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Holiday has arrived

by Rudy on November 23, 2011 in My Stories with 2 Comments

Today is the last day of my exams and I will have holiday for 3 months. It’s quite long considering that you spent the same amount of time for study as well. That means in one semester you will have 3 months study and another 3 months for holiday. From my perspective, it’s not efficient, wasting time and of course wasting money :D . But who am I to judge the system, the system is there for a reason which I don’t care much.

So what is my plan for holiday ? not sure, I was planning to go back to Indonesia but looks like I am gonna trapped here with a bunch of works to do. I wish I can surprise my girlfriend by I suddenly appear at her rented room and let her hug me tightly like in the movies but looks like that impossible to happen at the moment. I hope she can understand ( I know she can’t :( ).

By the way, I have a number of tasks that need to be done during this break. First thing is to renew my passport which will be expired in January 2012. Without this passport, I can’t go back to Indonesia because you need to have passport that expired more than 6 months if you are planning to go overseas. That’s what I have been told, not sure whether it’s true or not. It cost around 40$ to get a new passport, not too expensive considering the living cost in here is far different from Indonesia ( 40$ is just like 200k in Indonesian rupiah ).

The second thing is to find new place to stay that closer to my university. My current place is not bad at all considering I have lived there for almost 1 year, quite comfortable with the people that live there and it’s just around 20-30 minutes walk from my university. But, I think it’s better if I can find a place that nearer to my university and of course cheaper :D

The third one and the final one is to complete pending projects that have been waiting for months. Most of them are fun projects which I created to learn new technology. Fascinating, but the reality is not easy as it looks especially because I am well-known for being undisciplined and unmotivated person.

That’s all my story for this month, still need to write a blog post for last month :D

Picture is taken from http://www.flickr.com/photos/8810648@N03/3048143981/

Short conversation with my mom

by Rudy on October 23, 2011 in My Stories with 4 Comments

Sepenggal perbincangan di telepon dengan nyokap…

Gwa: Jadi kapan koko ted bakal married ? ( koko ted adalah panggilan gwa buat koko gwa :P )

Nyokap: Belom tau, rumah aja blom selesai dibangun.

Gwa: Oh gitu…

Nyokap: Jadi setelah si Teddy married, giliran lu lagi la ?

Gwa: Enggak donk… kan beda umur gwa ama koko 5 tahun… jadi gwa married masih 5 tahun lagi…

Nyokap: Emang orang tuanya Riani bolehin ? bukannya biasanya orang tua suka ketar ketir kalo belum jelas kek begini. Kalau gwa jadi orang tuanya pun khawatir.

Gwa: …

PS : kata2 sedikit diubah agar mudah dimengerti

Reasons why I hate long weekend

by Rudy on September 30, 2011 in My Stories with 10 Comments

Too much sleep

Less productive

Tasks waiting after holiday

and

Far away from your girlfriend

Photo Box

by Rudy on March 16, 2011 in My Stories with No comments

Photo Box / Photo Booth is a booth( usually ) that is used to take photo. This PB ( Photo Box ) is very popular in Indonesia especially for teenagers and couples. One of the factors that make it so popular is because people can find it in almost all shopping malls. In Indonesia, shopping malls have become a major part for urban people. Some research found that shopping malls are well-known as the center of entertainments, shopping, and place to socialize among people in Indonesia. The role of photo box in this phenomenon is as one of the entertainment that shopping malls offer. Teenagers or couples who are wanted to monumentalize their moment together are likely to be the loyal customers.

Another factor is because it is easy to use PB and people can get result instantly. They do not need to bring camera, charge the battery, bring the memory stick. They just need to sit down ( or not ), make some pose, push the button and the photos are there. So that are two factors that I could think why photo box become so popular in Indonesia.

One type of photo booth :

Photo Booth

Photo Booth

In January 2010, my girlfriend asked me to take some pictures using photo box. At that time I think that is a stupid idea and not important. But I think that’s mean a lot to my girlfriend. My girlfriend must be very feel envy when she sees other couples that have so many photos together. She must be feel embarrassed every time people asked her about her picture with her boyfriend because she does not have any. I am sorry that I am too shy to take photos with you, sorry that you have a stupid boyfriend that does not realize small things that can make you happy.

