rest for several days, then I’ll think what I will do for this holiday!

Emptiness

2010-05-01T01:02:00.000-07:00

There is a moment
When my question isn't yet answered
When I pray but He doesn't seem to answer
When my heart shouts
"Hey, I want to love, I want to be loved!
I want to be a good friend
But I can't!"

No matter how smart I am
No matter how much knowledge installed in my brain
No matter how many competition I enroll
Even if I won all of them
What are they for??
If nothing can fulfill my heart
with true happiness?

How can I found it, Jesus?
How?
Read many books about "How to Live Happily" ?
Follow many church activities??
People say
"You must love the others whatever they are"
I have tried...
But finally I always feel
I am just a boy
that can't make them happy

I share my feeling, right now
I don't want to wear mask
I don't want to hide my true feeling
My true feeling, it's normal and humanly, right??
Or just me that feel it?

No matter how painful this process
No matter how long I struggle to find the fulfillment
I won't stop, I will try
I will beg Him, in His foot
with all of my strength!!

Calm Down, It's OK

2010-04-16T22:47:00.000-07:00

This silent night, I am in my study room. Remember what I've done today. Really, I feel today I do many mistakes! I feel it's quite difficult to change my bad characters, to become a person that He wants...

"Jesus, I am so sorry for today...I do too many mistakes...I make You disappointed again...I don't know, will I have enough time to change myself??"

Then I feel, He just smile on me. His smile, really make me feel relieved. His gently voice speaks into my heart...

"Calm down Yose, calm down. There is no bad character that can be changed within days. You need process. Just walk with Me, I'll hold your hand so you won't be lost. Have a child heart that is ready to be shaped everytime. Just believe in Me, someday you will shine beautifully."

His gently voice, whisper within my heart. Just like a father that hold his child's hand, so does Jesus accompany me this moment. He teaches me many things about life, love, and happiness...really, Jesus is everything for me!

Please Jesus, don't leave me alone, how naughty I am! ^_^

Beautiful Youth

2010-04-16T22:28:00.000-07:00

This morning, I wake up
The sunshine enters brightly through the window
Raise up my spirit
to walk on today
"What will I do today?"
That question, makes me spiritful
Then I get up, prepare everything

When I come to the school
My penpals, friendly greet me
Here, I learn many invaluable things
Knowledge, friendship, and life
Here, I am accompanied by angels

I wonder, is it namely "youth"?
If so, how beautiful the youth is!
The moment where me and my friends
Ask each other with hope
"In the future, what will you be?"

Yeah, we are adventurer!
Don't know where our next journey goes on
We believe one thing, though
While we do our best today
We don't need to be afraid, right?

Oh, how beautiful the youth is!
Moment full of spirit and curiousity
I want to make this moment
as my moment to prepare for the next journey
I want to make this moment
as nice as possible
So it becomes unforgetable moment

Friends, let us walk on today
with a handful of courage
Don't worry, don't be afraid
This moment will never come back
Someday, we will shine vividly!

Not Me, but Jesus Inside Me

2010-03-29T00:29:00.000-07:00

This sentence suddenly comes to my mind. Recently, I feel so spiritful to write, learn, motivate, and seek for creative ideas. But now I ask myself for what?

I am afraid my motivation becomes wrong. All the appreciations aren’t always positive. Sometimes they weaken us, too. It’s a kinda strange, because we’ve already had the mindset, “in the supported environment, you can become better people”. Ah, maybe it’s right for people who just accept Jesus as their Savior! But more than that, Jesus wants us to become strong in EVERY condition right?

Imagine this illustration. There are two mountaineers, A and B. A suddenly sees a steeply slope after walking in the even terrain for a long time. B also sees a steeply slope, but B has already struggled to conquer many uneven terrains and another slopes. Which one is more ready to climb the steeply slope? Of course B!

No wonder if in this life there are many problems. Maybe we’ve just rested for a short time, and then another difficult problem comes again. It’s normal! Jesus wants to see our maturity to react about the problem! It’s because Jesus wants to test our heart, again and again. Jesus just wants our heart become right, humble, and strong! Life isn’t just for pleasure, pleasure, and pleasure, but life is a struggle. Struggle to keep our faith till the end. If in our life we just get appreciations, we can become arrogant!

Become arrogant is very dangerous for our life, sometimes we don’t realize it. If we become arrogant, we will stop learning because we feel that our life is enough, we feel satisfied too early. We will do something just for other’s appreciations, not for Him anymore. We will underestimate the others who don’t have same principle with us. We become sensitive against critics. We become careless. We will forget our true purpose. Finally, when problem comes to our life, we will easily fall down!

That’s why I must remind myself, again and again, what is my true purpose? Coz I’m nothing without Him. In the past, I was just an absurd boy, my life changes better because I know Him. I actually don’t have power to change my life! Even until now, I still must learn about many things in this life. I still must change my bad characters. Jesus, please correct me if I’m wrong…

Going to Next Journey

2010-03-25T20:38:00.000-07:00

Today, I'm already 20 years old. Wow, time goes like flashlight right? Now I feel I am blessed with happiness that comes from Him. I feel today, this year, is quite different from my past. He really knows the best for me! He gives me health, best friends, spirit, knowledge, so many things for my better live. And I don't need to fear about my future, because my future is in His hand!

Instead, I want to do my best today. I've already received many many things from Him, now I must prove to Him that I can do my best. I will prove to Him that I'm happy with my live, with all of blissful life that He gives! So I must learn from the past but not regret about it, I must have plan about future but not afraid about it, and do all the best that I can do today.

Yeah, now I am going to the next journey. I still must learn about many things about this life, that's why I need You in my life. Please Jesus, don't leave me alone, I lean my life in Your hand...

Can Robot Attract Animal?

2010-03-21T18:17:00.000-07:00

Are there many roaches in your home? If you are a fisherman, do you want to get more fishes? Or, your pet looks stress and bored?

Maybe robot can become good solution. With learning about chemical substance that they like, robot can attract these animals so they swarm over the robot. For the next treatment, we can choose: want to kill them, or cheer them, or play with them?

For example, we want to “play” with stupid roaches in our home. Robot will put a stuff that’s enhanced with chemical substance that they like. When the roaches have already swarmed over the stuff in a certain number, robot will launch a deadly weapon. Bang!!

Or maybe it can be used to get more fishes. Just learn chemical substance that can become fish bait. Then robot that’s enhanced with it is released in the desired location. Robot will move and guide more fishes into fishermen’s net.

Hmmm… this technology is interesting, isn’t it?

Driving at Night

2010-03-17T01:05:00.000-07:00

One night,
I am driving my car
Sightseeing this city
Music with speed tempo but cool
Bring my mind enjoying this night

This city, so lively
Lights with various shapes and colors
Digitalized advertisements and posters
Slideshow attached in skyscraper’s wall
The darkness of night
Combined perfectly with those artificial lights

In the intersection
Automatic traffic light
Act as police in the day
My eye sees a restaurant
Full with people
Hang out, party, gambling, shopping…
Ah, this city is never asleep!!

While driving my car
I wonder, why human is so wonderful
Create a civilization
Elegant and digital civilization
Combine the darkness of night with artificial lights
Alternate the beauty of nature
Alternate the daylight sensation
Is it recorded in God’s plan?

Wow, I am living in 21th century!
I wonder, while driving my car
Could I take part?

From: a boy who wanna take part for future technology development

Earthquake Victim Finder

2010-03-05T21:10:00.000-08:00

Recently, there are many earthquakes happen. From Sichuan (China), Padang (Indonesia), Haiti, and the most recent was in Conception, Chile. Of course we know that those earthquakes cause many victims, maybe thousands or even hundred thousands.

Nah, ironically most of earthquake victims don't die at the time when earthquake struck, but they die because they are buried alive. Now think about their suffering for a while. Imagine that we are earthquake victim that is trapped below the ruins for three days, while our condition is very weak. We've already send SMS to our friends and family but there's no response. We also wait for rescue team but till now they still don't come. How terrible, buried alive.

Rescue team that seeks for victim surely has limitation. Moreover when several days passed after earthquake, they'll assume that buried victims have already died so they stop seeking. If actually there are still victims alive, what they can do is just waiting for their death.

What if the rescue team is equipped with robot?

Yeah, robot with heat censor and voice recognition! When the robot enters through ruins' space, heat censor and voice recognition are activated. Heat censor is to detect mammal's heat body and voice recognition is to detect whether there's noise, sound inside or not. If necessary, the robot is also embedded with lamp and camera for accurate victim detection.

About shape, the robot can be shaped like snake so they can move with great flexibility. In some countries these robots are already used. The difficulty that we meet when design this robot is, how snake robot can move above uneven terrain and climb between wall ruins. How to make every joint of snake robot become flexible also needs extra effort.

We also can make another shape. If the robot is shaped like bee (we call it drone), we don't need to think about terrain. Just like snake robot, drone also can enter through ruin space easily. Then, we must think about how to adjust drone's altitude so it can fly smartly without hit the wall or floor.

Wow, if these robots become mass-produced and we can deal with the price, we can greatly minimize earthquake victims.

Life is Like Running

2010-02-16T23:28:00.000-08:00

We know four periods in one day: morning, noon, evening, and night. Morning is the time we prepare all to do many things that we must do that day. Noon is our most active period, where we use our energy and mind the most. Evening is the time we come back to home and talk with our family. And night, when we rest from all the activity during the day.

This year, I’ve already 20 years old. If I assume I die in 70, then now is 8 or 9 am. So it means that it’s the time to prepare all the things that I must do, to finish His work in the world according to His plan, according to His will.

This moment is the beginning, I still have many times to learn, to change myself according to His word. Sometimes He allows problems come in my life to show me my weaknesses and then change it. Sometimes I feel so hard to change it. But, like a mountaineer that must climb a mountain in hostile condition – there are predators, dense forest, and extreme slope terrain – I mustn’t surrender.

Because I have one purpose. True happiness.

True happiness, peace. Yeah, I hope in my old time, I’m surrounded by all the people who I love. I am fulfilled with gratitude to God, feeling nostalgic moment with my friends, enjoy the evening dusk in my life without feel regret.

I’ve heard many about people that feel regret and afraid in their old time. People who surrender easily to find their life purpose and then in the old time they feel their life is useless. People who have done dirty things like murder and corruption. In the old time, they are imprisoned, prosecuted, and stroked by many illnesses.

I also have heard beautiful biography about them who are success to keep their faith. In the Bible, Abraham – a man who is very faithful to God though it’s very impossible to hope. Now people know Abraham is father for many races. Albert Einstein, who met many difficulties in the school, ever became jobless for 2 years, and even Hitler want his death, but now we know him as one of the most famous scientist.

Just like Paul said “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”

Isn’t it beautiful? I want after I’ve done many things in the world, Jesus embraces me and says, “Well done, my son. Now, you can rest here forever, stay with Me forever.”

How beautiful.

Let Me be with You Forever, Jesus

2010-01-26T00:05:00.000-08:00

Lord, thanks for all that You give in my life
Thanks because You lifted me from my dark past, from all of my sins
Now, really…
I feel so close with Your love, Jesus

But, I’m afraid if someday, I can’t feel Your love anymore like this moment
I’m afraid if I become cold-heartened

I’m afraid, if someday I become rich
I become greedy, and forget Your love…
If it happens, I’ll lose true happiness that You give for sure!

I’m afraid, if someday I’ve already done many things
I don’t have pure heart anymore
I become arrogant, and just look for the others’ appreciation
Then I forget my life purpose, just serve You!

Jesus, at the moment I beg You
If my motivation become wrong
If I start to keep away from Your way and Your love
Hold my hand and pull me, so I can be closer again in Your side!
Told me if I’m wrong!
Coz I can’t live without Your love

Jesus, I write this note
January 26, 2010
If I get award, new job, new home, or if my dream become reality
Let me open this note!
To realize that my life is just for You
Everything that I have in my life
They’re solely Your amazing grace!
Because You really love me, whatever I am
Thank you Jesus…

Limitation

2010-01-17T19:25:00.000-08:00

Life outside earth
The other galaxy with its stars, planets, and debris
Wondering, how about living there?
How can our technology escort us, with portal or light speed?
But, no matter how much I wonder
Yet it’s still mystery, and the universe keeps it secret
The more I wonder about it, the more I waste my time

Who was I, or, what was I before I was born?
Why now there’s no memory left even it’s just a small piece?
What will be happened tomorrow, one week later, or one year later…
Ten or twenty years later, where will the destiny bring me?
When I’ve already been 60 years old, what kind of life will I have?
When will I go after death?
No matter how much I think about it…
Time just answers me with the sound of ticking
Hey time, don’t you know that I’m not satisfied with your answer??

