ENGLISHWell, now I'm going to get more tired as days go, haha... :( Beside, I also take a risk, probably a bit 'crazy' idea considering all my agendas these 2 weeks. Next Monday I'm competing on another math competition, hmmm... . It's gonnabe the elimination round tho, and only top 33 contestants from all over Indonesia will make it to the next round in Jakarta next December, haha.... :) We will see... . Anyway, yesterday I got my nihongo midterm result. I got 83, haha... . Not that bad, hmmm... . Arrggghhh, I can see myself working really hard from now on. Probably not that much break, including this weekend, hmmm...Anyway, I just watched the eight episode of TARA 3. All teams left Macau to go to Cochin, India. Well, overall I think it's a better episode. The tasks were better (not really needle in haystacks kinda task). But still, TARA needs more creativity. How come TARA ALWAYS have bungee jumping task as a roadblock on ALL three seasons?? C'Mon!! In the end, Henry & Bernie got eliminated. Dang, I'm so sad to see this team go tho... :(
BAHASA INDONESIAHmm, sekarang aku akan menjadi makin dan makin capek aja neh seiring berlalunya hari, haha... :( Di samping itu, aku juga ngambil risiko, mungkin agak sedikit 'gila' dengan mempertimbangkan semua agendaku dalam 2 minggu ke depan. Senin besok aku akan ikutan lomba matematika lagi neh, hmmm... . Besok baru Babak Penyisihannya sih, dan cuma 33 besar aja dari seluruh Indonesia yang akan melaju ke babak selanjutnya di Jakarta Desember ntar, haha... :) Liat nanti aja deh... .Ngomong2, kemarin UTS nihongo ku dibagikan. Aku dapet 83, haha... . Lumayan sih, hmmm... . Arrggghhh, bener de aku bisa melihat diriku bekerja keras dari sekarang. Mungkin nggak akan ada banyak istirahat neh, termasuk wiken ini, hmmm... Ngomong2, aku baru aja nonton episode ke delapan dari TARA 3. Semua tim meninggalkan Macau menuju Cochin, India. Hmm, secara keseluruhan ini adalah episode yang bagusan sih. Tugas2nya lebih baik (gak tipe tugas 'mencari dari tumpukan jerami'). Tapi tetep aja, TARA membutuhkan kreativitas lebih deh. Koq bisa sih TARA SELALU memiliki tugas lompat bungee sebagai Roadblock di setiap season?? Ayolah!! Akhirnya, Henry & Bernie tereliminasi. Ah sial, sedih neh liat mereka yang tereliminasi... :(
ENGLISHWell, I am so tired now, haha... :(So, last Sunday evening I went back to Bandung catching Turangga Express. It departed at 11.15 PM from Yogyakarta Railway Station. Well, it was one of the weirdest train ride I have ever rode, hmmm... . About 40 minutes after Tasikmalaya Station, the locomotive didn't have enough strength to pull the train!! WTH!! It was after Cirahayu Station (small station). So, the train stopped, then moved backwards (LOLz) to Cirahayu Station to wait for the replacement locomotive, hmmm... . So, as a logic result, it was late again!! Dang. It arrived at 8.35 AM at Bandung Railway Station.Yesterday was a really full day. Arriving at 8.35 AM, I had a lecture at 9 AM. Imagine that!! And I still managed to attend it, haha... . I arrived at 9.05 AM at my boarding house then after taking a quick shower I ran to my campus, haha... . In the afternoon I gotta work on a Technical Meeting for Math Competition next week. Wah!! Time really flies!! It's now only one week left before it!! Waaa!!! I still have some works to do.
::: Turangga Express entering Yogyakarta Tugu Railway Station, platform 3.