Happy White Day ! ( sorry again because I am late )

Good, and you ? yourself ?

by Rudy on February 12, 2011 in My Stories with No comments

One day at office :
My Boss : Hey Rudy, how is your weekend ?
Me : Good !
My Boss : ( silence… ).
My Boss : ( after 5 secs ) Good, so how is bla2…

Another day when answering phone call from my boss :
My Boss : Hi Rudy, how are you ?
Me : Good !
My Boss and me : ( silence… ).
My Boss : ( after 5 secs ) Good, I want you to bla2…

What should happen :
My Boss : Hey Rudy, how is your weekend ?
Me : Good ! yourself ?
My Boss : Good, so how is bla2…

and

My Boss : Hi Rudy, how are you ?
Me : Good ! and you ?
My Boss : Good, I want you to bla2…

Keep in mind that you need to ask back when asked by Australian or it will turn awkward. After spend 2 months here, I can’t follow it yet.

Hello World !

by Rudy on January 30, 2011 in My Stories with No comments

It’s already the end of January and I haven’t posted anything yet this month. Thus I have to write something today after postponing it for days. For the last few weeks I was trying to adapt with new atmosphere. The feel is almost the same when I was moving to Jakarta from Pekanbaru, because basically moving to another place mean that you have to leave your comfort zone to another war zone.

When moved to Jakarta, I was a spoiled child, I was so scared because I have to take care all by myself. Still this time it’s different. I have lived in Jakarta for 5 years, far away from my family, taking care almost all the things by myself and have a girlfriend ? All of that, unconsciously, has helped me in adapting with lifestyle at here.

So what I have done for the last few weeks ? about 3 weeks ago I went to Sydney Opera House. The scenery is quite good because it’s located near coast. Here are some photos that I took.

I am also went to my first meetup, Sydney Javascript. At first, I didn’t want to go but the place is very close to my apartment so I decided to give it a try. When arrived there, I feel a little bit awkward. Not just because that was my first meetup but as far as I could see, I am the only ASIAN in there. Fortunately, in the end I met 3 asian people, one from Philippines, one from China and the other one I forgot to ask :P

Overall the meetup is very interesting. I got free pizza, free beers and also I realise that my english need improvements a lot. I don’t know if that because of the beers but when people in the meetup started debating, I barely understand what they are talking about. I could hear some of the words, but to understand the overall meaning ? none.

And for the last, yesterday I went to Baltimore Park near Central Station to watch some Chinese New Years festival. In the festival, there are several stands from selling toys, foods, drinks, etc. Also there is a stage for performances like singing and dancing. If you are curious I’ll upload the photos tomorrow and that’s all for this month :D

Pak Aking

by Rudy on December 22, 2010 in My Stories with No comments

Pak Aking adalah seorang supir mobil pickup tahun 1984 yang hari ini membantu saya mengantarkan barang-barang ke ekspedisi di kapuk kamal raya. Lahir di jakarta sekitar tahun 1960an, berperawakan kurus, murah senyum dan suka ngobrol.

Perkenalan kami bermula ketika teman saya, Hamdi memberikan nomor hp Pak Aking kepada saya. Bukan karena saya suka daun tua, pecinta sesama atau sedang haus akan belaian dan istilah-istilah lainnya tapi murni karena saya membutuhkan jasa Pak Aking.

Setelah nego lewat hp, deal dengan harga dan tempat eksekusi maka datanglah Pak Aking ke tempat saya jam 9 pagi hari ini. Mulailah angkat-angkat, tutup barang dengan terpal dan berangkat menuju tempat tujuan.

Sepanjang perjalanan dihiasi dengan perkenalan dan berbagi cerita. Dari sana saya tahu kalau ternyata Pak Aking sering mengantarkan kain-kain konveksi ke ekspedisi, mengantar kembang dan dulunya sering mengantar parcel.

Alunan cerita pun mulai mengalir entah kemana-mana. Mulai dari cerita tanah kampus binus yang dulunya dimiliki oleh Cakrabirawa yang menurut sejarah berhubungan dengan PKI, kuburan si pitung dekat rawa belong, jawara-jawara berilmu tinggi yang tinggal dekat binus dan banyak cerita-cerita lainnya.

