Courses have started

Session two has started. Now, I'm fully a student. My first course is Human Computer Interaction. HCI is a course that learning about how should we design something for end user. He2.. this is something that I like, because this course has a strong relation with psychology and arts, not only computer science.
I spent my weekend in Canberra and Snowy Mountain. I realized that I'll be busy with my courses after the session start, so I decided to spend my time travelling to other state and finding new experiences.
Together with Ppia Canberra, I went to Snowy Mountain (3hours from Canberra). Something weird was Sydney much colder than snowy mountain, hem...
The weather was very good, sunny and the snow was very tick. I played toboggan and learnt to play sky. He2... it was very interesting.
I slept at Dian's apartment in Australian National University (ANU) Unilodge together with Jati and Ichsan. I found that Canberra is a quiet city. I went to Questacon (Museum of Science and Technology) and it was really interesting. I tried the zero gravity simulation (free fall) and I swear I'll not try it again, hem... Visiting museum in Australia is a great way to relax and learn something new. It is a popular activities here. Hopefully students in Indonesia love the same.

Don’t Sleep Away The Night

Daniel Sahuleka
(my favourite song, I always listen to it when I drive my car with my wife)


Tomorrow’s near, never I felt this way
Tomorrow, how empty it’ll be that day
It tastes a bitter, obvious to tears to dried
To know that you’re my only light
I love you, oh I need you
Oh, yes I do

Don’t sleep away this night my baby
Please stay with me at least ’till dawn
It hurts to know another hour has gone by
And every minute is worthwhile
Oh, I love you

How many lonely days are there waiting for me
How many seasons will flow over me
’till the motions make my tears run dry
at the moments I should cry
for I love you, oh I need you
Oh, yes I do

Don’t sleep away this night my baby
Please stay with me at least ’till dawn
It hurts to know another hour has gone by
And every minute is worthwhile
It makes me so afraid

Don’t sleep away this night my baby
Please stay with me at least ’till dawn
It hurts to know another hour has gone by
The reason is still I love you




Ling with "si Hitam"

APP oh APP

Academic Preparation Program at UNSW has ended. Many new things I got from these activities. Thanks to Brownie (Sorry, I always forget how to spell your name), Maria, Pam, Ian, etc.... who have supervised us in this APP. Although I've got an English for Academic Purpose Program in Indonesia, still I got another new things... That's why life is so interesting if we can get new things in our activities.
Finally... we closed this program with a barbecue party.... he2... Every student brought their own special food.... Me and Richie bring tempe which was the most favourite food there.....



Yesterday, we have a Harbour Cruise activity. Wow.... Thanks to UNSW, thanks to ISS, thanks to Anna Rees who led us in this activity.... It was so cold but we were happy... Although it was only 1.5 hour cruise... It was still so wonderful... An unforgettable moment.


Wista (Phd student), Anna (ISS UNSW Senior Advisor), Me






Other pictures... visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/adsstudents/

Kuringgai, The Great Walker

Saturday, July 14, 2007... I woke up early and caught the bus to Central Station. There, I met Dian, Ichsan and Jati. We bought 4 train tickets to Mount Kuringgai.
Mount Kuringgai is located 60km north of Sydney. It has a great view and it is one of a national park in NSW.

The great North Walk sign.... jati and me (right)



We decided to take the Great North Walk route from Mt. Kuringgai Station to Berowa Station. It was 10km (5 hours walk)
I can say that it was a fantastic journey. We walked along the river and finally found a lake (unfortunately we didn't go to the lake because it was 5pm and we must catch the train)

The Leader... A-ehm




Dian and Ichsan..




I do believe Indonesia's bush walking or national park is better than here. The different is that in here, everything is well maintained: safety, clean, etc... If our park is maintained well... I think I'll not spend my weekend to go to the mall, he2.....

Borobudur isn't part of the world's 7 wonder anymore

Information from http://www.new7wonder.com shocks me. Borobudur temple, which is located in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia is not anymore stated as one of world's 7 wonder. Even, this temple isn't nominated at all.
I try to find the information whether this web site is an authorised web site from an authorised organisation or not. But, I think the problem is not about this information comes from an authorised organisation or not. There must be something wrong in our tourism industry.
From computer science world.. I guess Indonesian government must has better web site to improve tourism promotion. There are a lot of ways to do it. Not only create the web site and then update it regularly, Indonesian web site must also has a relationship with other site, specially search engine such as google, yahoo, altavista, etc.... make sure that the web site will be the first on the list. Improving the website to be more interactive also could be a good way to attract people around the globe to visit it.. and make sure... there is a Borobudur's picture in the index page.

Except, Indonesia wants to lose it..... losing one of our proudly status....
Above all, I love Indonesia....