Minutes to end Daylight Saving Time

Yap.. 18 more minutes to set the clock back to the standard time due to the end of the Daylight Saving Time.

At least, it feels like I get an hour extra to study because the time is turned one hour back.
(Hahaha, ga kelar2 belajarnya gara2 ngeblog)

Updated: The notebook's clock has automatically changed to 2 AM when it's supposed to be 3 AM. And I have set my watch and cellphone's clock manually. I hope tomorrow I won't forget that I don't set my wall clock yet ;)

Hayley Westenra & Joseph McManners

During my overnight study for The Production of New Technology exam next monday, I am glad I was accompanied by Hayley Westenra & Joseph McManners. I just downloaded their albums from multiply network. Hayley's "Pure" and "Celtic Treasure" and Joseph's "In Dreams"

Their voices are amazing and having a soothing effect (eh, somewhat tempting me to go to sleep actually :p)

I knew Hayley from Bien and Charles who gave me 'River of Dream' and 'Beat of Your Heart'. I knew Joseph by coincidence this night while searching for Hayley's album.

For tonight, I specially like 'Heaven' by Hayley and 'The Little Prince Song' by Joseph (maybe part of my likeness to the book 'Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry).



PS: eh, tapi aktifitas belajarnya jg di selingi dgn gangguin Tantri dan ngobrol dgn Dias di YM tengah malam >:) huwehehe..

Company Visit: Shell

Hari ini sejak jam 12.30 ngumpul di Delft Central Station sama anak2 MoT. Janjian untuk bersepeda bareng ke Shell (emang disuruh ke sana untuk acara Company Visit). Materi presentasinya masuk bahan ujian sih, jadi semuanya mau2 aja datang, hehehe..

Ada skitar 15an orang yg bersepeda. Sisanya pake mobil ato bus. Tapi asyiknya, jadi kayak tur bersepeda,heheh.. Lucu aja anak2 S2 kayak gerombolan bersepeda di jalanan..

Shalom Chaverim

'Shalom Chaverim' is the name that some friends from GII Dago Choir and I (and some other friends ) use if we sing separately from GII Dago Choir. Every time I hear the name, I remember those GII friends.

I just found a song in ISC's (International Student Chaplaincy) songbook with the same title. It's an Israeli folk song (This might be where our choir's name came up after all ). After reading the translation of the song, I found another reason to remember those GII friends..


Pronunciation: Shah-loam khah-vair-eem (hah will do if you can't make the "kh" sound); Luh-heet-rah-aut.

Translation:

Shalom, chaverim, Shalom, chaverim, Shalom, shalom; L'hitra'ot, L'hitra'ot, Shalom, shalom.

Shalom, o my friends, Shalom, o my friends, Shalom, shalom; Till we meet again, Till we meet again, Shalom, shalom.

The melody, sung in canon can be heard here in youtube.

So, Peace friends.. Till we meet again

Global Warming

We can see that global warming truly happen...

Strange google

Google is a bit strange today.. Not its functionality, but its appearance.. Like this:

Ohh, well.. Good thing there is an explanation

Lights Out San Francisco

Google users in the San Francisco Bay Area will notice today that we "turned the lights out" on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a citywide energy conservation event called Lights Out San Francisco. read more..

I like the idea..

Hrrggh..

I hate people who leave their clothes in the public washing/drying machine and don't take them when they're finish. Those machines have timer, you mor**!! *emosiong-tyada-tara*

(Credo yang udah 3 kali bolak-balik dr kamar di lt 13 ke ground floor ngecek dryer sambil bawa cucian sambil batuk-batuk di cuaca dingin jam 11 malam)

A friend once told me

A friend once told me..

That there are times when we need someone we can trust..
Who we can share our happiness and achievement without being judged as an intollerant arrogant
Who we can share our sadness and worriness without being judged as a weak coward

That there are times when we need someone as a partner..
Who will warn us not to spend so many times in front of the PC
who will bother to make a bowl of warm soup when we don't feel well

That there are times when we don't want to sleep alone..
That we know someone is there beside us
That we feel safe although we know that someone is just as weak

That there are times when we want to be waken up in the morning by gentle shake..
That the first thing we see is a smiling face
That the first thing we do is smiling back

And I think my friend is right...

Delft, 17 Sept 2007
=endisie-

Stupid me..

After doing some work on our presentation in Doudou's room this afternoon, I wanted to go back to my room and search for my key. Darn, I couldn't find it. The room key was with my bike's key, mailbox key, and all other keys I have .

Did I left it inside my room? But I remembered playing with the key in the elevator to Doudou's floor. Did I drop it somewhere? Searched again inside my notebook bag and all of my pocket.

I went to my floor and realized I couldn't enter my floor's aisle without key. Ahh, I could call Habib if he's home (same floor). He's home and could open the aisle's door for me. I found out that my door is closed. It could be just closed or locked. I went back to Doudou's room to borrow her bike for visiting DUWO to get spare key. Search again in her room and my notebook bag.

Realized that DUWO might have been closed. Met Albert who reminded me that the room's door could be open by using some technique (I'm not gonna mention it here) if it's not locked. Hahaha, many students accidentally left their keys in the room actually..