At the moment, I realize
I just have small knowledge, small brain, small body….
All that I can do, just in this limited time, in this limited place
With limited knowledge and consciousness
How can I move all of ocean’s water with my small handful?
I’m just one of the infinite tiny dusts
Amidst this tremendous universe
Amidst the mystery of time

Psalm 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

Success without...

2010-01-13T20:12:00.000-08:00

Success without God, we will easily fall down

Success without friends, we will feel alone and empty

Success without happy family, we will feel incomplete in the home

Success without happiness, it’s lie!!

Don’t be arrogant when we are success, as if we don’t need God. God make us success because He wants our life glorify Him, for His work in the world. Do all for Him, for everlasting work not just for self satisfaction like wealth, fame, or power. Remember that our life is short, like vapor in the wind or waves in the ocean.

So for all we do, do the best to glorify Him. With motivation like that we can feel true happiness because true happiness just comes from Him.

Do your best just for Him!

Live Outside Earth

2010-01-11T22:29:00.000-08:00

People are full of curiosity. People’s curiosity has made many inventions: new land’s discovery, new technologies – communication tools, internet, and robot. Even in this digital era, our curiosity is never satisfied!

There is a curiosity that has been held since years ago. With many researches that until now aren’t yet success, many disasters like tsunami and earthquake, and density of population that cause poverty, it makes people become more and more curious about this thing.

What is it?

Yes, find trace of life outside earth!

That sound’s interesting. There are two objects that interest us so much: moon and Mars. The first, moon. Moon’s terrain that is very similar with earth makes moon become the most decent place that can be lived by people that’s ever found. But of course earth is still much better than moon. Moon doesn’t have atmosphere so the difference between night and noon’s temperature is very extreme. The sky is always black. In addition, trace of life isn’t yet proved though research is still being done until now.

The second, Mars. This red planet’s condition is also outmatched compared to earth due to great difference between night and noon’s temperature. But this planet is unique because NASA found that there are many waterway traces. Maybe those traces were rivers thousands years ago. NASA is trying to collect that proof by landing Phoenix, an explorer robot, in Mars (but why NASA doesn’t land people in Mars??)

Phoenix landed on Mars. This picture is taken from http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/phoenix-mars-lander.jpg

With the improvement of outer space’s technology, people want to explore objects that are extremely far from earth. In this galaxy, planets that are very far from earth such as Jupiter and Saturn have many orbits. Maybe one of their orbits has life sign. For example Europe, Jupiter’s natural satellite. But Europe’s terrain just consists of ice desert, so it’s impossible to find life sign in such place like that. Ice as far as we stare, isn’t it wonderful??

There are more interesting objects than Europe. There are Jovian, Europe’s natural satellite and Enceladus, Saturn’s orbit. According to scientists’ estimation, both objects have dark, deep, and huge mass of “water”. The depth of sea is more than ten times deeper than the deepest trench in the earth. Let’s imagine, in such huge and deep area like that, doesn’t it have “sea creatures”?? It’s scary, isn’t it? Though there’s life sign in Jovian and Enceladus, it doesn’t assure people can live there because maybe Jovian’s creatures breathe using methane. Maybe Enceladus’ creature is fiercer than the fiercest predator in earth. Maybe they are smarter than us. Maybe…maybe….yeah, continue imagine by yourself ^^

Illustration about water in Enceladus. This picture is taken from http://www.dailygalaxy.com

Not just in this galaxy people seek the life sign. People also try to seek life sign outside Milky Way, but the condition is much more extreme than in this galaxy, such as planet than tenth times greater than Jupiter, or noon’s temperature that reach 2000 degree Celcius, or planet that circle its center so close.

Illustration about exoplanet that circle so close from its star. This picture is taken from http://www.scitech.ac.uk/PMC/PRel/images/ExoPlanet02.jpg

There are so many questions in my mind. If life sign is actually found, is the condition better than earth?? Are the creatures welcome us?? Can our technology escort us to the destination planet that is tenth light years from earth??

But it’s the most important question that you must think: if it’s so hard to seek life sign outside earth, if there is no place that can match earth’s beauty, why do we often treat our beautiful earth irresponsibly??

God's Plan on Me

2010-01-05T22:16:00.000-08:00

It's an invaluable thing that I have been learning since High School till now. Just flashback, in my High School time I often felt meaningless, minder, and bored. There is no spirit to learn in the school so I used to play games. For what purpose I must learn?? I also thought there was no best friend, in addition in the home it's also unhappy. I often blamed my condition. Don't ask about future, I surely just shrugged.

The holiday time before I started to study in new university was the time I started to change my habit though just a little. I still often blamed my condition, why could my friends study in other cities even abroad, while I am just in my hometown?? Is God really unfair??

Now all of my doubt and all of my questions are totally answered. God's plan is above all of human plans. I just realize that lifestyle in another city is quite bad. God knows if I study in the another city while my personality is still weak and bad, I surely become worst and worst!! I surely become hopeless and absurd!! God really knows the best for me. Really, until now I still don't know why He chooses to save me.

Now I start to know Him better and better. My life is changing little by little. He give me my best friends that help me become a better person. I start to learn how to become a strong person. He really gives me chance to change my personality!! Yeah, I say thanks to Jesus because my condition now is much better than before!!

Jesus is really the best for me, that saves my life. Now I will change and change, let His hand guide and shape me with love as He wants. I believe, God has designed perfect future for me.

Don't be sad if your condition is still bad until now, because it's the part of your progress that will make you stronger in the future, like a butterfly that just change itself from pupa's shape. God has designed perfect future for you all, guys!!

2009 = Colourful

2009-12-29T18:52:00.000-08:00

Wow, time is so fast...now I'm already in the end of 2009. This year is really different than before. One word for 2009: colourful! Yay, there are many friends that I met and many activities that I do. Really spiritful and colourful!

I also learn so many about character. How to dream more and try to realize my dreams. How to walk on this life with optimistic. How to change my bad characters. How to depend my whole life on Jesus.

Thx for Jesus, my family, and my friends that colorize my 2009! I will learn more and more in 2010! I have a dream: study in Japan! Hope I can be closer with my dream in 2010!

Small Miracles around Us

2009-12-29T18:32:00.000-08:00

- Every morning after you wake up, breakfast is ready above your dining table to give you energy.

- When you are going to work or school, the first that you meet will greet you friendly.

- When you have a difficult mathematic problem in the school, your friends will help you.

- When you are sad, your friends will ask you “what’s your problem?” and then try to cheer you.

- When you go back to home, delicious meal is ready waiting for you without you need to cook it.

- When you open your facebook, many notifications appear. Maybe they are just simple jokes or simple daily conversations but they can make you smile.

- When accident comes to you in the street, people around you will help you without asking.

There are so many simple things that we don’t realize but actually they bless our day very much. They’re proved that God loves us very much. He never leaves us alone.

So walk on your days with spirit and optimistic. After wake up, don’t forget to say thanks to God because you’re still accompanied till today. And also don’t forget to help the others, because God can make everybody become angel for the others including you.

~~Find the true happiness for your better life~~

Never Stop Learning

2009-12-29T18:19:00.000-08:00

Learning software is one of IT students’ daily activities. One of them is Photoshop, software that’s specialized to edit and manipulate picture. Learning Photoshop is very unique. It’s quite difficult for beginner because there are so many tools. But with just making some projects like create poster, beginner surely can memorize tools that are often used.

Then, can we be considered as “Photoshop expert” with just knowing tools that are often used? Of course not, uh? There are still many masterpieces that are much better rather than us, that just make some projects, though maybe we and the others know the same Photoshop tools.

Not just Photoshop, the other softwares are same too, for example Flash, Movie Maker, and so on. Language programming is also same. We can memorize syntaxes within just several days, but just knowing syntaxes can’t assure that we can make antivirus or games.

The other fields are same too. More things that we learn make us realize that there are still many things that we don’t know. For example, learning languages. Maybe we know well about grammar, but when we speak with natives, we don’t know, what the hell the native speak? Does the native speak about slang languages, or words that we still don’t know? And so do about learning music, sports and the other fields and talents.

Learners often feel satisfied too early. With just knowing some Photoshop tools, we consider that we don’t necessary anymore to continue learning. Then our learning process is stopped. With the mindset like that, we will never go to the next level.

Photoshop tools, language programming syntaxes, basketball basic training, and singing basic technique actually just need about 5% of our learning process. The rest is about our creativity, effort, and brain.

So, the key is well decision about talent or field that we will learn as our specialty. Then do our best about our choice. Never stop learning.

Stay exploring your brain before…

In The Crossroad

2009-12-26T19:08:00.000-08:00

Sunday, 27 December 2009..

This is the first time I don't go to church after I commit to be faithful for Jesus since July 2009, and this Sunday actually there is no activity that can prevent me to go church.

But I don't go.

No, not because I'm lazy. Not because I feel angry with Him. I won't be angry with Jesus, because He's the best for me.

I just feel doubt. Doubt with my decision to go to church. In the church I often feel uncomfortable. There are many reasons for example feel alone, my mom doesn't agree with me and so many that I can't mention here. In the past I hoped I can find true happiness with coming to church. But why today I don't feel so? Even in Christmas Day, December 25 2009 I felt uncomfortable. Isn't it funny?? Coz this year is my first time to celebrate Christmas for myself!

I ask God, if a person that's not always go to church every Sunday, Christmas or Easter, does it mean unfaithful?? If a person that's always go to church, does it mean faithful?? Or he/she just cover himself/herself with fake religion??

Now I feel doubt. I just pray, hope I can find a place that I can communicate with Him comfortably. I also pray so I can have deep desire to come for Him. If I go to church without deep desire to worship Him, but just Sunday's daily activity, isn't it fake??? I want to be faithful, love Him more and more, but I just don't know how to do. I don't know what He wants from me.

Please Jesus, I feel doubt with my decision. I just want to feel true happiness when I pray and sing for You...

Being Processed?

2009-11-04T00:16:00.000-08:00

Now I’m already in semester 3. I feel have more colorful life rather than my first day in university. I am trying to achieve maximal GPA, following many activities, and trying to be faithful for Jesus. I want to do my best; maybe Jesus will realize my dream.

In other hand…
I also feel my problems become more and more. Compared with the beginning and mid semester one, that time I felt everything is OK. All of my friends that I know support me very much. Also, I still have many imaginations. Really, I feel that last year is much happier, joyful, and relaxed rather than now.

How about now? Some of my friends don’t support me anymore. I also feel that my mind become much more complex. My imaginations are less than last year. I also sometimes hate myself, why I do this bad thing?? I feel that myself is very hard to be conquered. Problems come and gone away, they make me have at least one stressed day in a week. Oh…no…is it real life??

I remember that in semester one I ever read about philosophy of life. Life is like climbing a high mountain. There is a time I will enter dense bleak forest. If I don’t have someone to guide me, I SURELY WILL DIE. I will lose, don’t know the true direction then finally my journey will be ended tragically, maybe I become prey of wild predator, or even go back to the foot, say to my Jury, I am surrender!!

Is it the purpose of my dream that I begin last year?? Yeah, it’s normal actually. If you decide to climb a high mountain, when will you feel the most spiritful? Just in two places! First, when you decide to begin climbing, then you stare the mountain’s peak, wow it’s awesome! What if I can reach the peak? You wonder, wonder, and wonder, so beautiful. Second, when you’re already in the top, it’s the true happiness. The most beautiful scenery will be seen from the peak. You can see everything: cities, lamps, and forest that you ever pass below.

Nah, what if I am in the slope??

Tiredness, depressed, fear, and doubt will be felt by the climber. So do me now. Sometimes I feel pessimist, am I fool to make such a high dream?? Will I reach the top? I am in the dense bleak forest! Or I can’t bear myself to stop and see below; feel satisfied with all that I’ve already achieved. It’s not more beautiful than the first time I make a dream or later I will be in the peak!