::: BEC Food Court
::: my meal at Hokben, hahaBAHASA INDONESIAHmmm, lelah sekali nih aku, haha... :(Jadi, Minggu malam kemarin aku balik ke Bandung naik Kereta Turangga. Berangkatnya jam 11.15 malam dari Stasiun Kereta Yogyakarta. Hmm, kayanya kemarin itu adalah salah satu dari kereta paling aneh yang pernah aku tumpangi deh, hmmm... . Sekitar 40 menit setelah Stasiun Tasikmalaya, lokomotif nya kaga kuat narik keretanya!! WTH!! Kejadiannya setelah Stasiun Cirahayu tuh (stasiun kecil). Jadi, keretanya berhenti, trus jalan mundur de ke belakang (LOL) ke Stasiun Cirahayu untuk menunggu loko pengganti, hmmm... . Sebagai konsekuensi logis-nya, keretanya terlambat lagi!! Sial. Baru sampe di Stasiun Kereta Bandung jam 8.35 pagi.Kemarin beneran hari yang melelahkan de. Nyampe di Bandung jam 8.35 pagi, aku ada kuliah jam 9 pagi loh!! Bayangkan itu!! Dan aku masih bisa menghadirinya, haha... . Aku tiba jam 9.05 pagi di kos, trus langsung de cepat2 mandi trus lari ke kampus, haha... . Siangnya aku harus megang Technical Meeting untuk Kompetisi Matematika minggu depan!! Wah!! Waktu benar2 cepet bgt yah!! Sekarang uda tinggal seminggu lagi ne!! Waa!! Masih ada banyak kerjaan lagi, duh.
ENGLISHWell, so these last two days I have been in Yogyakarta. Yesterday was the competition day. Hmmm, we arrived the competition place at about 8 AM. Guess what? The competition was about to start at 1 PM. Dang. So, we just waited also for the opening ceremony. Well, everything was late. Very typical of Indonesia, but not a good thing to do by The National Education Department, I think. Anyway, the first round started at 1.30 PM (again, late for 30 minutes). It shocked us since there was a 'new' (read: unannounced) test material: Aplication, hmmm... . Okay, so I just read the questions. Apparently, the material of the questions was the same with material of one of my lectures this semester, Mathematical Modelling. Wakakakaka... . Lucky last week I studied so I still know and remember vividly how to solve the problems.Then, at 4.30 PM it ended and we had like 2.5 hours break. So, we left the place and had dinner at Mie Bandung, hmmm... . At 6 PM we finished having meal and wanted to go back there. However, because there was a Joga Something Carnival on Malioboro last night, the Malioboro Street was closed and that caused a massive traffic jam!! Dang It!! I was in a rush then, hmmm...At 7.25 PM (late for 25 minutes), the second test began. It ended at 9 PM.Today, I went to the church in the morning, as usual, haha... . Then my family and I had breakfast at Soto Kadipiro. In the afternoon, my friend, my lecturer, and I went to the competition place to get the result (and the closing ceremony). After being late for TWO HOURS (goddamn it!!), the closing ceremony began. Of course, I didn't win (I could foresee that) (win = top three). Then, when I saw the whole result, I was on the #4th place!! Waaaaa!!!!!!That really surprises me!! haha... :) I'm happy I'm #4, that was exceeding my expectation, but on the same time I also feel like: "Ugh, #4?? Come On!!". Well, #4 is just one place behind #3 and the prizes (LOL) are only for top three, hmmm... . Anyway, I'm happy, haha... :) Then we had dinner at Mang Engking Soragan. On the evening I went to Malioboro Mall, hahaWell, tonight I'm catching Turangga Express to go back to Bandung tho. Next Monday is gonnabe a looong day, hmmm...
::: my meal at Mie Bandung: Mie Bakso and Ifumie
::: my meal at Soto Kadipiro this morning
::: our meal at Mang Engking Soragan