Called Habib again, he didn't have the needed tool. He refered me to Reza/Edwin. I called Reza, he said he left the tool to Ivo, who live in my building, for this kind of reason, hehehe.. So, I called Ivo and he came to my floor.

We tried to open the door but it seems quite hard. We talked about the possibility if I already locked the door. Suddenly I felt something in the back of my notebook bag. Do'h, there's a thin pocket and I found my keys there!! It seemed like I put my keys there absentmindedly when coming to Doudou's room and forgot that there's that pocket in my bag. I rarely used this bag.

Thanks Bib, Ivo, Reza, Albert, Doudou for all the unnecessary (and somewhat stupid) rush.

Curius Film & Mai's Party

Yesterday, Curius made a watching-film event at 8.30 pm. The interesting part was the venue, which was in front of the Legermuseum. Spectators could watch the film from a built dock, boats, or the road.

This is how the venue looked like from the road














This is how to get to the dock














This is how the venue looked like from the dock where I sat














After the film, we went to Mai's Birthday party in a red box in front of the Space Box. The party was so much fun, especially with those MoT students :) I left the party with Xiaojing at 03.30 am the next day (and Oh my God, I feel so exhausted today)

My Lovely Partner

This is my bike..
It's name is Sparta. Basically it is its brand, hehehe..

In Delft, it's handy to have your own bicycle since important places are not very far apart. So, it's advisable to buy a bike asap once you arrived in Delft (if you plan to stay for a long period, off course).

I bought it at Delft Kringloopwinkel (second-hand shop) on Rotterdamsweg for 75 euro. I know there are people who offer a good bike for a cheaper price, randomly on the road. But it is well known that the bike might have been stolen. The cashier in Kringloopwinkel gave me a receipt and told me that I could show the receipt to the police or whoever asking me about where I buy my bike. That will be a valid & trusted prove that the bike is not one of the stolen bikes.

Sparta has a front lamp and a back lamp. You'd better turn these two lamps on at night because you will get fine from police if you don't use them (oh well, you can also use temporary lamps attached to your bag or jacket).

Its wheels are still in a good condition. I hope they will last for two years.

It has 3 gear transmissions. I was told that it's not very important because Netherlands is such a flat land, but I am happy I have that feature because it's very hard to ride a bike facing strong wind without them.

A bell, a hand-brake and an embedded lock are also included. But at the picture, you can find 2 other chain lock: the green one and the black one. I brought the green one from Indonesia because I was told that bike theft in Netherlands is very common. But I bought a small one that could easily be cut. So I bought another one with thick chain for 13 euro. It's so strong I believe but I don't like to use it because it's very heavy. If I go to a trusted place, I prefer using the green one (I've got the embedded lock as well. So it's a double-defence-mechanism ).

I've been riding Sparta to campus, train station, Xotus (asian supermarket), and whatever place reachable by bike. I hope Sparta could be my loyal partner for at least these two years

New games..

Ryo told me about this website.
Wow, this Ferry Halim guy surely has talent. The games, though simple, are very nice looking. The simplicity itself is very interesting.

For example, the Midnight Serenade game. You might have ever played the game where your character has to collect some things and avoid some other things. The same concept is applied here. But the interesting factor is that there's a story for doing such things. The character plays music to his girlfriend, the girlfriend throws flowers, but angry neighbours throw nasty things. Other games have their own story. Other interesting factors are the background musics and the beautifully design characters and background pictures.

I have tried several games: The Crossings, Midnight Serenade, Bugs, Hungry Spiders, A Dog For All Seasons, A Daily Cup Of Tea, Monkeyslide, Wake Up Call, Cranky Crabs, Winterbells and Penguin Panic.

I like them!

Example of character (taken from Winterbells):

To Ferry Halim, sorry I took the picture by using printscreen. Hope you don't mind. If you do mind, just let me know, hehehe..

Inspiration comes unexpectedly..

I have been working with my 2nd Microeconomics Assignment since last Sunday. There are 3 problems, each having several questions.

Apparently the 2nd problem is the hardest. It has been several days that I've been thinking about the solution.. Even discussed it with some fellow students who got the answer from last year assignment. The lecturer has given us some pointers too, to solve the problem. But somehow, I still couldn't understand them.

This afternoon, I went to Gemeente (Municipality) to collect my residence permit. I got my queue number and had to wait. Bored of waiting, I opened the copy of lecture sheets. Not more than 10 minutes reading and I got the enlightenment to do the first question of the 2nd problem.. Wow, where have I been?

The answer is just right there in the lecture sheet but I couldn't understand it. Well, maybe we need the right time to understand something..

So I want to quote myself,

Inspiration and understanding often come at the moment they are least expected.

Have a good day, y'all!!
P.S.: I still need to work on the rest 2 questions of the 2nd assignment though

123 steps

I just opened my blogger's dashboard, and what I saw is that image.

Hehehe, it's a pretty number: 123. I have posted 123 steps of my walk. Still long way to go for WalkOfCredo.

Air panas

Syukurlah hari ini ga ada kuliah..
Air panas di Roland Holstlaan mati, huehehehehe..