That’s why I need a guider. A guider that’s more than friend, more than parents, that lightens my way even in the darkest forest. I know now I’m being processed so later I can become strong, not easy to fall down. Now I believe, though I’ve so many problems I must go on! Because even in the most difficult problem, my guider always with me. My guider always gives me the safe way. Even when I have problems, there are many friends that support me, thanks to my guider. I must have climber mental, though I am in the dark forest but I must continue step by step to the peak!

Wallpaper and Laptop

2009-11-02T22:58:00.000-08:00

Ahh...I just finished photoshop CS2 tutorial I got from internet. I just follow the steps, but the result is awesome!! I just change the wallpaper's picture... maybe next time I can design a futuristic wallpaper!!

"Because the future is ours."

Cold-hearted

2009-10-20T21:37:00.000-07:00

Feel so enthusiastic today
To get more and more knowledge
Brag them to the others
In other hand
I realize
I have no difference with knowledge repository machine
That has no heart
Would serve when asked
Is it the purpose of life, just collect more and more knowledge?
Or just to get the others’ appreciation, or to survive??
Now, I feel I just a cold-hearted boy

Days and hours that I’ve passed
Happiness and sadness
Come like a rolling stone
The moment when I feel happy and spiritful
Would the matter of time
decrease my spirit
little by little bit?
Now, I feel I just a cold-hearted boy

The moment when sadness come
The selfishness comes up
Feel alienated
Feel hard to forgive
Feel hard to say thanks
Afterward
When happiness moment comes
Disappointed feeling follows the moment
Why couldn’t I say thanks?
Now, I feel
I just a cold-hearted boy

A Dream: by A Meaningless Boy

2009-10-07T18:29:00.000-07:00

Cities afar, full of skyscrapers
Every trip, going by fast train or double dekker bus
Awesome scenery, snow-capped mountain, clean river...
A place where snow falls
A place where there's warm spring
A place where cool wind of autumn blows
Tree's leaves over there, colorized with purple and red
The place where people speak language that I can't understand
The place where many people over the world
Dream if someday, could be there

I'm the one of them!
I have a dream...
Wondering if I could go there
Continue my study there
Meet with scientists that gather
from many places around the world
Plan to create a sophisticated machine
That haven't yet created
That machine, will be useful for the world
Wondering, could I take part??

Ha ha ha...
But I'm still here, in my room
Still don't have money, time, and knowledge
Powerless to do the big thing
Even just to visit a country for a bit moment...
Just for a bit moment of my life??
At the moment, I feel I am ridiculoused
By myself...

It's true, I'm powerless
To change, to determine my own fate
I'm just day-dreaming now
I am just wondering!!
So, I need U Jesus
I know I'm just a meaningless boy
Therefore, I am praying
Therefore, I am begging U Jesus
I just wanna enjoy the life that U give to me
I wanna see the world
Not just to stay here along my life!!
I wanna do something big
Please Jesus...

I know, I must do my best
Today...
If I must sacrifice something now...
I will!
If that sacrifice could bring me to realize my dream
Compared to the bright future that U'll give to me,
it just small sacrifice, isn't it?

Just in my side, Jesus
Don't leave me alone
Let us walking step by step
Please Jesus, teach me to do my best...
Now I can smile
Though I'm just a meaningless boy,
but I'm hopeful!

Happiness vs Work Hard

2009-09-13T19:42:00.000-07:00

Wow, time goes so fast like flashlight, now I’m already in semester 3. Like semester 2, I have several targets, for example achieving maximum GPA point. Then for my character, I wanna be humble, strong, organized, and faithful for my Jesus.

Nah, I feel that in semester 2, I try to work hard but eventually less result. Why? Am I still less effort? No! When I flashback, I think that in semester 2 I have too many anxieties. Due to worrying about my future, so I feel that the other people just bother my goals. Oh…how childish! Even I think that semester 1 is much better than semester 2!

Why, why? Yeah, the reason is LACK OF HAPPINESS. If I have no difference between my JHS’ time and campus’ time, it means that I also have no change. It’s absolutely right that there’s an utterance that said “The past is history, tomorrow is mystery, but today is PRESENT.” God gives me today so I can enjoy it and do my best.

Now, I am trying to do my best for today, not for tomorrow because tomorrow is built by today right? The house is built from the foundation not from the top. At the moment I am trying to make better friendship (friend is the most precious Jesus’ gift, right?), to not force my idea to the others, to be more tolerate, to find my self talent, to find true happiness, and to do the best every business that must I do for today. Though sometimes I fail and fail…

About my future, can I change my future myself? Who am I? It’s the foolish thing that I think. But now I put my dreams (travelling, study abroad etc) into Jesus’ hand, coz only Jesus that know my future.

Just do the best today for tomorrow, not tomorrow for today…

Tarsah Mirror

2009-08-17T21:36:00.000-07:00

Well, this is my dream....I imagine if my dream become reality!

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Wow, finally my dream can be realized! Yesterday night, when I opened my Yahoo email, I got message that I’ve registered in Kyoto University, Japan! Hence I couldn’t sleep that night. I can’t stop to say thanks to Lord! Finally, I could close my eyes in the early morning…

Tomorrow, I woke up too late. This week I must prepare everything that I need to go Japan: important documents, visa, stuff, airplane ticket, and I won’t forget the one: Bible. Thanks Lord! I also must go to Japan ambassador’s office to get further information about everything that must be prepared, especially things that I needed when I’m already in Japan. I also browse internet to get info about my class and my dictate. Robotto, Japan, ASIMO, I’m coming!

One week passed, finally I finish my business. Ha! I feel relieved, my struggle up till now to change my bad characters, to motivate myself to always learn and learn, and to be faithful with Jesus is success! Now I must say goodbye with my family and friends. My family is very happy I can reach my dream, though they feel sad I will go. But I’ve already taught them to keep contact with me by email, facebook, messenger and so on. Many messages “congratz” appear in my handphone and facebook’s wall. Wow, thanks Lord, You always understand everything what I need, my hope in You won’t disappointed me!

The day I go to Japan finally comes, me and my family go to Soekarno-Hatta airport. There are also my best friends go with me. After say goodbye and give last advises, I and my friends go to airport. Our flight will start within several minutes. I bring my suitcase toward the plane.

“The plane will flight to Narita airport, Tokyo immediately. Use your safe belt.” Slowly, the plane begins to take off. Yay!

Several minutes passed. The plane already flies high in the sky. I talk with my friends, share our experience of life. The long flight but meaningful finally ends when the plane lands in Narita airport, Tokyo. Lord, thanks! This is the country I always dreamed in the past, now I’m here! Afterward, I and my friends go with taxi to a hotel in Tokyo.

Several days passed. I already found apartment in Kyoto to live after I search in the internet. Yeah, I feel confuse to live in this country, but fortunately there is a guider to help me. He said, if I will go to Kyoto I must go by Shinkansen, Japanese electric train. Wow, how beautiful if a dream become reality.

Two days after, I go to Kyoto by one of the best train in the world, Shinkansen. Here is very clean and neat, I am amazed with this country. The attendants are also very friendly, though they can’t speak English well. I see from the window, Fujiyama, Japanese icon! Am I dreaming? I blink my eye, still don’t believe it. No, this is real! The beautiful mountain with snow capped at the top, that in the past I just saw it in the photos, now in front of my eyes! Thanks Lord!

I arrive in Kyoto. I go by taxi to my apartment. In my apartment, the condition is very supportive to learn, there is fast internet connection. There is also a computer to do programming, though I actually already have a laptop.

One day after, I go to Kyoto University to get all important info. Yeah, one week later I must start to study. I must do my best to study here; I want to better that Japanese student. I still have a dream after I graduate, I can use my ability to help the world through producing smart machines that can help many people.

Study time finally comes. I am very happy; I never stop say thanks to Jesus. But in the other side I feel unusual! I feel embarrassed when I see many Japanese students. Because of that I just say “ohayoo gozaimasu” to them with smile. Haha, but I still have Indonesia friends to help me to adapt with new situation, at least for the first days…

Many months passed. This university is really high class, lecturers teach us with full English. Everyday we hold discussion, programming, and research. To make my brain chill, every Saturday I go around Kyoto for half day, and the next half day to learn again. Sunday, I go to church for Indonesia people in this city, and say thanks to Jesus for everything.

Yeah, I still have a dream, my purpose not yet become real. To produce smart machines! I will try all of my best to study in this high class university. I will prove that Indonesian people can be better than Japanese people! Jesus, please walk beside me along my life, don’t leave me alone. I can’t walk on my life without U. I will do my best to glorify U!
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AIESEC and My Experience

2009-08-09T22:36:00.000-07:00

AIESEC, abbreviation from Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales, is the biggest youth organization in the world. Established in 1948 after WWII ended, this organization has activities in social field. This organization takes care about world issues like poverty and environment. Hence AIESEC holds activities like seminar, internship, and many.

Indonesia has joined AIESEC since 1987. Now in Indonesia there are several AIESEC branches, one of them is in my hometown, Malang, AIESEC branch is in Brawijaya University. The organization’s committees are Brawijaya’s students. AIESEC also has partnership with Machung University to expand network.

June 26,2009, me and friends did interview in UB. The purpose is to select buddy for intern that would come to Malang. We could pass that interview if we have enough English language skill and high interest about this activity. One day after, I got information that he could pass the interview.

June 27,2009, me and friends went to UB to see the intern which would be accompanied. Mostly of interns that come to Malang was from China and the rest was from Korea, India, Germany, India, Holland, and Poland. I got intern from China, Zhao Qinhao. He comes from Tsinghua University, Beijing. His department is marketing. He came at July 1, 2009.

My interns, Zhao Qinhao. This photo was taken when he was in Borobudur Temple in Jogjakarta.

Interns were divided into several groups according to their project like Tourism, Go Green, and Children. Qinhao got Go Green group, the project that take care about environment issues. The place where Qinhao works was in Tunas Hijau, its location is the south of Malang’s library. In addition, sometimes Qinhao and the other interns in Go Green project were also sent to many schools in Malang to give environment seminar to children.

Zhao Qinhao and another interns in Borobudur temple, Jogjakarta. They are mostly from China, the rest are from Poland, Norway, and Korea.

My task as buddy was helping intern so he could live by himself in Malang. I helped Qinhao to teach how to go to his working place by himself, give information about the nearest stall and the other important place. In addition, if Qinhao had free time, I accompanied him to introduce Malang. I invited him to go to Araya, Matos, and Tidar villa.

Me, interns from Go Green project, and AISEC's committee from Brawijaya University. Nice photo hehehe...

There are many experiences that I got. I could improve English and Mandarin language skill. I also knew more about Malang like the important place for tourism and public transportation’s route. In addition, there are also how to manage time, make promise, be more professional, and many knowledge from different people. It’s very meaningful!

Thanks for Support Me

2009-08-09T22:19:00.000-07:00

When I contemplate
What I’ve done today
So many
So many mistakes that I’ve done
I feel desperate, meaningless
Why am I so weak?

“Jesus, I just wanna change!
But, why is this struggle so difficult?”
I’m afraid
I’m afraid of failure
I’m afraid, along my life
My bad characters
Disappointed His heart

Though I weak
He always waits for me
Faithfully
He looks at me with love
He gives support to me
His gently voice
Make me rise again
I look the way in front of me
Still long way…

“My son
You won’t be alone to face your struggle
Strengthen your heart, you still have long way
I will always beside you
Be mature, my son
Believe that
You will be the best
To finish your struggle of life”

Oh Lord
Why do You always wait for me faithfully?
Thanks a lot, my Lord, my Father!
I will change my bad characters
Though it’s so difficult, I won’t be surrender
Today must be better than yesterday!
With You, I have bright future…

My Persistence

2009-08-05T21:23:00.001-07:00

Wake up...
Wake up from my slept...
Wake up from my laziness...
Wake up from every situation that will inhibit me...

Yeah, I JUST WANNA BE MYSELF
I want to strongly stand up with my own leg
I will do everything that I must do
I want to reach my dream, my future

You may insult me
You may despise me
Notice, I don't live for your opinion
I live for my Creator
If you despise me
You also despise He who creates me, huh?

I JUST WANNA BE MYSELF
I just wanna finish my tasks in the world
I just wanna reach my dream
Oh Lord, strenghten me...
I can't walk alone without You...