::: Mang Engking SoraganBAHASA INDONESIAHmm, jadi dua hari belakangan ini aku udah ada di Yogyakarta. Kemarin adalah hari kompetisinya. Hmmm, kita tiba di lokasi kompetisinya jam 8 pagi loh. Dan bagaimana? Kompetisinya baru mulai jam 1 siang tuh. Sial. Makanya jadi harus nunggu deh sekalian sama Upacara Pembukaannya. Hmmm, semuanya serba telat tuh. Sangat tipikal Indonesia sih, tapi kan tetap aja bukan hal yang baik yang bisa dilakukan oleh Departemen Pendidikan Nasional, menurutku. Ngomong2, akhirnya babak pertama dimulai jam 1.30 siang (lagi, telat 30 menit tuh). Agak mengejutkan kita awalnya karena ada bahan 'baru' (baca: yang gak dikasih tau sebelumnya), yaitu Aplikasi, hmmm... . Oke, ya uda de pasrah aja dan baca pertanyaannya. Eh, ternyata materinya sama kaya materi salah satu kuliahku semester ini, Pemodelan Matematika, wakakaka... . Untung de minggu lalu aku belajar untuk ujian kan makanya masih inget segar bagaimana cara penyelesaian beberapa masalah.Trus jam 4.30 babak pertamanya beres dan ada sekitar 2,5 jam untuk istirahat. Nah, kita meninggalkan tempat itu dan makan Mie Bandung, hmmm... . Jam 6 uda beres makannya dan mau balik ke sana kan. Eh, karena ada Jogja Carnival apa gitu di Malioboro makanya Jalan Malioboro nya ditutup, dan itu menyebabkan macet parah!! Sialan!! Jadi keburu2 deh, hmmm... Jam 7.25 malam (telat 25 menit) babak keduanya dimulai dan beresnya jam 9 malam an.Hari ini, aku pergi ke gereja pagi tadi, kaya biasa, haha... . Trus aku dan keluarga makan di Soto Kadipiro de. Siangnya, temenku, dosenku, dan aku pergi ke tempat kompetisinya untuk melihat hasil dan upacara penutupan. Habis telat selama DUA JAM (sialan banget tuw!!), akhirnya upacara penutupannya dimulai. Tentu saja. aku gak menang (iyalah, aku tahu itu) (baca: menang = tiga besar). Dan gimana? Waktu aku melihat hasil keseluruhannya, aku ada di tempat ke #4!! Waaaaa!!!!!!Ini bener2 mengejutkan aku!! haha... :) Aku senang aku ada di tempat ke 4, bener2 melebihi harapan awal, namun pada saat yang sama sayang juga gitu: "Ugh, koq 4 sih?? Ayolah!!". Hmmm, #4 kan 1 posisi di belakang #3 dan hadiahnya (LOL) kan cuma untuk 3 besar, hmmm... . Gapapa sih, tetap senang koq, haha... :) Trus kita makan di Mang Engking Soragan. Malemnya aku ke Malioboro Mall, haha...Hmm, malam nanti aku akan naik Kereta Turangga untuk balik ke Bandung. Besok Senin akan menjadi hari yang panjaang neh, hmmm...
ENGLISHYeah, finally midterms of 5th semester is a history!! hahahaha!!! :) Yesterday I had a nihongo exam, and I think I did okay, hmmm.... . We will see. I know my answer was not perfect tho...Well, finally now I'm back in Yogyakarta, haha... :) Last evening my friends, two lecturers, and I went to Yogyakarta catching Evening Lodaya Express. It departed at 8 PM and arrived at Yogyakarta Railway Station at 4.15 AM. Of course, as usual, I couldn't sleep really well on the train, haha... . This morning after arriving at Yogyakarta, I drove my dad to the airport (he was going to Surabaya catching the earliest flight this morning, hehe... :D) Then, today was kinda a free day for me (the competition is held tomorrow). So, since starting from earlier this week my cellphone had mysteriously been error, so I decided to trade it today, hmmm... . So, this afternoon my bro and I went looking for a new cellphone for me and also traded my old one, haha... :) Finally I got a new Nokia N82. I think it's cool, hehe... :)Tonight I just had dinner with my friends and Ayam Lombok Idjo Restaurant, haha...O yea, this morning I watched the seventh leg of TARA 3. All teams went to Macau. Geoff & Tisha yielded Henry & Bernie, hmmm... . It was an interesting episode, and twas another NEL. Again, Ida & Tania were saved by the NEL. This time, the penalty was a 'marked for elimination'. 