Jadi bagi yang mau menggunakan jasa Pak Aking untuk membantu pindah kosan, ngantar barang, ngantar kambing, ngantar sapi, piknik, jalan-jalan,dll dapat langsung menghubungi beliau di nomor 021-511-34681

NB : sebenarnya mo simpan nomor Pak Aking biar ga lupa, tapi ga afdol kalau cuma letakin nama ama nomor tanpa ada embel-embel cerita dan bumbu penyedap lainnya. wassalam.

Pengangguran

by Rudy on October 31, 2010 in My Stories with 4 Comments

It was my first job and it was the best. Satu kalimat itulah yang dapat gwa katakan setelah gwa resmi menjadi pengangguran.

Tepat satu setengah tahun gwa bekerja di IT Directorate Binus University sebagai Network Controller ( yah walaupun skill networknya level teri tapi tetep labelnya Network Controller ) dan hari jumat kemarin ( tanggal 29 Oktober 2010 ) adalah hari terakhir gwa bekerja di sana.

Hari terakhir di kantor diwarnai dengan isak tangis orang-orang yang seakan-akan tidak percaya bahwa gwa akan pergi meninggalkan mereka. Mereka terus memaksa gwa agar membatalkan rencana resign. Tapi apa daya, nasi sudah jadi bubur, batu sudah jadi pasir, besi sudah karatan, bola sudah bulat, dan begitu pula dengan tekadku.

Sebenarnya tidak begitu juga sih. Hari terakhir di kantor ( versi sebenarnya ) tidak jauh berbeda dengan hari biasa ngantor. Dimulai dengan bangun pagi, mandi, pakai baju ( dengan celana tentunya ), manasin motor, sarapan, absen, bercanda-canda, ketawa sana sini, mengurus urusan dengan TM ( HRD nya di Binus ) dan tentu saja makan-makan ( Jco ).

Selain itu satu hal yang tidak terlupakan yaitu adalah email farewell, setelah mempersiapkan email farewell kurang lebih 2 hari ( dimulai dengan penulisan yang panjang lebar, copy paste dari email orang yang terdahulu, dan akhir terpaksa gwa sunat karena ternyata kepanjangan banget ). Dan inilah penampakan dari email farewell gwa :

Dear All,
 
Hari ini ( tanggal 29 Oktober 2010 ) adalah hari terakhir saya bekerja di Binus setelah kurang lebih 1 1/2 tahun saya mengarungi dunia kerja di IT Directorate.
 
Banyak hal yang saya pelajari selama bekerja di IT Directorate dan itu semua tidak terlepas dari kebaikan dari pada rekan-rekan di IT Directorate yang tidak sungkan dalam membagikan ilmunya.
 
Tidak lupa saya juga ingin mengucapkan maaf, sejuta-juta maaf jika ada tindakan, tutur kata dan gerak-gerik yang mungkin kurang berkenan di hati rekan-rekan sekalian, saya hanyalah seorang anak manusia yang tidak luput dari dosa.
 
Selain itu saya juga ingin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada teman-teman dan rekan-rekan di :
1.Network Core
Abang Ucok  karena telah bersedia mengajari saya yang cupu ini dan memberikan kuliah-kuliah singkat yang sarat akan makna ( ditunggu kehadiran Ucok Jr nya ), Koko Yani ( terima kasih koko yani sudah membimbing saya dari skripsi sampai sekarang dan semoga cepat dapat jodoh,denger2 ada anak dev yang suka --> ini adit yang ngomong ), Cc Lenny yang sangat berjasa dan berpi** besar mengajari saya dengan kesabaran yang tiada tara ( semoga cepat menyusul koko budi dan koko ucok, maaf jika saya sering salah kata ), Koko Maydian ( walaupun kita baru kenal belum lama tapi rasanya seperti sudah kenal luar dan dalam *halah, btw sukses yah mengejar si... ehmmm maksud saya mengejar cita2nya ).
 