Who Am I (Casting Crown)

2009-08-05T21:10:00.000-07:00

Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth,
Would care to know my name,
Would care to feel my hurt.
Who am I?
That the bright and morning star,
Would choose to light the way,
For my ever wondering heart.

Not because of who I am.
But because of what you've done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who you are.

Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I'm calling,
Lord you catch me when I'm falling,
And you told me who I am.
I am yours.
I am yours.

Who am I?
That the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
And watch me rise again
Who am I?
That the voice that calm the sea,
Would call out through the rain,
And calm the storm in me.

Not because of who I am.
But because what of youve done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who you are.

Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I'm calling,
Lord you catch me when I'm falling,
And you told me who I am.
I am yours.

Not because of who I am.
But because of what you've done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who you are.

Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I'm calling,
Lord you catch me when I'm falling,
You told me who I am.
I am yours.
I am yours.

Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
'Cuz I am yours.
I am yours.

Fulfil Your Emptiness

2009-07-28T21:05:00.000-07:00

Dear reader,

We often feel bored, empty because everyday we just do routine activities, same activities day by day. Feel bored while working, even feel bored while holiday. In the fact, when the day begins at 4 a.m. until the sun sets, million of new things appear in the world. Don’t believe? Think these…

- Do you know if everyday many singers and bands try to create new songs? Uniquely, there are no two songs that are same.

- Do you know if everyday many new ideas are uploaded in internet, for example articles, comments, paintings, or even just shoutout in facebook’s wall?

- Do you know if many drawers also try to paint new painting everyday?

- Do you know if our governors and politicians always work hard to make their own area better?

- Do you know if in the world there is no same day? If don’t, try to read newspaper everyday, and you’ll find there is no same news.

And still so many, if you feel bored motivate yourself to colorize the world. How? Give your brilliant ideas wherever you are, at home, while working, university, and school. Even when you write “today is beautiful” in facebook’s wall, actually you’ve already gave positive influence in the world. You also can find your hidden talent and use it to colorize the world. Find the purpose of why you were born. And the most important, always pray. With praying, we are communicating with our God, we can say, “Thanks God for the day that You give, thanks for the beautiful life that You give, thanks for everything!” . More often we communicate with our God, our emptiness will be fulfilled too.

Believe that God doesn’t program us like robot that just do mundane things day by day. God also gives us the creativity to be sharpened. How can you are same with robot! Think the world right now, why facebook, sophisticated technologies, skyscrapers exist? Because every people in the world are also give color!

Interesting to follow them? Colorize the world with your own style!

"Kimi wa kimi dake shika inai yo
Kawari nante hoka ni inainda
Karenai de ichirin no hana"

"You are the only "you"
There is no such thing as your replacement
Don't wilt away, single flower"

The Fact of Human Mind

2009-07-28T20:56:00.000-07:00

Yeah! Human mind is the greatest power in the world, exceeds tanks, helicopters, or the newest type of aircrafts. With mind, people can faraway to Tokyo, Washington even go to other planet though our body is in bed. Everything that’s created by human is originated from human mind. Actually, we have two different worlds, our true world and our virtual world.

That sound’s great, isn’t it? Human can create things that don’t exist in the world, even the thing that’s absolutely unreal! It’s one of my hobbies too, day dreaming. Nah, how far our mind should control us?

- When we are creating something. I realize it when I saw many videos in YouTube. There are many “out of this world” scenarios of game, like bionic-legged robot, futuristic imagination about 2012 or 2142. So wonderful. Yeah, when we are creating something, our mind is wandering in virtual world, faraway, like a wanderer in the desert searching for oasis; our mind is searching for ideas. This is important; because it can colorize the world, create many variations.

- When we are planning. Of course we must have vision so we can reach it. Try to apply it and feel that our mind can control our behavior.

- Increasing our carefulness. Before leaving home it’s surely that we can’t let the door opened. In other case, to increase our carefulness about bad-suspected thing. But don’t be over suspected.

In other hand, our mind can become wild, exceeds any ferocious animal in the world. For example:

- When we imagine unmoral thing. Every crime in the world like rape, fraud etc is also originated from human mind.

- When we experienced bad thing. Our mind is manipulated by the traumatic accident so we can feel insomnia, nightmare, trauma, or stress.

- When we are day-dreaming in wrong time. We become less-concentrated, can’t sleep etc. If we are over dreamed, we can be considered as weird people.

- When we decide to begin something. Sometimes our mind wanders searching any bad thing that will be happened. Sometimes it’s needed for anticipation, but sometimes it can inhibit us to go ahead.

- When our mind is controlled by wrong ideology. Wrong ideology can take part of our mind very much (we often know it as “brain-washing”), so we forget about love and compassion, even we forget about the purpose of life. Guess why terrorist has strong will to sacrifice himself to kill the others with bomb?

- When our mind cause wrong face expression. Do you ever see your friend that smile without reason? Hahaha…

See? Our mind, beside can motivate us very much, in the other hand it’s quite difficult to control it. There are several tips to control our mind:

--> Have this principle: anxiety, sadness for one day is just for one day. Everyday have its own anxiety or sadness.

--> Limit our mind area, in our virtual world there are some places that mustn’t be visited just like our true world. If needed, give sign “RESTRICTED”, for example unmoral thing or negative thought. We can say to own self, “Stop! It just my mind, actually there’s no such thing like that.”

--> Realize that we still face true world. Day-dreaming in the wrong time and wrong place, or too much day-dreaming can cause the others consider us weird.

--> Find the truth. Wrong ideologies can astray us, so find the truth! It’s the most important.

Yeah, those are few tips. Until now I am still trying hard to control against my ferocious mind, against the unreal things that’s actually originated from my mind which can inhibit me to go ahead. Cuz I’m a kinda scatterbrained person.

By the way, if human’s mind become uncontrolled and completely lost, can’t find the way to true world, he/she can be considered as:
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..
...
....

T_T

Human Language vs Computer Language

2009-07-23T23:36:00.000-07:00

Well, time goes so fast, and now I am in my mid-holiday. Yeah, I planned many things before holiday, and I think I've done some of them. For example, to learn English and Japanese language because I have a dream to continue my study in Japan. I've learned them not just from the book but also from movie and native.

But I realize that it's not possible if I just use the whole holiday to learn language. My department is IT, Information Technology not Language department. In addition, next semester I will use new programming language, Java. So I plan to use my remain holiday time to learn programming, and if possible, Artificial Intelligence, the field that I love to study, especially later in Japan.

---serious mode off---

How to say "Good morning" in human language

Chinese
"Zǎoshang hǎo!"

In C(one of programming language)

#include
void main()
{
printf("Good morning!");
}

Japanese
"Ohayoo gozaimasu!"

Javanese (one of Indonesia traditional languages)
"Sugeng enjang!"

Java programming language

class Hello
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
System.out.println("Good morning!")
}
}

hahaha...

Difference to Make Equilibrium

2009-07-12T21:39:00.000-07:00

Nah, maybe some of u think that this article is unimportant, but just stop for a while and read it to realize the facts below!

1. If there are just doctors in the world, no patients, it's useless for doctors to work. Because no one uses their services. Vice versa, if there are just patients, this world is surely become miserable and terrible. No one heals them.

2. Do you know if in the world all of people can become teacher? Yeah, of course for different subjects. Imagine if all people just teach one subject: mathematics! The world becomes so booooreeed, uncompetent, and confusing!

3. If all people in the world are rich, no one poor...may the world become happy? No! It's nonsense! People will lose one of human characteristic: taking care. Vice versa, if the world is just dominated by poor people, the world become miserable and discouraged. Because no one become a good example for them. Because the world has rich and poor people, we know the story about Mother Teresa, Oprah Winfrey that encourage us very much.

4. Why are there handicapped people? If the world doesn't have handicapped people, no one motivates us. We just feel our life mundane. Do you feel so? Look at Nick Vujicic, man without limbs but his spirit lighten our world very much!

5. Why are there different languages in the world? It provides brighter future for many people. Do you know English teacher, Chinese teacher, Japanese teacher, those professions exist because of many various languages in the world. The difference of language also encourages us to promote our own language to the others, to prove that our languages is the best.

6. Why are there many countries exist? Is it better if the world is united, no countries so there's no war? I say, no. Because of many different countries we can compete with the others to prove that our own country is the best. Look at USA and Sovyet Union! Because of competition among them now we can see and use rocket, satellite, technology etc. The existence of many countries also brings profession for example President, Ambassador, etc. We learn to compete with other countries but also respect to keep our relationship with other countries, for example not to enter neighbour country without permission. No difference, no learning process.
(inspired from one posting in my university' learning website)

7. Why does swine flu exist? To bring advantages for medicine factory! It's unfair if just farmer and breeder that get advantages.

8. Why are there many disasters in the world? It can make us more careful with the world, so people can more respectful for the world, to make better world.

9. In our life, there are successfulness and failureness. If our life is just filled with successfulness, we become arrogant. Vice versa, maybe we dare to kill ownself...

No difference, no learning process.

Six Years After...

2009-07-02T21:28:00.000-07:00

Six years passed
Yeah, six years after the world war
When The Dragon Forces annilihated our homeland
Our beloved country
They attacked everything that they want
When tanks, artilleries, aircrafts and robots
Destroyed everything in my homeland

Our soldiers
Have been struggling to face them
But our president
Did a very foolish thing
When he decided to destroy Tokyo by nuclear

At the moment
Me
And the other New York's survivors
Decide to leave our shelter
Yeah, anti-nuclear bunker
Our hope and shelter during the war

How terrible!
We don't see even just a building stand
Just the sea of ruins
And...oh!!
Why the sun burns us very much?
We must wear white robe
To protect ourselves
From the sun's anger

Me, and the other survivors
Trying to seek life sign
But...what can I see??
We are like in hell!
I see...
Many dilapidated humans
Shouting for help
Human with broken face
Because of radiation and sun's anger
With decayed injury
Or lose their foot
Like zombie
Oh!!
I run as I can...
To take my mind off the terrible scenery

After walking for a day
I feel hungry and thirsty
Oh...but I just see the sea of ruins!
While the food supply in the bunker
Completely exhausted

At the moment
Who can I be hoped to help?
Usually, our country sends many rescuer to the world
Now, my country is completely destructed
I doubt they all can survive!
Europe?
Europe is in war with my country too!
Because of human's greedy
Struggling for the last remaining crude oil in North Pole
Now...
There's no "friend" in the world
Other countries, condition, people
All become enemies!

At the moment...
With the other survivors
Waiting for our time
To say goodbye
For the hopeless world
In a misery...

(this picture is taken from http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_byeyurPM_gU/SlBoHOTVgAI/AAAAAAAAADI/2ZXhLmsYPsg/s1600-h/aaa.jpg)

From: A boy that survived from nuclear war. In 2021, New York is totally destructed by nuclear weapon. Approximately 6 years later, in 2027, thousands of people decide to get out from nuclear bunker, seeking for aid.

SAY NO TO NUCLEAR WEAPON, IT JUST BRING MISERY FOR OUR FUTURE

Futuristic Military Suit

2009-06-30T19:30:00.000-07:00

Our future war will be full of innovation. One of that interesting innovations is the military suit. Of course, it's not just usual suit but it also has different functions according to soldiers' specialization. Nah, I have many ideas about our amaaazingg futuristic military. Look below!

1. Stealth suit
Like in Harry Potter film, the wearer will become invisible while using it. Using nanotechnology, the particle's suit change the color become transparent while in used. I ever read that US scientist have been developing it.
Suitable for: Sniper, scouter, survivor

2. Ninja suit
Inspired from Metal Gear Solid game. The outer part of its suit is made from exoskeleton that allows the wearer to jump freely like a ninja. This suit even allows wearer to jump from 20 m's height to the ground like a hero!
Suitable for: Infiltrator

3. Chameleon suit
It's also inspired from Metal Gear Solid. It's using nanotechnology. It has smart particle that can adapt the color with its attached texture. When enemy troops attack, the wearer should attach himself to the wall, ground, or any texture around him, waiting for enemies' carelessness then kill them all.
Suitable for: Infiltrator, survivor

4. Guardian suit
The elite soldier standard's suit in the world. Enhanced with heat sensor that can detect mammal's heat in 30 m's radius. In addition, it is also enhanced with mini laser gun in the hand part that can become secondary weapon. So the wearer doesn't need to worry if his primary weapon ammunition is exhausted.
Suitable for: Rifleman, marksman, assaulter

5. Commander guardian suit
Basically, its feature is same with guardian suit, but in addition it is enhanced with mini computer and signal receiver. The receiver receives signal directly from the satellite to give information about desired target area, and displayed it in the mini computer. Because the feature is very awful and amazing, its price is also "amazing" too, hence it is just produced very limited.
Suitable for: Commander

Perfect Love

2009-06-27T23:23:00.000-07:00

June 28, 2009, 3.00 am

I was reading my Bible. Yeah, at the silent night, with the sound of clock.... my mind was faraway. I remembered about my past. My child. Do you know, my child time wasn't happy, very unhappy...actually, I come from broken home's family, believe it or not...