::: fried noodle I bought on train last night (Rp 12,000.-)
::: inside Night Lodaya Express
::: N-82BAHASA INDONESIAYeah, akhirnya UTS semester lima ku udah lewat sekarang!! hahahaha!!! :) Kemarin aku ada ujian nihongo, dan kayanya bisa de, hmmm... . Akan dilihat nanti lah. Walau aku tahu jawabanku ga sempurna bener sih, haha... Hmmm, akhirnya sekarang aku balik ke Yogyakarta nih, haha... :) Semalam teman2, dua dosen, dan saya pergi ke Yogyakarta naik Kereta Lodaya Malam. Berangkatnya jam 8 malam dan tiba di Stasiun Kereta Yogyakarta jam 4.15 subuh. Tentu saja, seperti biasa, aku ga bisa tidur dengan nyenyak di kereta, haha... . Pagi tadi habis sampe di Yogyakarta, aku nganter papaku ke bandara (soale dia mau pergi ke Surabaya naik penerbangan terpagi tadi, hehe... :D) Trus, hari ini kan lumayan kosong nih jadwalnya untuk aku (lombanya baru berlangsung besok). Jadi, karena semenjak awal minggu ini hape saya uda secara misterius menjadi error, jadi aku memutuskan untuk menukarkannya hari ini, hmmm... . Jadi, siang tadi aku sama adikku pergi mencari hape baru de untuk aku dan sekalian aja ngejual yang lama, haha... :) Akhirnya aku mendapatkan Nokia N82 yang baru. Rasanya keren juga, hehe... :) Malem tadi aku ya makan malam sama teman2 di Ayam Lombok Idjo, haha... O iya, pagi tadi aku nonton babak ketujuh dari TARA 3. Semua tim meninggalkan Hong Kong menuju ke Macau. Geoff & Tisha menge-yield Henry & Bernie, hmm... . Episodenya cukup menarik, dan ternyata merupakan NEL lagi. Sekali lagi, Ida & Tania terselamatkan karena NEL-nya. Kali ini, penaltinya adalah 'marked for elimination'.
ENGLISHWell, finally now one subject is left. One To Go. It is Nihongo (Japanese Language). Hahaha... . Well, so far we have learned some really basic stuffs and now I gotta memorize all the Hiragana words. Well, two weeks ago I think I had already memorized them pretty well, but now I have forgotten some because I had so many things going around lately, midterms, haha... :) Beside, one big program is coming up: Unpar Math Competition is in two weeks!! Waaa!!! I gotta dash on some works, hmmm... . Arrggghhh, now I want all these burdens to go!! But I wonder, when they are really gone (and I'm left with not so many burdens), will I miss it? LOLz. I mean, I think now I'm getting used to work with many things going on, hmmm... . When things are not these many, probably I'll have the excess of energy (LOL) to spend, haha... . We will see later lah, haha...Anyway, later this evening I'm going back to Yogyakarta catching Evening Lodaya Express. Well, I love my campus so much (LOL). They paid all the tickets (and hotel accomodation, but since I still prefer to stay on my home -- of course -- so it's not counted, LOL). Plus, they give us some extra money to spend, wahahahaa... . The amount is confidential (LOL), but pretty much for a 3 days trip, hmmm... . 
::: Hokben (again), haha...BAHASA INDONESIAHmmmm, akhirnya aku ada satu matkul tersisa. Satu Lagi neh. Mata kuliah itu adalah Nihongo (Bahasa Jepang). Hahaha... . Hmm, sejauh ini aku baru belajar hal-hal dasar dan aku harus menghapalkan semua karakter Hiragana. Hmm, dua minggu lalu rasanya aku udah cukup menghapalkannya sih, tapi sekarang udah lupa beberapa soalnya ada banyak hal sih yang berlaku akhir2 ini, UTS, haha... :) Di samping, satu acara besar akan datang: Kompetisi Matematika Unpar dalam dua minggu lagi!! Waaa!! Aku harus cepetan kerja neh, hmmm... . Arrggghhh, sekarang aku mau semua beban ini selesai!! Tapi penasaran juga sih, kalau udah beneran selesai (dan jadi ga ada sebanyak tekanan seperti kaya sekarang), akankah aku merindukannya? LOLz. Maksudku, kan sekarang aku sedang 'membiasakan' diri dengan kerjaan sebanyak ini yang berlaku, hmmmm... . Nah, ketika nggak sebanyak ini lagi, mungkin aku jadi akan memiliki kelebihan energi (LOL) untuk disalurkan, haha... . Ntar aja ah dipikirkannya lah, haha... . Ngomong2, malam nanti aku akan pergi ke Yogyakarta naik Kereta Lodaya Malam neh. Hmmm, aku cinta kampusku deh (LOL). Kan jelas tiket keretanya dibayarin tuh (dan hotel juga sih, tapi berhubung aku mendingan tidur di rumah saja --tentu saja-- jadi ga dihitung deh, LOL). Plus, mereka juga ngasi uang jajan loh, wahahahaha... . Jumlahnya rahasia dong (LOL), tapi ya lumayanlah untuk perjalanan 3 hari, hmmm... .
