Letter from my friend

Ji (Sorry mate, I change it since it will be read by many people, he2...) , it's really nice to hear from you.
your stories and your experiences make me start to dream again....and again...
i really want to go abroad...learning many things there...visiting beautiful places...
then going home with abundant knowledge to share...hmmm. ...sounds nice...
what you have done is an inspiration for me...
making me never stop dreaming...and wake me up to face the life....
good luck mate....
no worries...

life will lead you to places that you've never known...
but love will lead you home....


if you have any information about any scholarship. ....please let us know....
best of luck for you....
take your time....

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Many thanks mate, I'm trembling to read your letter, he2... I know that you can... If you have any problem, just let me know... Sorry to post your letter here, but I will keep it anonymous, no worries... Let your spirit be a spirit to others. This is my third months I have been here, and I really want to go home (homesick fever) he2.... So many challenge here, specially when I really miss my wife, family, friend, environment, pollution (bwahaha).... Before, I never dreamt to study to Australia, he2... Germany was the best for me, so I learnt "Mine name ist Aji, Ich komme aus Klaten, Ich wohnen in Semarang, ..." he2... Now I realize that Australia is closer to Indonesia and I'm suffering from homesick fever (but it's still 1100$ for the return ticket, he2), How if I live in Germany, ha2.... However, I found many interesting things here, many friends, interesting culture, beautiful landscape, interesting objects, great study methods, many things that you can adopt for a better life, he2....
I learn that faithful friendship, travelling, rapid communication with your family will help you to face this problem, he2... How long will I stand.. I don't know ha2...

I always remember my community (Pak Mul, ex Seminarist community) words "Amo et Facio Quod Volo" which means I love and do what I have chosen

So, stop your dream now, realize it, he2... do your best. About scholarship, ADS program will be closed at September 7, 2007. Just go to http://www.adsjakarta.or.id for more information. I'll help you if you have any problem.

Cheers,

Global Warming Confusion

Watching movies "An Inconvenient Truth" and "The Great Global Warming Swindle" respectively perhaps will change your mind what does lead the global warming.

"An Inconvenient Truth"
This film which is very popular, is a documentary of former Vice President of USA Al Gore's presentation about global warming. Here, Al Gore describes clearly that human leads the global warming by producing Carbon dioxide. He presents supported data which explain the relation of CO2 production and the warm weather. CO2 production drives the weather becomes warmer. This situation which is called Global Warming has so many negative effects. The ice in the pole is melting and this condition leads the rising of sea water. CO2 mass production really dangerous for world's future and Global Warming is a big threat caused by human activities.


The Great Global Warming Swindle"
This is a documentary film made by British television. This film is controversial because contains so many contra argument about global warming. Here, Scientists, Economists, Journalists, disagree with Al Gore description about Global Warming. They argue that human do not lead the global warming. They think that Global Warming issue is just used by some big country to stop the third world to develop their country in industrial aspect (which is a threat for global warming).
They give an example of an African country which has no electricity and gas, but other big country suggest to use solar panel which is very expensive and unaffordable by people in that country. Why, because if they use modern electricity which produces CO2 in the process, this will support the global warming.
In this film, scientists also disagree the statement that human leads the global warming by producing CO2. Their contra argument based on their research which has the different result about what leads the global warming. First, CO2 produce by human is not as many as sea, volcano or other production. Secondly, The production of CO2 does not lead the warm weather but the warm weather caused the increasing of CO2 production. The sun activities is more appropriate reason about who drives the global warming, and the climate change will happen based on the sun activity.


Both of this film is a great way to exercise our critical thinking ability, he2.... Both of the films provide data and argument that really easy to understand and make us agree what they are talking about. So, what do you think? he2....

I personally think that human is responsible of this climate change. Why? Hem, not based on the data or any academic argument, but just because if I live in a city which has so many vehicles or industrial activities, I feel that the air quality is bad compared to other city which has small amount of industrial activities or vehicles.

So, let's make our world green, plant as many as trees, walk or ride bicycle to go to your office and decrease your electricity usage.

Here the link of the video (unfortunately there is no link to the "An Inconvenient Truth" video, if you have, let me know)
- The Great Global Warming Swindle

New Book

G'day

Hereby I would like to launch my new book published by Andi Publisher (but not listed yet).

The title is "Server Linux Client Windows".
Here, I and Suyanto EA supervised my two beloved students (Edward Christophorus Moa and Feby Lotan) in doing their experiment about communication between Linux and Windows operating system. This book discuss the combination of the power of Linux server and the easy to use Windows OS. Linux is a reliable and open source operating system, so it would be great if we use it as a server. Here, we share about how to share the data, printer, etc between server and client in a simple way.
This session, Feby Lotan finished his study and he got a high GPA which is second to none in Computer Science Faculty.