The my mind wandered and wandered again...like the portal of time,,, I remembered, when I was Senior High School,,I don't have the truly best friend...even I was...yah...I hate some of my High School's friends...hence I used my time to play game, because I thought I'm rejected...

Compared with my friends, I am a complicated boy, mysterious boy, because I have complicated past too...

Then I noticed my card that I have in my Bible...I saw Jesus' pictures, I saw some words from Bible that strengthen me very much..

Suddenly I felt lucky, because now my life is quite different, since I entered new university...I am full of hope, I have a spirit of life, I know Jesus deeply...
I feel the perfect love, truly perfect love, when He raise me from my darkness past to now...

Then I started to cry. Fifteen minutes passed...I said to Jesus, "Jesus, who am I, I just an absurd boy, a childish boy, why do You loves me so much, nothing's special in me, why Jesus, why?"

I am really lucky to have Jesus in my life. He gives me a perfect love, that I don't get it from the world...now I realize, I have felt the truly love from Jesus, so I must strengthen my other friends that have problem, I must focus to reach my dream. I believe, Jesus give the life for me to spread the true love from Him to the world, Jesus let me life though I have many bad characters...to change my character...Jesus waits for me patiently...

Now I don't need to regret my past, I don't need to hate my friends, because I believe that all of the events in my life have been planned by Jesus. Just in Jesus' hand, my life is saved. I learn from my past, and now I'm ready to lighten the world.

I won't be surrender, I must reach my dream, to give positive influence for the world, Jesus strengthen me please, I can't walk without U....

When I look this picture, oh....I don't feel lonely...I feel Jesus' perfect love. Jesus, I'm your beloved son, I want with U every time....

Robotic - The Most Prospective Technology

2009-06-25T23:58:00.000-07:00

Robotic technology is a newer technology if it’s compared with computer or handphone technology. Many big companies or universities are interested to develop robotic technology. Even now robotic technology raises many students’ interest in High School.

Robotic technology is interested in because that technology offers ease. In addition, Hollywood films like Matrix and Terminator are also give contribution to raise people’s interest to learn robotic. Robot is considered as unique thing; beside it offers ease people can expand their creativity with create a new robot model.

Actually, what is robot? How can we say a thing ‘robot’? Robot is a tool to substitute human’s tasks, where it can work automatically. To work automatically robot needs a program to be embedded in its ‘brain’, that’s usually use Artificial Intelligence (AI).

There are some unique robot characteristics that people don’t have. First, because robot uses program as its controller, robot can do complex calculation that’s impossible to be done by people. Second, robot can do without emotion, so it’s surely that robot’s work is accurate and stabile.

In other hand robot doesn’t have creativity like human. So robot’s role to substitute human’s tasks must be set according to its unique characteristic: accurate, stabile, and don’t need creativity. First, robot can do tedious daily human’s tasks. At the moment, many of big companies use robots to do some tasks that aren’t appropriate to be done by human because it’s quite tedious, like mechanical arm robot/gripper to separate and pack goods. In car companies there are robots that are used to weld car’s body.

Second, because of robot’s unique characteristic that can work without affected by environment, robot can do many things that are impossible to be done by human. For instance, to explore Mars, of course many experts don’t dare to land people directly in Mars. Hence experts must research Mars’ condition whether it can be landed by human or not. The only one way is to send robot to Mars. Phoenix, robot that’s sent to Mars by NASA, even can do a mission that’s held by NASA, to search whether there’s a life sign or not.

Japan has developed snake robot that has very flexible body. That robot can detect disaster or fire victims that are buried in ruins. A task that’s very difficult to be done by human. In other way, robot can detect gas leak or toxic level.

Further, because of continuous innovation that is being done, robot’s functions aren’t just to substitute tedious or hazardous human’s tasks. In medical field there’s a robot that’s specialized to substitute doctor’s task to do surgeon. Doctor just controls the robot from other room. The usage of surgeon robot has some advantages. First, minimize the incision in patient’s body. Second, avoid the carelessness that can make malpractice that maybe done because of human mistake. It’s because robot can work very accurately according to program that’s embedded.

Innovation also allows robot become a tool that’s very helpful in human’s life. Robot can accompany old and handicapped people. For example, Care-O-Bot can detect its foreman’s condition. If its foreman becomes suddenly unconscious, Care-O-Bot will try to call his/her many times. If there’s no respond, Care-O-Bot will automatically call ambulance for help. There’s also a cute Japanese robot, Wakamaru, a humanoid robot that’s specialized to communicate with people. Wakamaru can greet and guide people, provide the newest information like weather and forecast, and highlight events.

Now some kinds of robot are also created to help our daily activities. Toyota Motor Corp and Tokyo University are collaborating to create robot that can clean our room, make our dining table neat, and the other maid’s tasks.

Military also often uses robotic technology. Robot is very helpful to help soldiers. Before US soldiers attack target, they send UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) as spy to give information about target area’s condition. USA also has Robodog, a robot that’s very helpful to carry soldier’s logistics and seek enemies. Robodog even can walk in heavy terrain like mountain.

Beside its function to help people, robot also becomes an object to show human’s creativity. Showing creativity by create sophisticated robot is a pride for the maker. Hence many big companies use their own robot as mascot. For example, a humanoid robot ASIMO that is claimed as the smartest robot in the world is a Honda’s mascot. ASIMO’s ability is very amazing; she can play violin, go upstairs and downstairs, and give respond when she sees her shadow in the mirror. There’s also a dog-shaped robot Aibo, a robot that’s become Sony’s mascot. There are so many interesting robotic innovations: female robot with fourteen expressions (Fashion-bot HRP-4C), child robot (i-Cub), chef robot (Okonomiyaki Robot/ Motoman SDA-10), and teacher robot (Saya).

The development of robotic technology is undoubtly very fast. It is even same as computer technology’s development 30 years ago. Bill Gates predicts that in 2025, robot will be known as general things as our computer or handphone right now.
But right now, to make robot as general thing, it still meets some problems. First, the quite high price of robot. It’s appropriate because robotic technology is considered a new technology. A new technology needs thought, effort, and fund that are not few. But little by little the price of robot will be decreased while the demand increases. The handphone’s price proves that. In 1990, just rich and important people that have handphone but now handphone is considered as very common things. Now almost every people have handphone.

Second, there are still few robotic makers. Robotic knowledge is still considered as complex and difficult object especially in the developed countries. But while the demand of robot increases, people will be encouraged to learn robotic technology.

As a conclusion, robot is a new technology but it’s very interesting. Beside it offers ease, people make robot to show their creativity. Robot is still a new thing but people need it because the unique robot characteristic like stabile, accurate, and isn’t affected by mood and work environment make robot is used to substitute improperly human’s tasks, for example hazardous or tedious tasks.

Human’s will to make robot more perfect from time to time make robot’s function isn’t just to substitute human’s tasks but robot also can help people like help handicapped people, do maid’s tasks and so many.

At the moment, the research to make robot more perfect is still continued. It makes robotic technology as the most prospective technology in the future.

Human vs Machine

2009-06-12T02:01:00.000-07:00

This idea was appeared when I was in day-dreaming at home. If you like war games, maybe this idea can help you to develop your games. Okay, it’s my idea.

“In 2050, there are two strong blocks in the world: Asia-Pacific and USA. They have military competition among them. Pentagon has many military robotic factories in Alaska; these factories are independent from human. It means that these factories can product robot soldiers without human’s intervention.
One day, APF (Asia Pacific Forces)’s battleships that guard their territorial in Bering Strait near Alaska, has gone too far into USA’s area. US Forces consider it as provocation. So US Forces send many armies to destroy them. Then USA declares war to Asia-Pacific.
Two days later, many and many US soldiers, aircrafts, battleships, vehicles, tanks, and helicopters cross Pacific Ocean to annihilate APF. But it’s not easy. APF has prepared many missiles to reply US invasion. Many missiles are launched from Japan, China and Taiwan. Besides of that, the number of APF soldiers is much than US Forces.
Of course Pentagon doesn’t want to be a loser. Then they decide to use their secret weapon in Alaska: robot soldiers, before they invade Asia-Pacific again. So the number of US Forces’ death can be minimized.
Finally they give access to many robots that will invade Asia-Pacific. They are terrifying; they have unlimited numbers because they are machine. They can replicate themselves and build other robots. Then these machines begin to invade Japan and then China. That strategy is apparently success, APF can’t defend their bases. Many important cities like Tokyo, Shanghai and Taipei are fallen.
The US Forces dare to come invade Asia-Pacific again. Many US soldiers are sent into Asia-Pacific area. With robots’ help, they can invade them quickly.
But there is one important city in Asia-Pacific that isn’t yet being invaded: Beijing. There are so many hackers that are trying to sabotage robot factories in Alaska. They build a satellite to sabotage them. The satellite is used to seek how these robots work.
Finally they know it. Then they try to sabotage them through computer. Unfortunately, they make fatal mistakes that change the program of these robots. The program changes the attack target; before these robots are sabotaged, they just attack APF. But now they have new targets: ATTACK ANY HUMAN.
Because these robots that are already in Asia-Pacific area controlled by factories in Alaska, that mistake also changes the robot programs. Now these robots are brutal; they attack US Forces, APF, civilian, building, and so on. Many robot ships are sent automatically to Asia-Pacific to destroy EVERYTHING.
US soldiers that are not ready to handle that situation, also become victims. So there are two choices that they have: insist to invade Asia-Pacific, so there are three blocks: USA, APF, and robot, or they choose to try together with APF to annihilate these RISING MACHINES.”

Okay that’s all. This scenario has rather difference compared to the others; the place setting is in Asia Pacific, so you can feel different nuance.

My Activity during Holiday....

2009-06-12T01:50:00.000-07:00

Hem…long time no write in my blog, finally I can write again because it’s holiday time. Wow, I really feel busy period especially in the beginning of May. Yeah, during the holiday I have planning to learn everything that I want.

But it’s definitely not possible if I learn too much. My brain has capacity limitation too. Because I want learn so many things:

I want to learn language, English, Chinese and Japanese. I think that it’s impossible if I just read many articles and notice the vocabularies that I get. I have experience, I have many language books in my home, I try to remember the vocabs, but I think it’s really not effective, because I can forget them easily. Until now, I can’t speak fluently. Hmmm… I see many of my friends that are very fluent in speaking language. They usually learn by watching video. So, I’ll try to learn like them, watching video. I think it’s very effective, so my learn method isn’t just reading and writing like I do until now. Besides of that, I can feel enjoy in learning language.
I want to learn how to make robot! I’ve already begin to make robot some months ago, but it has been delayed because there’s not enough time….too busy T_T. So I’ll continue my robotic project again. The most important thing that I need is partner! I can’t work alone, but if there’s no partner, I must try how I can build it alone. I think I have many limitations in learning robotic: no detailed hardware specification, no detailed program, and so on. But I’ll try to break them.
I want to learn Artificial Intelligence. I have borrowed AI book from library. When I read it at the first time, I think it's not difficult if there's a teacher explaining it to me. It’s my dream: I’ll learn AI for robotic or other “smart machines” next time as my expert.
I want to learn art! It’s my friend’s suggestion, that people must have right brain’s ability besides left brain’s ability. I’ll try to draw futuristic art, because I really like it.

Wow, so many things, I doubt that I have enough time in holiday to learn them all. So I must have priority: Robotic is the main priority, because it’s my target: I must create at least one robot this year. The second is AI. And the others, I think I still have time after holiday. I must have great spirit and concentration!!

I can't be patient!!

