A father to be.....

Last night, I was laying down in my room and I saw the sky which was so beautiful. I did not know what was it means, but I really enjoyed it. My apartment is an old apartment (very old perhaps) but it's really cozy. Large room with sun room, television, and of course cheap (perhaps the cheapest room in Sydney?). But I do love to live in here with my beloved friends who make me happy when I'm homesick, he2....
Ups... back to last night... My old Nokia phone rang, there was a text message. Slowly I opened it and yay... my wife said that Aji jr is a boy......... Suddenly, I woke up and pray, thanks God for your kindness, for all your gift to me, my wife, my family, my friends, and my baby..... This weekend, our baby is seven month old... two month to go, we will have a cultural ceremony at my home in Klaten. Hopefully, our baby will bring joy to the world.... Hem... any suggestion for name? but please do not use your name, he2....

What I've done so far

It has been almost 6 month since I came in Sydney.... many things I have done here, travelling, studying, sleeping, he2... I do need to evaluate my life here... yes, a reflection. I've just remembered when I was in high school, I must write a reflection every day, hiks... that's why my homepage called "carpe diem"... seize the day. I enjoy living in Sydney, but Indonesia is the best for me, he2.... It's a kind of milestone for me to do more and more for other people, especially my students and my environment.
When I was teaching my students, I always encourage them to do more and more, hard work, but don't forget to enjoy your life. Hard work is a must, yes it is... but enjoy your life, pursuing happiness is more important than anything. A balance life will lead you to have a happiness and makes your life more exciting.
As a student, now I am trying to work hard all the time, but I always keep relax and enjoy what I've done..... So never ask me am I busy?, he2.... because I have no time to be busy. What is caused that? A good time management will be the most important aspect of your life. Have I worked hard? sure... In the past 6 month, I've done many things, and I have so many great experience, including passing Google internship programming test, Google phone interview, etc... even I must wait for any project from Google that suitable with my background.

So, here what I've done in the past 5-6 month...

- Google internship interview (I really enjoyed this step since I have a one hour interview with google maps developer and having experience to code in an online mode using google docs)
- Almost DB Nerd certification (yeah, I finally got it..... even I only in the 4th position, but I must work hard during this session to get the top ten)

- Google internship programming test (duh, this is the hardest thing that I've done so far... I must analyze many algorithms (AI, learning machine, etc), write the code, and find the optimal way of a 15 slidding puzzle only in 1 week, but I'm glad I've passed it)
- Database System course (my favourite subject, PL/SQL, Oracle, etc)
- Principal of Programming course (my favourite as well, really this one is not as easy as you think... but I enjoy it)
- Microprocessor and Interfacing course (my favourite lab, he2... using AVR lab board and doing something in low level machine, really interesting)
- Microwave Remote Sensing course (Wow.. my first impression in learning RADAR and satellite technology. Hopefully, in the future, I'll have a research in this field)
- Travelling arround Sydney (This is my favourite activities)
- Learning to cook (Oh, perhaps this is the hardest thing, he2)
- Another unfinished research, he2.. many ideas but lazy to implement.... but no worries I'll finish it in this summer vacation, he2....
- Other things that I can't tell you, he2...

Now, I'm facing the final exam and before that, I must submit some assignments... I do not want to delay all the work, so I've done almost all. Now, I will relax and enjoy some weeks before the final exam in my personal laboratory, he2....
So, never delay your work mates, he2....

Indonesian student barbeque in Cogee Sydney

Today, we have a great brabeque which held in Cogee, Sydney. More than 30 students and their family came and joined this ocassion. We were so happy to meet each other and at least we knew each other.
Beef, lamb and chicken are those kind of animal that joined in this barbeque party. Those meat marinated for a night using many kinds of spices made by a Master of Food Science candidate (so it must be delicious, he2...). Just go to http://aehm.multiply.com to view some pictures of this ocassion.

The Power of Google

This week google changed its mathematics formula in the search engine. Many web sites influenced by this acting.
Almost 80% of internet user find a desired web site using search engine, and the most popular is google. So, if google change the way how they rank the crawled web sites, it will have a big impact on how many peoples fine the web sites. So, it's always good to make sure that your web site is listed in the top ten or at least in the first page of any search engine (google mostly) when the keywords related to your website requested by user.
There are so many ways to improve your web site so it will have a good pagerank in a search engine. If you want to learn more about this, you can find what algorithm is used by the search engine and find the best keywords that can represent your web site. Some search engines have gave some clues how to get a good pagerank. For example, in google you can visit http://www.google.com.au/webmasters/ and find any information on how you should build or improve your website. Is it important? yes, sure.....

Have I implemented it in my website? yes.... sure... and how is it going?
for specific keywords I got a good rank, for example my full name, specific writing, etc... but for the common word, mine is perhaps in page 1000 or more, he2.... how to improve that, hem, you should use google adwords or adsense service, he2.....
or your domain should has known well :)

read this for further information on the power of google
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/google-algorithm-tweak-spooks-www/2007/10/26/1192941308334.html

My blog in German language

For you who are interested to see my blog in German language, just click link below

http://72.14.203.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=en%7Cde&u=http://a-ehm.blogspot.com/

this is a google translation for my blog. You can try to your website, Lets google translates your website. Wow, I really admire what google can do for internet user.....

For Gmail user, now you'll be able to use IMAP for your Gmail instead of POP method. By using IMAP, you can use your favourite email application and what you will do in your client aplication will automatically synchronized with your web based gmail.

Setup is easy, just go to your GMAIL setting and enable the IMAP method (for you who hasn't the setting yet, just wait don't worry, for a couple days you'll get it).
In your application, you need to point the IMAP server to imap.google.com.
You can do it in your email application, mobile phone, etc..... ask google for more and detail instruction.

ayam goreng trancam

Hi kawan2.. ada yang tahu resep bikin ayam goreng trancam... wah nafsu tak tertahankan nih, kuangen banget... susah tidur nih pasti klo lagi pengin gitu.
Makanan ini khas Jawa Tengah lho, hayo negara lain dijamin ga punya deh klo ga salah, he2....

serius ki, siapa yang tahu, he2.. tolong dong. atau temen2 di sydney ada yang bisa masakin, he2....