2.Network Access
Pak Teguh ( terima kasih pak atas bimbingannya dan selalu menjadi penengah yang baik dalam memecahkan masalah, saya senang dapat belajar banyak dari pak teguh ) , Mas Budi Ariyanto ( semoga nanti Budi Jr / Sofia Jr bisa jadi anak yang sayang sama orang tuanya, soleha, taat beragama dan lucu seperti papanya. maaf kegilaan kita harus berakhir disini...mana blom sempat bikin iklan hix ), Chris, Sales, Anugrah, Reza, Deni, Amir, Hari, Oman ( saya mohon pamit dulu, terima kasih banyak atas bantuannya selama ini )
 
3.Data Center
Pak Heribertus, Pak Hery Pracoyo,Mas Warno, Mbak Ayu, Cc Angel, Mas Donny / Koko Donny ( waduh mas don / ko don saya bingung panggil yang mana ), Mas Suprie ( wakeeeee sukses ya mas, salam buat CDK dan server saya dijaga baik2 ya hix ), Mas Ardi ( waduh saya bakal kangen dengan kotbah mas ardi neh, apalagi kalau lagi telpon2an ama user... ga tahannnnn.... ). Terima kasih selama ini sudah sabar membantu dalam hal2 stored procedure dan database.
 
4.Tech Dev
Pak Gintoro ( terima kasih atas bimbingannya pak ), Esther ( errr ada yang pengen kenalan tuh ) , Biyan ( saya duluan ya gan, sukses dengan project2nya ), Junny ( pamit ya jun, saya duluan, sukses dengan membernya ) , Pak Renan  , Abang Bani, Cc Dewi ( terima kasih karena sudah jadi orang paling ramah di IT Directorate ), Ko Herman ( ), Pak BS. Overall semoga sukses dengan projectnya dan dapat member yang jago-jago dah.
 
5.Dev
Prins the kong ( jangan suka buli2 yang lebih lemah ya), Koko Pipin ( wah semoga langgeng dengan cc lenny dan menyusul sesepuh di network ), Santo, Hunvrey, Robby, Yohanes Bud, Fenny ( wah ga bisa liat modelling class lagi donk ) , Natalia , Pak CO, Yohanes Kur, Ko San, Nelly, Kelvin, David ( yuk cabut ) , Resa , Mas Danan, Lisa, Don Juan, Yossy, Sisca, Lanny, Wenny, Desy, Weli, Jimmy ( terima kasih atas idenya :P ), Putu, May ( ah sayang hubungan kita harus berakhir sampai disini ), Billy ( wah ane duluan ya gan ) ,Mahar, Bina ( misi bos ) , Ko John, Ko JS, Ko Yosef, Ko Lawrence, Ko Wi , Rudi Yuli, Rika, Rendy, Iwan,Ivan,Daniel. Saya pamit duluan ya, maaf jika ada nama yang kelewatan, bukan saya sengaja tapi karena murni saya tidak hafal :)
 
6.Deployment
Pak Komar / Pak Foke , Mas Azis dan Pak Burhan. Terima kasih ya bapak-bapak sekalian karena dengan senang hati mau meminjamkan barang-barang kalau network lagi butuh, benar-benar pahlawan tanpa tanda jasa dah...
 
7.Mbak Yanna dan Mbak Cyril ( ma kasih ya mbak2 yang sudah ramah menyambut saya dengan senyuman setiap paginya )
 
8.Binus Square
Koko Bachtiar dan Koko Haryanto , Pak Oha,Ko Ivan, Ko Asnan, Ibu Lisah, Bu Erni, Bu Paully, Bu Shinta, Bu Elilis, Cc Cherlin, Pak Mark, Pak Komar, Pak Tommy, Mbak Avanti, Mbak Icha, Mbak Ririn,Mas Okta ( terima kasih telah memberi saya kesempatan belajar banyak di Binus Square )
 
Dan terima kasih yang sebesar-besarnya kepada Pak Eddy dan Pak Johan karena mau menerima saya bekerja di IT Directorate, tanpa jasa Bapak mungkin saya masih ngegembel tanpa arah dan tujuan.
 
Akhir kata, saya senang pernah menjadi satu bagian dari IT Directorate, nanti kalau bertemu saya di jalan, jangan sungkan untuk menyapa, kalau saya tidak menyapa kemungkinan besar saya tidak lihat ( maklum minus kacamata saya udah tinggi ), tidak ada unsur ataupun indikasi saya sombong. Sampai jumpa di lain kesempatan.
 