2009-03-28T01:00:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I wanna learn about robotic but I need partners to learn.
My IT lecturers don't have enough time to teach me and my friends....
I've bought some components like PCB, resistor, transistor, and so on, but I don't know what I must do with them. Because I didn't get electro in Junior and Senior High School.
In addition, many of my friends that have embedded system subject, they are building a line follower robot.
Wowww....I wanna too....but I need some partners!!! Partner that can teach me about electro, program from the beginning.
I can't be patient now!! Ahh...maybe I'll "die" if I don't build a robot ASAP...

Scenario of World War 3 - Gigantic Project

2009-03-13T22:58:00.001-07:00

One day, our crude oil will be really exhausted. But it’s good news: our scientists are success to substitute crude oil with nuclear energy and biofuel. Hence the world’s technology is really sophisticated indeed. So many new inventions are being created: giant robot, its size much bigger than your house. The technology also allows our commercial aviation to reach outer space. Vehicles that you use and see now are obsolete; they will be substituted by solar panel vehicles. Big cities like Tokyo, New York, Paris, and Beijing become megapolitan. You won’t believe this: their skyscrapers’ height more that one thousand meters.

How about their military? Hmmm. Thirty percents of soldiers are substituted by robot. Some countries even do cloning with their soldiers. They also build a very big and sophisticated defense system: can you imagine, a hill that are specialized to save gigantic cannon? The hill has a gate: when the cannon will be used, the gate is opened and the gigantic cannon will do “rain shot”. Rain shot can kill all people in a medium city and destroy all of structures in the city! The gigantic cannon also can launch many rockets that are ready to welcome enemy aircrafts.

There are three blocks of some countries with their super project: Europe Union (become one nation), they build gigantic laser WMD (Weapon of Mass Destruction). If the laser is launched, the effect looks like…can you imagine, a very big magnifying glass that is in the sky, concentrate sun heat? The area under the magnifying glass will be melted; people, building, animal, plant, everything!

The second block, USA. They have an obsession to realize one gigantic project: sky aircraft carrier. That flying object can carry more than 1000 soldiers, and also be a “flying airfield” by many aircrafts. If that object is flying over your city, the sky will dim for fifteen minutes, and you’ll see the sky is blocked by that object. How about its power? Very powerful, of course. It can bombard and destruct a city within less than one hour with its saturation bomber.

The third block, Asia. China, helped by some sophisticated Asia countries like Japan, Taiwan and Korea (North and South Korea were already united many years ago, they’re in peace too.), they build a dragon machine. You won’t believe this: they modify Great Wall become the greatest war factory in this world. They substitute the wall by super titanium so the Great Wall can defend itself from superheated. They also modify it become a dragon. In the dragon’s head, there’s a strange factory; it can produce many robots and UAVs itself without human. In the back of the dragon, there are many and many nuclear, hydrogen bomb, and rocket launchers. They can reach any place of this world.

---to be continued---

Four Days' War Against Virus

2009-03-06T22:24:00.000-08:00

March 2, 2009, I inserted my CD Rom that've already burned in my internet cafe that I usually come. I needed it to copy some data to my desktop computer. Afterward, I saw my C drive, and I was really shock. Sooo many strange folders namely," Microsoft.lnk, Harry Potter and...lnk, and so many".

Many days before that day I've already known this virus on my desktop (this virus namely Yuyun, so sh*t name). But at this time I used my System Restore and this virus disappeared from my computer (but actually I don't know, maybe there are still so many hidden virus files). So, I tried again System Restore to heal my computer.

Click, click, click. I used System Restore. But after my computer restarted, I really shocked while I saw information " no change have been made". I began to panic, and I checked my C and D drive. My notion's true. This virus made more and more strange folders!! My antivirus, AVG 7, couldn't detect this virus because there was a new virus variant. So I turned off my computer and went to bed with very bad mood.

March 3, I woke up with bad mood too. That day I planned to search in internet to get information how to kill Yuyun. And I found a way to kill this virus: end the process of wscript.exe, delete many hidden virus files like database.mdb in My Document, autorun.inf and thumb.inf. In evening I went home rather happily, but also afraid too.

I turned on my computer and tried this way. I spent one night....but nought!! Huhhhh.....This day, mission failed.

March 4, I was very very bad mood. I thought about my computer, so I couldn't concentrate in lesson. I asked my friends... but the answer is very simple, "reformat...". Wahahahh. I couldn't imagine to reformat my computer. My C and D drive was infected by Yuyun!! If I reformatted my computer, it means that I'll lose ALL of my data. That day I had no spirit to search in the internet, and I didn't turn on my computer.

March 5, I had many spare time and I used it to find "virus killer". I downloaded two kinds of antivirus: Kaspersky 2009 trial version and PC Mav 1.93 build 4, and a tool to show hidden file, Total Commander. Oh yeah, I've found the article that say," If your computer is infected by Yuyun virus and you can't heal your computer within one week, your computer's process will be very slow and in the end, your computer will be 'DEAD'!" hikzzz....

But fortunately I also found articles that make my more relax. The first article say, " Yuyun virus actually doesn't destruct your data." And the second article make me spiritful, " If you got a virus on your computer, don't be sad. Consider it as friend that want to be understood."

So I became motivated. Let's do war with virus!! Hehehhh.. weapons to kill Yuyun forces is mine! Then I went home and try my first weapon: Kaspersky. But ohh...it also couldn't detect Yuyun, maybe because I just downloaded the trial version so Kaspersky didn't give full protection.

Then I used second weapon: Total Commander. I used it, so many hidden virus files showed and I deleted it. And I also cleared my registry. But.... the virus was very very naughty!!! After I deleted it, the virus appeared again, again, again....I became stress...hu-uh...

Finally I used my nuclear weapon: PC Mav 1.93 build 4. After scanning process, I restarted my computer. Then I deleted the remaining folders that've made by the virus, and I restarted again. When my computer turned on, an error message appeared, "Couldn't find the script 'database.mdb." Hahahaha....the virus was error!!!!! So silly...I checked my C and D drives again, and...it's clear.

After 4 days war, finally I win...
Thx God...

My Admiring of Choleric Person

2009-03-02T22:25:00.000-08:00

I have a friend; her IQ is just 98, but now she is studying about doctor in a famous university.

I have a friend; he has already begun his business since Senior High School, while me and my other friends was wasting our teen times with playing games and gossiping.

I have a friend; she became object of ridicule in Senior High School, but she apparently neglected it and she was still looking spiritful in her days.

Yeah. They're my Senior High School's friends. All of them are choleric. There are still many of my choleric friends, and all of them never become "ordinary student". They always have outstanding talents: speaking English, playing basketball, organisation activist, and so many.

Sometimes I am jealous with them. They are unique. They focus in working, life, and future. They are very strong-willing, rather than the others. They always become leader while there's a chance. They have many friends; but they don't talk too much.

I must tell you: I'm not a choleric. I'm a sanguin-melancholic, or sometimes; melancholic-sanguin. Fifty-fifty. That's why I write this article. I wanna be like them, have strong will, always in high mood, very spiritful, and productive. Owwww....ouchhh....

Hmmmm....sometimes I think, what if my girlfriend or even later, my wife is a choleric? That sound's great! My wife will inspire me, encourage and support me everyday.

But...

I don't wanna be 100% like them. I am me. Myself. I'm afraid, I become sharp-tongue, so I lost many of my penpals. Oh, I really don't want. I just need some of their good characters, so I can more focus to reach my destiny. So I can have a principal life,"do now or never."

God....thx to create me like this...

Now I'll learn and learn...

The Story of Mountaineer

2009-02-23T20:38:00.000-08:00

It is the story

The story about a mountaineer

Who will climb a mount

Namely Mount Life

Is it more difficult than Mount Everest?

Absolutely!!

If you just need several month

to climb Everest...

In Mount Life...

You must climb it...

as long as you life...

At first, I must tell you, why I must climb? Well, the main reason, because of my Jury. My Jury holds a competition that must be followed by all people. Who’s the winner? The winner is who can found and reach the top of the Mount Life. Annotated, my Jury doesn’t like weak mountaineer. So, I must follow….

Before I climb Mount Life, I stare it. Wow, so high, even I can’t see the top! Look, the mountain is shrouded by very thick mist in height! Hmm… can I climb it? My Jury doesn’t give me the characteristic of this mountain! So, I lack of knowledge about Mount Life, but I must climb it. Can you imagine it?

Fortunately my Jury gives me two sherpas to guide me, but just for a while. My Jury says to me, “ Okay, rookie mountaineer. There are your sherpas. You must hear them, because they have more experiments than you. Although they just can guide you for a short time, they’ll very helpful. I tell you, you’re very lucky because I can give you guider. There are some rookies that I can’t give. Why? Because I have different plan, different way for each people, but actually they have same goal: the Top of Happiness. Ready? Go!!!”

Well, finally I do it, with my sherpas. One year, two years, three years… I learn so many things from my sherpas. I learn how to avoid sharp rock. I learn the characteristic of fierce animal’s lair. I learn how to avoid sucker mud. I learn how to be a good climber…

One day, my sherpas tell me,” It just the beginning, my rookie. The higher you climb, more and more difficulties you’ll face. The forest in height is very dense. And remember, we can’t guide you for a long time. Someday our Jury will call us back. It means that you must climb alone. No, not alone. So many people, the other mountaineers, will help you to climb. But not all of them are honest. Maybe some of them have plans to make you slip.”

I’m afraid and start weeping. I beg them, please to always guide me! I can’t! Then my sherpas say to me,” No, don’t be afraid. Remember that our Jury doesn’t like weak mountaineer. Just believe your heart. If you are daunted, remember that our Jury will give you a very, very precious prize. Think, if you’ve already in the top, you can motivate the other climbers. You can say ‘Hello, world!!! I’m here!!’ while waving your hands. So, don’t be afraid! You must strong!”

My sherpas’ said makes me calm. Oh, my journey to top is apparently very hilarious! Well, I begin to imagine, what are there in the height? A giant spider? A werewolf? I’m ready to fight with them!

Time goes fast. Step by step my sherpas allow me to be an independent mountaineer. Now, I have known so many other climbers. One day, I meet some climbers that invite me to rest for a short time in a cave. This is a beautiful cave indeed. So many precious stone inside. Wow! I am very happy. With them, we play together. Oh, I fall asleep. I see many other climbers pass the cave where we rest. They continue to climb as if there’s not a cave there. My friends say to me, “They’re so fool! Why don’t they rest for a while here?” I agree….

So many valuable times are wasted just like that. I play and play. I forget about Jury, about my destiny to found and reach the peak. Why must I struggle it, if there’s so many gold, diamond here?

Hmm. I also hear some climbers outside my cave say to me,“ What are you doing here? Don’t you notice that so many climbers pass you while you play here? Whereas you began at the same start with them! But they pass you farther and farther. They’ve already climb this mountain much higher “. I don’t care about their advice. I continue to play with my friends.

Several years later passed without result. My sherpas is very sad because the climber that entrusted by the Jury to them forget about his goal to reach the peak. So my sherpas enter the cave and pull me out of the cave by force! And then they scold me,” That’s enough!! Remember that we told you, if not of all the climbers that you’ve known are good for you?? Look at the height!! Your climber’ friends that started this climbing at the same time with you, now they are farther in front of you!! And you??!! You are still here!!”

Brakkk!! It’s the first time my sherpas scold me like that! Okay, how do you feel when you’re realized by your mistakes that you have done for several years? Yeah, very regret indeed. For several days I just sit in a rock, very regret about it. Then I think, “Well, I’ve done wrong things up till now, so many my valuable times that I waste. I want to redeem it. I’ll follow them and come afterward they who have already farther in height!”

My regret for several years gives me new spirit. So I prepare rope, water, and other things that I need for climbing. I enter these things to my backpack and then carry it. I have strong will to continue my climbing and leave my cave friend. Afterward I climb the mountain with high speed! The other climbers that see my energetic climbing interested to collaborate with me. So, we are helping and helped! With collaboration, we are become faster and faster.

Despite of this, there are still so many temptations that will make me down. Temptation like seeing scenery below me for a while is very dangerous but interesting. It can make me go down because I’m so interesting with the scenery below. Or maybe there’s other temptation, like carelessness. If I climb too energetic but careless, slippery ground or even just small rock can make me slip down. I always must motivate myself: The scenery in the top of Mount Life is absolutely beautiful and astonishing. The scenery that I’m viewing now is nothing!!!