ENGLISHSo, I have (finally) passed 6 of my 8 midterms, hmmm... . Tomorrow (Wednesday) and Friday I'm gonna have my last two exams. On Thursday evening, I'm catching Evening Lodaya Express (actually I really want to catch Turangga (because of bad experience with Lodaya this time) but because of one two reasons so I catch Lodaya, haha...:( ) to go to YOGYAKARTA. Anyway, next Sunday evening I'm going back to Bandung catching Turangga tho, hehe... :)So, this morning I had a Bahasa Indonesia exam. Well, LUCKY yesterday I studied and read my books and did the exercise there (there was a midterm questions sheet 2 years ago and I did it). Guess what? The questions were all the same!! Wakakaka... LOL. Well, it doesn't guarantee I get 100% correct tho, but at least, it was a bit easier than if all the questions were 'new', haha...Anyway, yesterday I watched the fourth episode of TAR 13. It was an AWESOME episode!! Super great!!! All teams left Bolivia and went to Auckland, New Zealand. Ken & Tina took the FF. The episode was so awesome with many awesome things going on. After taking the FF, Ken & Tina took a HELICOPTER ride right towards the pitstop!! OMG!! That is SO COOL!! The Road Block was also very entertaining!! The contestant gotta match a face tattoo from many dancing Maori Warriors with the design on their hand!! That was SO entertaining. The tense was on, etc. Well, overall it's a great episode!! Well, it proves that the race and tasks don't have to be TOUGH to make the show interesting. Beside The Toughest Race Ever doesn't guarantee it will be a great show, in fact, there's a chance it might be a bit boring, hmmm... . We will see... . Anyway, this week The Southern Belles, Marisa & Brooke got eliminated.
::: an 'iseng' pic of Pasupati Bridge, haha
::: my choice of meal at a Padang Restaurant
::: fried noodle and cornet
::: pizza and lasagna I had last night
::: Mark & Bill and Marisa & Brooke, the third and fourth teams to be eliminated on TAR 13. 
::: I think this picture is interesting. There are two Merpati's planes, Boeing 737-2S3/adv reg code PK-MBH (flying) and Boeing 737-400 reg code PK-MDO (on the ground) which had an incident yesterday in UPG. Merpati's picture is courtesy of KompasBAHASA INDONESIAJadi, akhirnya aku sudah melewati 6 dari 8 UTS, hmmm... . Besok (Rabu) dan Kamis aku akan ujian dua yang terakhir nih. Trus Kamis malamnya aku akan naik Lodaya Malam (sebenernya sih aku maunya naik Turangga (karena pengalaman buruk dengan Lodaya waktu ini) namun karena satu dua alasan jadinya naik Lodaya deh, haha... :( ) untuk pergi ke YOGYAKARTA. Ngomong2, Minggu nanti waktu balik ke Bandung aku naik Turangga sih, hehe... :) Jadi, pagi tadi aku ujian Bahasa Indonesia. BERUNTUNG kemarin aku belajar dan membaca buku dan mengerjakan perlatihan di sana (kan ada soal-soal UTS 2 tahun yang lalu tuh, dan aku mengerjakannya aja). Dan bagaimana? Soalnya sama persis!! Wakakaka... LOL. Hmm, nggak menjamin jawabanku benar 100% sih, tapi setidaknya kan jadi lebih mudah untuk aku daripada jika semua pertanyaannya 'baru', haha.... Ngomong2, kemarin aku menonton episode keedmpat dari TAR 13. Benar2 episode yang SANGAT BAGUS SEKALI!! Keren banget!! Semua tim meningglkan Bolivia dan pergi menuju Auckland, New Zealand. Ken & Tina mengambil FF. Episode ini ada banyak hal keren yang berlangsung loh. Habis mengambil FF, Ken & Tina naik HELIKOPTER untuk langsung menuju pitstop nya!! OMG!! KEREN BANGET!! Road Block nya juga menghibur banget!! Kontestan harus mencocokkan tato wajah dari banyak Prajurit Maori dengan gambar desain tato di tangan mereka!! Benar2 menghibur. Tensi nya juga menyala, dll. Hmm, secara keseluruhan benar2 episode yang keren!! Hmm, ini membuktikan bahwa race tidak harus TOUGH untuk membuat sebuah show menarik. Bahkan, The Toughest Race Ever tidak menjamin ini akan menjadi show yang bagus, bahkan ada kemungkinan menjadi agak membosankan, hmmm... . Akan kita lihat... . Ngomong2, minggu ini The Southern Belles, Marisa & Brooke tereliminasi.
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