Best Regards,
 
Rudy
Ex Network Controller
rudy.network@binus.edu

Selain itu gwa juga dikasih sebuah hadiah kenang-kenangan. Inilah dia :

Hadiah

Hadiah

Hadiah

Hadiah

Thx guys buat hadiahnya, gwa pasti akan sangat merindukan saat2 dimana gwa jodoh2in oknum M dengan oknum E, oknum Y dengan oknum J, dilempari bintang, sepatu diinjek, dicubit, celana ditendang ( beh udah kek pencak silat aje ), menanyakan keadaan Astrid / Ayu / Vega, mendengar kuliah dari abang Ucok, belajar bijaksana dari Pak Teguh, dan banyak hal-hal lucu lainnya. Senang pernah menjadi bagian dari kalian ( salam kucing ) :D .

In my experience, ANY job, for a company or for a client, is enjoyable when you enjoy the people that you work with.

Sydney PHP Group

by Rudy on August 12, 2010 in My Stories with 1 Comment

Sydney PHP Group or sydphp is a PHP community in Sydney, Australia. I found the website when I was reading an article in Graham Weldon’s blog. Graham is one of the CakePHP core team and also the organisers of Sydney PHP Group.

From what I read, it’s said that they run regular meetings in the city. But when I clicked it, it didn’t show any histories or upcoming events ( maybe they not runs it regularly as they said ). That’s fine at least I found already one of the PHP community in Australia, yay :) plus it has the job vacancies post in it ( so I think I won’t have any difficulty to find any freelancer job if I were in Sydney ). :D

First post in August 2010

by Rudy on August 11, 2010 in My Stories with 2 Comments

Hmm it’s August already and that’s mean my time in Binus is just two months left. Yeah, my contract will be ended on 31st October ( I hope so :P ). There are so much experiences that I got while working in Binus, not mentioning the technical experiences but more about the life experiences.

The last 3 weeks I was busy taking my IELTS preparation course, it’s teach you to get accustomed to the IELTS test. The course has 4 parts : the speaking ( in which I needed the most ), the writing ( I have difficulties to write in Indonesian but now I have to write in English, damn ), the reading and the listening. The parts that I most feared are the speaking and the writing ( that’s why I am practicing right now by writing my blog post using English :P ). The IELTS course will be over on 23rd August and that’s mean I have to take the test in September or October so that I can start to looking for the universities in November and December ( I hope it’s not late ).

To tell you the truth, actually I feel a bit scared and not sure if my decision right now is the best. It’s just funny because I remembered that I was so sure about my plan to study abroad. I remembered how I convince my mother about my plan. At first she didn’t agree, she prefer that I continue my study in Singapore because she said it’s closer than Australia. But my father is different, he looks happy when I told him that I want to continue my study. I know that my father put so much faith in me, my sister told me that my father keep telling his friends about my plan to continue my study in Australia. From that I can conclude that he is hoping something big from me, I am happy to heard that and at the same time feel burdened because it’s all my choice to study abroad and my father give all the decision up to me. How if I can’t be what my father wanted me to be ? How if in the end I just ended up wasting his money ?

Maybe it’s just a pessimistic side of me, but after working for about one year and several months has made me questioned several things. The first is what I want to achieve and to do in this life. I keep asking my friends about this question : “What is the differences between you die now and later ?” Some said with the religious point in view in which he said that if you die now, you will ended up to a place that you shouldn’t been to. Others said that you can’t paid back for what your parents had gave to you, and there is also ‘confucius’ alike opinion : “You must find it by yourself, as long as you keep living, you will find your purpose eventually”.

The second is about the reason why I should take my master degree and abroad. First time I decided to take the master degree is because I already completed my bachelor and I think it will be better if I can continue it to master. So simple, no particular reasons such as for getting good job or showing people that I have money to take my master degree. Time goes by, I started working, feels how to live by your own feet, see how other people struggling with their problems and realize how lucky I am. I am happy to be lucky, I am happy that I have a chance to continue my study abroad but it’s feels like taking another people luck. I am thinking at the moment that maybe I don’t deserve this, why not my sister ? why not my brother ? why me ?

The third is, let’s say I continue my study abroad, after wasting so much money and in the end I can’t pay back what I already wasted. One of my friend in my IELTS course said that if you decided to study abroad, don’t ever think to return to Indonesia before you can pay back what you had wasted. And it’s not included with the plan if I am getting married.

I think right now I just full of confusion, lack of planning, motivation, and reasons. So let’s living this life and wondering what surprise I’ll get next.

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