So I must climb faster but careful too. I know I just a human. Someday maybe my spirit become down. Someday maybe I walk alone in dense bleak forest that shrouded in mist. Someday, maybe there is fierce animal like wolf or snake that makes me daunted. Someday I will meet terrain that are very difficult to be climbed, hence I must find something to be relied on. But I always believe: My Jury won’t give something that can’t be done. Also, my Jury doesn’t like weak climber. I must remember it to motivate myself!

Now I’m in the slope. While I have energy and spirit to run, I will run. Now I can see the top clearly! Wait for me, world! Someday I have already in the Top of Happiness, waving my hands and shout:

HELLO WORLD! LOOK, I’M HERE NOW!!

Written by: Yose -- unfinished autobiography

C Programming Language - Vitamin C for Me

2009-02-22T19:00:00.001-08:00

C is a programming language (PL) that must be learned by beginner programmer. Why? Because C is procedural PL so we can see clearly about the program structure. Of course, we are more understood with sequential PL rather than we learn OOP (Object Oriented Language) at first.

For me, C isn’t an unusual PL, because when I was Senior High School, I had learned about it. Actually not C, but GNUC++, variant of C. So at least I know about the common syntaxes like scanf, printf, return x, and… oh, I forget the others because I haven’t learned it for one year.

Indeed, C is very easy to learn compared with the other PL because it syntaxes are similar with our natural English language. It’s quite different than when I learned Java PL at first. The Java syntaxes like System.out.println, public.void.static. blah blah blah, and so on, make a shock effect for me. “Wow, what the hell is it? Syntax for one command consists of two or three words! Can I remember it?” I think. In addition, there are also main and class, so I must learn Java PL extra harder than C. If C, at a glance I’m already understand with this program structure.

In my opinion, C is a fundamental to learn the other PL like Java or C++. If we have well-understood about C, I think it’s no problem to learn the other PL especially to learn OOP. I also think, C is very long-life. As a procedural PL, C still can exist amidst OOP that’s very popular right now. Let’s compare with Pascal that becomes unpopular now.

I want to learn C more special rather than Java or C++. Because C is the main PL of microcontroller programming, in addition I want to learn about robotic. So, C is quite healthy vitamin for me!!

When you feel desperate...

2009-02-16T21:25:00.000-08:00

When you feel desperate...
Remember...
You don't alone...
So many people hurt too...
even more than you...

When you feel desperate...
Remember...
God willn't allow the problems
exceed your power...

When you feel desperate...
Remember...
In the past, you could pass so many problem...
And still alive today
So why you surrender now?

When you feel desperate...
Say it to yourself...
"If I can pass it...
I have nice story
To be told
Later..."

When you feel desperate...
Remember...
God have the best plan for you...
He allow these problem...
To make you more mature...

Don't worry be happy...
Believe your heart...
And be the best!!!

Letter, Telegram, Internet, Webcam, and then...?

2009-02-13T21:43:00.000-08:00

It’s all about communication. Exactly, long distance communication. In the past, adventurers, warriors, and emissaries had used letter or message deliverer. Each of them had their need. How can an adventurer inform that he can reach the new land? How can warriors inform to their people whether they win or lose the war? Or, how can an emissary convey an important message to his king about the condition of the land that he’s spied?

So, they used message deliverer, people who are considered can be trusted by the king or the emissary, the adventurer or his family, warriors or their people. But, human is human. They have error prone. What if the message deliverer that being trusted, actually he exaggerate the message?

Hence people began to think the other method that more reliable, letter. Of course it’s more reliable, isn’t it? Because the sender writes the message himself, in addition nothing handwriting is same, isn’t it? It’s not difficult to write letter. You just need writing and reading ability^^

The letter delivery method is very unique; by animal like carrier pigeon, by nature, or by human. Delivery by nature, for me, is very unique. Usually this method is done by sailors who were in hostile condition like in stormy sea, adrift and buffeted in the ocean for several days. They put letters into wood boxes and floated it into the sea, hoped that someone will find these letters.

What if the deliverer is human? I am very salute with postman. Think, they can stand in rain, hot or winter season, even maybe in the storm! Oh, I remember one thing about the traditional postman that I’ve read. In 1860, US had their first reliable postal service, namely Pony Express with 400 pony horses and 80 riders. They rode through Grand Canyon or Sierra Nevada Mountains to deliver so many letters. Wow, it’s very great! Like this slogan “my life, my adventure”. Of course they must have very strong physics and mental. I can’t imagine, if there’s an accident that happened at one of them, while he bring so many letters that must be delivered on time to many different address, and then… (continue it yourself, hohoho)

Because of these constraints, people thought the method that more sophisticated, telegram, or maybe known as wire letter. It doesn’t need message deliverer or postman. But it has a clear constraint; it’s very limited of words. The words that you write must be very short, just one sentence and no more than 8 words. In addition, these words must be abbreviated. So, it’s unsatisfied - what if our message is long but urgent?

So telephone emerged. With wire as its pulse mediator, we can use it to talk for a long time with our family in other town (note: tax is neglected ^^). But human is human, never satisfied, predestined to always changes and evolutes. A problem appeared: what if I must contact with they who are in the street? Of course we can’t use telephone, isn’t it?

A great revolution that makes our life much easier appeared: electromagnetic wave. Yes, it changes our lifestyle, makes our communication system become wireless. Constraints that are generated in previous communication tools have answered here. Now, every people bring handphone in their pocket, including you and me, isn’t it? Ship or plane that is in emergency condition doesn’t need to float the message “Help Me!!” in the ocean, hope that someday, someone will found it in somewhere. They just need to contact with the nearest control tower through radio signal. Satellites in outer space can help us to bounce signal, so we can communicate with the others though in the different region. If God allow us to see microscopic material, we can see waves around us! Signal everywhere…

It’s very modern era. We can communicate with the other people in different region through this tool: internet. We can do everything through internet, such as listening music, reading newspaper, writing your comment in international forum, and even reading my blog! Letter that in the past delivered manually by postman, now can be sent electronically. Notice that many word of important activities begin with e; eBook, e-Commerce, eLearning, email, etc. There’s our common activity: chatting. The word that you type is received by your German friend for less than one second, though you’re in Indonesia! Even now, people make new feature for chatting, namely webcam. It allows you to see the receiver’s face, though now it’s still very limited.

Okay, I’ll assert it again: HUMAN IS HUMAN, THEY ARE PREDESTINED TO ALWAYS CHANGE AND EVOLUTE. Human is the only one creature that never satisfied with the existing method. Our world needs something that can more than connect us with our receiver. I mean, we can talk with the other friend, see the receiver’s environment very obviously, even it appears to be tangible. It is just separated by a very thin layer! Astonishing. This future technology was ever explained by Professor Yohanes Surya, a famous professor in my country when there was a seminar in Hwa Ind, my Senior High School. I am very respect with him because his obsession about future technology.

Apparently, the way to reach it is beginning now. Recently a company in Japan released a communication tool that looks like robot, namely Novo Minoru. (in Japanese, minoru means real). Let’s look the picture below!

To use it, stare the eyes of Minoru, the Minoru’s eyes are enhanced with camera. Your eyes and Minoru’s eyes must be at the same level. Afterward, talk with your friend. Then in the Minoru’s nose, it will appear the video about the receiver’s environment obviously. Wow, crazy!

I think it’s absolutely right what Prof. Yohanes Surya said. Communication technology will make it real. It can blur the border between one nation and the others, one continent and the others. Even later, it’s possible to make teleport as our communication tool!

Writing English? Why not?

2009-02-06T22:29:00.000-08:00

If you ask this question to Australian or US people, you’ll be ridiculed. So, I write this article especially for Indonesian people, because that’s my native country, and just some people can write English well in my country (including me?? Hehe..). I’ll tell you my experience writing my blog using English.

Actually, I have no willing to write my blog with English language. I prefer to write my blog using Indonesian. Because it’s more expressive, easier, and faster. But the reason why I write English, look at my Google ads in the left side of my blog! It’s good reason. As you know, with joining with Google ads program, you must write in languages that provided by Google, for example: Germany, Denmark, English, and Chinese. Unfortunately, there’s not my own language there. So of course, I choose English. The other reason, I want my blog is known by people in other countries.

Do I find difficulties (look, not difficulty)? Of course! Even until now, I must open my dictionary when I write English. Okay, here are the tips:

1. Spend one night for one article, if you can’t write English spontaneously. It makes you more focus for writing. If you can’t, one article even can spend in two or three night. It’s no problem. It happens when you write English at first or, the article that you’ll write are difficult article. For example, when I write Chernobyl disaster. It’s the most difficult article that I write.

2. Use dictionary. It’s the most important. As you know, I always prepare two kinds of dictionary: English – Indonesian and Indonesian – English. English – Indonesian to find English words that I don’t understand (exactly, to make sure the word that I use), and the others to find the proper synonym.

3. If you’re using Microsoft Word program to write, you’re lucky. This program provide auto correction program to correct your word. Look! If your word is underlined with red line, it means that your word is false in spelling. If your word (or sentence) is underlined with green line, it means that your word or sentence is false in grammar.

4. Use quotation mark if you don’t find the proper term. For example: It’s the most ‘heavier’ article that I write. (the other alternative: It’s the most difficult article that I write). But don’t too much, because it makes people that write your article think that you can’t write. Ideally, at least just one or two.

5. Notice the term that you’ll use. If you want your article is written by common people, use common term too, and vice versa. In the other word, use the proper synonym. For example:
- Decrease or diminish?
- Develop or thrive?
- Famous or eminent?
- Great or tremendous?
- Happiness or hilarious?
- Solid or stiff?
- Healthy and strong, or husky and lusty?
- Peak or summit?
- Torn or ruptured?
- Victim or prey?
Wow, I must open my dictionary again!

6. Notice grammar. Don’t make the other people that write your article become confuse. So, you must practice about grammar, because it’s the basic.

7. Avoid plagiarism. If you want to write science article, of course you must search the other source like Wikipedia. I suggest, read and understand the source first, and then write it in your own style. If you just copy and paste, you get nothing.

8. Check your article again after you finish.

The most important things, you must practice more and more. First article, second article, third article, you’ll find difficulties. Nothing is instant. But look! After you finish the twelfth article or more, try to write spontaneous article, not using dictionary. It’s the process. Nothing is impossible. Let’s try!

Special Animals - 3rd edition

2009-02-06T22:03:00.000-08:00

Hello, guys! This is the last edition of special animal, prepare your journey, we’ll go to adorable places in this last edition!

9. From South America, we’ll cross Pacific Sea, and look! There are many islands called Galapagos. Can you see from the plane, giant Galapagos tortoises are basking? Their ages are the longest in the world, reached 150 years. Why are their ages so long? Because slower the animals’ movement, they inhale less oxygen, so the oxidation effect is less too.

These animals are very heavy. The male’s weight is 272-317 kg and the female is 136-181 kg. In one time, these animals prefer basking to make their body warmer and get energy from the sunlight in the rocky beach. In another time, they climb up to find water and grass.

this picture is taken from www.animals.nationalgeographic.com

Uniquely, these animals may be deaf. Charles Darwin proved it when he was going here to do experiment. When Darwin paced closely to these monsters, they didn’t react. And while Darwin paced more closer and closer, these monsters sounded ‘hiss’ and hid their head and legs to their shells.

10. Now upside down your globe and look the bottom of earth, Antarctica. There’s one peculiar animal here that already become mascots in many places, one of them is Linux Company, a software company. Yeah, penguin!

Penguin is the bird which can’t fly, but uniquely they can dive smartly. They dive to find their main food, krill and fish. In addition, they’re very patient animal. While they’re breeding, they can stand in their position for a long time, even when blizzard happens.

this picture is taken from www.geocities.com

There’s a funny thing that happen in their community. If a female penguin, call it penguin A, lose their calf, she’ll “angry” and try to take the other calf by force, for example to penguin B. Funnily, some penguin that are in the same place, help penguin B to defend their calf.
So funny animal!

11. Okay, turn up your globe, look at North Pole area! Look, so many bulky and tusky creature herding! Guess what are? Yeah, walrus! When we see walrus, at first we’ll see their tusks. Their tusks’ length reaches 1 meter and their weight is approximately 5.4 kg.