Moon Eclipse

Last night we had a beautiful moon eclipse. I took some pictures of it using my "not" SLR camera... Fuji Finepix s6500 fd. I uploaded those to http://www.flickr.com/photos/a-ehm/, so enjoy it. These are some of the pictures.











Ups the moon slipped.... no, it's because I didn't use tripod, he2....

Today's snapshoot

Should it be "n" turn, not "u" turn?




Offenders will be prostituted, oh sorry, perhaps prohibited, no it must be prosecuted....




Lovely forest for modern people




God's office? No, it's still in the earth..




Jesus love you too, mate..




check other photos here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/a-ehm/

Hiduplah Indonesia Raya

Happy Independence Day to my beloved Indonesia

Today is the the 62th of Indonesian independence day. We are invited by the Consulate General of Indonesia in Sydney to have a flag ceremony and gathering at Wisma Indonesia Rose Bay. Hem... great experience to have a flag ceremony here. The most important is we can meet many Indonesian there (Even, Sydney is full of Indonesian, he2...).These are some pictures of this occasion.


UNSW students and the Consulate General (3th from left... no it's me, the General is 4th)




Acehnese Dance



"Poco-poco"




Fanfare




Merdekah....

ADS Scholarship

G'day mates,

Some people asked me how to get the scholarships from AUSAID. I'm an APS holder, but this program is the last period, no more APS program this year. But, no worries... you can try to apply ADS program which is the default program runs each year. You can get the information by visiting http://www.adsjakarta.or.id

Tips

1. Improve your English. Although the requirement is only 500 for TOEFL score or 5.0 for IELTS, it will be worth if you can reach the score as high as you can and improve the ability to speak, listen, read and writing in English.
My tips:
- Watch movies as much as you can... (English language and try without subtitle). This will help you to improve your comprehensive listening. Do it with fun.
- Find a sparing partner for speaking exercise. Expressing an idea in a speaking is not as simple as you think, he2... (In my case, I have my wife who is ADS alumni)
- Read any English books. As many as possible. Trust me, if you like this, you'll feel easy when you do the reading test
- Write as many as possible. (I did it by wrote something in this blog.... You know, even my writing is full of mistakes, I always celebrate my mistake (Michael's words)
- Think in English, start to think, speak to yourself in English. Learning English language is not as simple as translating your language to English. It's different. Hopefully you get dream in English
- Celebrate your mistake (again Michael's words)

2. Answer the questions in application form properly
There are a lot of applicants (perhaps more than 7000 and they will choose only 600 for the next tests), so answering the application form properly is the main gate to the scholarship

tips
- Choose a program that suitable for you but stay close with your educational background. You must think also what will you do after you finish your program... Surely supporting Indonesia's development is important.
- State your aim to get the scholarship clearly and shortly.
- Include any supporting documents, project you've done or you're doing, references, etc. Supply all documents you have. Nothing to lose
- Supply your best photographs (he2.. in my case, no worries)
- Make a good personal statement which describes yourself clearly in a page
- make correspondences with any lecturer from an University in Aussie if it is possible (or the school) - They are welcome to answer any question, specially about research. if it's possible, arrange an outline proposal about research in one page.
- Answering the application form question in English will be worth for you

3. Pray for your best


Hem, This is the first step that you must do if you wanna come to Australia in Ausaid account, he2... Remember, this scholarship is not only for lecturer, ... if you are a teacher, employer, or even a fresh graduate, you have the same opportunity. Try it, nothing to lose

I'll update this thread after I finish my assignment, he2..

Cheers

Long time no see

Hi mates, long time no see. Sorry, I was struggling with so many activities (including travelling, he2...) Hem, Few days ago, my wife sent me a picture of my baby in her womb. So,let me introduce my kid (I don't know what's the gender and let me don't know till he/she born). He/she (people usually address an infant with "it" but I don't want... he/she is not something, but someone) still 3 months and hopefully will born at January next year. Unfortunately, I can't accompany my wife when she will give a birth to my kid. I can't take the reunion airfare (A facilities for Ausaid student to go home if he/she don't bring her/his family). I must wait for 12 months to get it. It is not worth if I fund the trip by myself, he2... It's better for me to work here at summer and save the money for my baby (and my wife surely... don't be angry babe, he2...)
I have so many plan including having some researches with some colleges. I will tell you later about this.