Walrus include long-lived animal, their age reach 50 years. The male start to mating when they’re 15 years old, and the female are 4-6 years old. Usually, their copulate period is in January until April, when summer.

this picture is taken from www.countingcats.com

After copulate period, usually walrus do migration from icy area to rocky beaches that are warmer. In one time they migrate, their number can reach thousands or even ten thousands.

12. Now, we’ll end our nice journey in Europe. Look at one last animal, reindeer. The deer with beautiful antler. Actually, their population spread among several areas, such as Mongolia, North China, Siberia, Scandinavia, Eire, England, Greenland, and North America. But I choose this animal as representation of Europe continent because there’s a famous story form this continent, about Santa Claus’ snow carriage that pulled by six reindeer. A famous Christmas story. A peaceful and beautiful children story.

Okay, back to the topic. Reindeers use their antler to help them find their food, lichens. Reindeers also eat willows and birches’ leaves. In the fall season, reindeers migrate while mating. And in the winter, this animal migrates to find food. Uniquely, this animal can swim smartly in lakes during their migration.

this picture is taken from www.oofta.wordpress.com

Yeah, it’s all about special animal that can represent each area. So, our journey ends here. One question to you: am I a good guider?

Chernobyl Disaster - The Worst Human Error

2009-01-31T00:07:00.001-08:00

Do you know human-error can cause the deaths of thousands people? Now, I’ll tell you the worst nuclear accident, Chernobyl. This accident is the explosion of nuclear reactor near Pripyat, a small city in Ukraine, in April 26, 1986. This explosion caused direct deaths for 46 workers and more than 600,000 peoples have been contaminated, and about 4000 of them died because of thyroid cancer in 1986-2004 periods.

I’ll tell you a little about how nuclear reactor works. In the core of reactor, there are radioactive materials that produce heat continuously. To keep reactor core in the safe temperature so there’s not overheated, coolant water must be flowed continuously. In reactor 4 Chernobyl (that exploding happened), there consisted of 1600 fuel channel and each of them need 28 tonnes of coolant water per hour.

That have been planned, in daytime April 25, 1986, reactor 4 will be shutted down for routine maintenance and an experiment will be held to test emergency core cooling safety during shut down process. Although reactor is in shut down condition, radioactive materials inside continue to produce heat and hence control rods must be entered here to stop it, and then removed by coolant water.

It’s the chronology about fatal human error that cause explosion of reactor 4 and blow so many radioactive materials.

Daytime, April 25, 1986
A team of engineers had arrived to test the new voltage regulating system. During shut down, the output of reactor was decreased about 50%. Unfortunately, a regional power station went offline. It can cause lack of producing electricity, hence Kiev grid controller commanded to delay the test.

April 25, 11:04 pm
This delay caused serious result. According to plan, the test should end in the daytime and in the night it just for maintenance after shut down. But because of the delay, the test was held in the night. Thus the procedure for test in the night wasn’t prepared. At that moment, there are two people who were responsible for the night shift: Alexander Akimov (the chief) and Leonid Toptunov (the reactor’s operational manager).

Because of the test, the reactor’s output was decreased, from 3200 MW to 70-100 MW.
Toptunov did a serious mistake, entered too many control rods, thus the reactor was near shut down condition (the output became 30 MW).

In that condition, the test was impossible to be held. And there was a condition that they didn’t realize: in the lower output condition like that, xenon-poisoning happened, where much of xenon-135 absorb neutrons and hence inhibit nuclear reaction.

The operators that unaware it, thought that the cause of low heat producing was too many control rods. Then they pulled out the control rods and turned off automatic control rods system, but because of xenon poisoning that inhibit nuclear reaction, the output was just 200 MW. Then the test was continued.

April 26, 1:05 am
Coolant water activated, as the routine procedure.

1:19 am
Coolant water exceeded safe limit, caused decreased heat producing and steam void. This is caused operators removed all the control rods manually.

Control rods removal caused unstable reactor condition. Steam production failure happened. In that condition, shut down should be activated but the operators disabled the shut down system.

1:23:04 am

Coolant water flow decreased and steam generators produced heat again. Unfortunately, the control rod remnants inhibited radioactive materials to reach the coolant water. Consequently, overheated happened, exceed that xenon can be absorbed. Within automatic and manual control rods disable, nothing can avoid this overheated condition.

1:23:40 am
Operators pressed AZ-5 (Rapid Emergency Defense-5) and activated SCRAM system (to shut down reactor and enter all the control rods). Unfortunately, this mechanism worked slowly, about 18-20 seconds. Ironically, the erroneous graphite tip control rods design caused control rods to remove the coolant water before nuclear reaction decreased. This condition actually increased nuclear reaction rate, therefore nuclear core overheated. Some of control rods fractured and trapped the next control rods that should be entered. In three seconds the output became 530 MW.

1:23:47 am
Seven seconds afterward, the output became 30 GW, ten times from the normal output. Consequently, it ruptured fuel channels and the pipes that was used to flow coolant water.

1:24:20 am
The first steam generators explosion happened and destroyed reactor’s roof, blew radioactive materials in the air. This explosion caused more fuel channels, control rods, and pipes destroyed.
1:24:23
Second explosion happened. More radioactive material released, and the reactor’s roof that is composed by graphite aggravated it.

All operators that work died within one week. They worked without protective suit. In short time after the accident, firefighter team arrived to extinguish this reactor. Ironically, they didn’t know if this wasn’t a regular fire. “We don’t know if it’s a nuclear reactor. No one tell us”, said Vladimir Pravik, the commander of that firefighter, that dies in May 9, 1986 because of acute radiation.

In 5 am the fire can be extinguished, but the fire inside the reactor continued until May 10, 1986. That fire was handled by many helicopters that dropped more that 5000 tonnes of sand, lead, clay, and boron, and also sprayed liquid nitrogen.

The eyewitnesses, before they died, were asked how that they felt about the radioactive contamination. They said that they tasted “metal sensation”, and they felt their face was sticked by thousands of pins and needles.

The next results, all of Pripyat residents were evacuated. Victims were inevitable. Twenty seven workers in Moldova died because of thyroid cancer in that year. Great evacuation happened in Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, and Moldova, the areas which felt the worst effect of Chernobyl disaster. Further, radioactive materials were found in the Sweden workers’ clothes.

These are the results in human. How about the environment? Pripyat River wasn’t suitable to be consumed. Radioactive materials were accumulated in the fishes’ body. Forests that are in 4 square kilometers around Chernobyl reactors were badly damaged; the pine trees were browned and died. Some animals died, and the others stopped reproduce.

So, beware about nuclear. I think it’s better to use water or earth power plant rather than nuclear power plant. Although water power plant produce less energy than nuclear, but it’s safer.
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Original source: wikipedia

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2009-01-28T22:09:00.000-08:00

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Special Animals-2nd Edition

2009-01-24T20:49:00.000-08:00

6. Hello, guys! How are you today? Now, we’ll depart Australia, and go to our next destination, Africa. At first, we’ll go to Nile river, North Africa. Look at there! What kind of animal is it, which is very muscled, and opening its mouth widely? Yeah, hippopotamus!
In one time hippos eat, hippos can eat 68 kilograms of grass! Because hippos eat very much grass, their feces are very much, too. That’s why this animal is the factor of the unhygiene of Nile river.
this picture is taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Hippos are very-tempered animals, including to human. There have been many victims because of the hippos’ attack in Africa. In addition, hippos are very strong. An adult hippo even can defeat the crocodile!

7. Let’s go to the middle Africa, and we’ll drive a jeep to a prairie. Look at the zebra, an animal which is grazing. Zebra – an unique horse with the white and black fur. Their unique color makes an advantageous for them. They can camouflage themselves from their predator like lion and tiger, because their predator are blind-color ( lion and tiger just can see black and white gradation).

this picture is taken from http://www.whozoo.org/

Zebras live in wide prairie and this animal live in herding. Maybe there’s a question, why we never see the man who ride a zebra? This is because the zebras’ behavior can’t be predicted and this animal can easily panic. So, if you won’t to be overthrown, don’t ride zebra. ^^

8. From Africa, we’ll cross Atlantic Sea, and let’s go to North America! Do you know the emblem of USA? Yeah, bald eagle. Its wing is spanning widely, its eye seeking sharply, its clutch is very strong, its beak is very sharp.

Bald eagle eats fish. If there’s winter and sea’s surface is frozen, bald eagles will migrate to warmer area.

this picture is taken from http://www.islandfox.org/

9. Turn down your globe to South America. Yeah, we’ll go to the densest forest in this world, Amazon jungle! But, be careful! Avoid a monster namely anaconda. Because anaconda can eat you in one swallow. It’s the longest snake, the length can up to 10 meters. That’s why anaconda is considered as god by several tribes in Amazon.

thsi picture is taken from www.animals.nationalgeographic.com

Actually, this big snake rarely eats. After anaconda eats, anaconda can “meditate” for about one year. This snake has wide self-territorial and lives solitary. But, if there’s copulation period, prepare yourself to see the great “ monsters feast”.

My Other Dream: Travelling...

2009-01-24T20:47:00.000-08:00

Later, if I’ve became established in my life, I want to travelling around the world. Maybe through backpacking, real tourist, or, researching that allow me to go to overseas. Or, maybe I can join with expert photography club?

If I may choose, I’ll go to the ‘extreme’ place! What’s the meaning of ‘extreme’? I mean, I’ll go to islands that people rarely notice. Because I want to know what’s the exist things there. I think, these places are still natural and less people go to, for example, Christmas Island ( do you know this island in world map? Hehe…) , rather than Tokyo, Vancouver, or Los Angeles.

Do you know Tierra del Fuego island? I think it’s neglected area in the world map, hehe. But I want to go there! Can you imagine, an island that facing directly to Antartica! Every morning I can see and maybe, play with penguins that live there. Penguin, penguin. Funny and cute animal. If I am lucky, I can see colorful sky in the night that caused by Australis Aurora. Astonishing!

Or, I want to stay for a month in somewhere near lake in Finland. Every morning, while I wake up and stare from my window, I’ll see clear and pure water that reflecting sunlight. Behind my house, there is pine forest. I want to feel how to be a deer hunter. And in the night, I’ve already near fireplace, wearing a warm coat, and eating roasted deer that I hunted morning before, while snow falls outside. How beautiful! Peaceful! It’s difficult to be explained by word…

In addition, I like big cities like Tokyo, London, New York, and Vancouver. I want to go by Japanese fast train, Shinkansen, or having a photo about me with Liberty statue background. Faraway, faraway. Oh God, thanks for this beautiful world that You’ll show me about these beauty, scenery, and many beautiful things…..

Why I Like Science?

2009-01-24T20:39:00.000-08:00

Actually, if I notice my parents’ interests, it’s rather odd. My dad likes sport, like soccer and boxing. My mom likes politic issues. So, it’s truly my interest. Sometimes, gene’s factor doesn’t play its role, does it?

My childhood is rather odd. Sometimes I dreamed about science in my bed. For example, in a moment, I am alone in an arid and barren planet. And I saw some aliens working like coolies. In other dream, I saw a strange and very big object flying above me. Its shape likes UFO. And the pilot gave me a code through his hand. I dreamed these not only once, but sometimes! Wow, rather terrify…

Ah, forget about dreams. It just little Yose’s fantasies. Actually, in my childhood my mom often gave me science books, like stars and planets, dinosaur, some books about animals, etc. I like watch Natural Geographic too. I grate to God because in my childhood my mom didn’t give my too many comic. If not, maybe I’ll not like science like now.

When I was in elementary school, it was my fantasy time. I was often curious, when sun stops shining? Why Jupiter can’t be explorated? What is Antartica and what things are exist here?
In that time I was very socially awkward. And I was different from my friends, because not like my other friends who like comic, I like to borrow science books like how storm happen, life in North Pole, etc. Although in that time I was very socially awkward, but if I remember it, I want to back to my past!

It’s my past time. How about now? You know, my interests are become wider because of TV and video games’ effect! I like watch Matrix Revolution, Terminator, and Resident Evil. I like play science fiction games like Half-Life 2. Therefore, I began to like robot. If you came to my house, see my desktop computer! I collect many science fiction’s wallpapers and e-book.
And I hope, all of my incredible fantasies don’t stop as fantasies. I want to realize it at least one. Now, I am very desire to jump to the future!