Indy's tournament

well, I almost didn't attend this tournament. In the beginning I'm kinda hesitate since this tournament is too near with my exam time and plus now I need to go to Bloomington on Sunday. But out of nowhere I try this new experience since I don't have any MD partner. Start with handoko last week and now I just talk with Hery a week before the tournament that let's try playing MD for Indy's tournament. Well, I don't have any expectation, just want to play together with friend and the place is in Indy too so it won't be a problem since it won't required me to drive like 3 hours or so. So we play today and we lost the first match. It's like we're lacking of concentration to attack on the second game and end of third game. We can win comfortably in first game but they decide to play more aggressive and do a lot of shot variation. The net play haven't give me any problem but one of my opponent smash is devastating (Not as devastate as Edy though :P). it cost us the match when we can't concentrate on the last point. Then we play the consolidation match. We play the second match and we won then we cruise to final in MD consolidation. The funny thing is that we expect Budi and his partner to win the other consolidation semifinal match and they win it for like 1 minutes until they realize that they make a mistake since they're not familiar with the rally scoring. They think that they already win at 23-22 until someone told them to continue since it need a difference of 2. Then when they play again, of course they already lost their concentration and lost the match 23-25. When we play the final, the score is always very close. I never thought that we can win the final match since our opponent is much better than us (me & hery). But thanks God somehow we manage to win the first set like 21-16 or 21-19 I'm not sure but it's a very close one. During the second game, we lead the game first until they change their strategy and lead the game. It is very nervous when they lead and we make a lot of mistakes so the gap is getting bigger. Until, we somehow manage to make it even 18-18. Somehow again I'm not sure that we get 3 points consecutively and close the match 21-18. That's one of a close game, and for sure it's very fun to partnering with Brothers in Christ. One thing I learned from this badminton game is that to keep focus and never give up. I realize it during our final on second game, when me & Hery already make a lot of mistakes and make them lead the second game. In my heart I want to throw away this game since we already win the first game. But once again, He reminded me to keep fighting although it's hard and finally I decide to just give my best in the game and I don't want to think about possibilities or winning & losing and we won the game. Today the Lord taught me another lesson to never give up although the situations against you to climb up.

covering each other back

receiving serve

discussion time during break

back from clearing the ball

clearing the ball

Partnering with hery

Indy's tournament

happy bday

well just wanna say happy birthday to Frisca, Vony and Otis. Well, who can guess than in the end of September there are so many people who celebrates their birthday. :D. May God always pour out His blessing to all of you always and I hope all of you be more wise. (Anyway gw mao naruh umur mrk masing2 disini tapi takut dikejer2 nanti :P)

watching heroes

Okay, today has been a very unproductive day for me :(. All of my day I spend watching TV series called heroes. Actually it all started by Wenie (ga ada maksud mejadikan kambing item loh :P) that keeps saying during our speech class that she wants to go home to watch heroes on NBC on Monday. Hum, at first still no impression or so but then she start to promote that I should watch it since it was a good series. That's the point when my heart start to say maybe I'll give it a try. Then in the beginning of the semester it's Michael turn to promote it to me. He said that the movie is good and he's kinda sort of having all of season 1 in his computer and he can give me if I want to. Well, that time I'm putting Heroes into something I should really try to watch and nothing wrong by only watching 1 episode and if I didn't like it I'll just stop it. Then 2 weeks ago when I went to Wenie's apt and finding that Sunie have Heroes DVD full season 1. I want to ask but kinda hesitate since Sunie isn't there at that time. Finally, yesterday after I take Wenie to grocery store since Ivan can't cook for Care Group yesterday and Wenie volunteers so I lay down a bit in the sofa. Suddenly, this idea comes out, what if I try to watch while I'm waiting since it was 3 more hours to caregroup time. Then I sit and turn the DVD on, well I kinda remembered what Sunie said a few days ago that the good show start at episode 3. But when I watched it yesterday, it thrills me from the beginning. Man, I get addicted after I watch about three episodes and decide to borrow it from Sunie (Thanks God she's coming back home early). Well, when I continue watching it after Care group I couldn't stop and I woke up today then continue watching it until it's finish. In total I watch 23 episodes in 1 days. That's crazy and the worst thing is that I just realize it after I'm done with everything. One thing that I want to share why I like the movie is that this isn't just a typical superhero movies although I admit the idea of the superhero power is kinda similar with X-men, telekinetic, teleport, superpower, etc. but the setting of this movie makes it more like drama. So it's not just all about bad guy beating up the good guy. Sometimes it makes us think about our morality. it involves moral decision and the most important thing is that this movie is similar with Spiderman. Heroes used a setting of real place in this world such as NY and LA. Plus this TV series shows that becoming a hero isn't just about having extraordinary ability but they have to deal with their common life problem such as winning election, marriage life and etc. Overall I rate 4/5 since I expect more action :P.

Practice

It used to be I'm very concern with so called talent. But John Maxwell book titled "Talent is never enough" confirms my new idea. I always thought that talent isn't everything, what matters the most is what you called "passion". Talented people won't succeeds if they don't have passion, why? because passion gives power to people to keep practicing and training. In his book, Maxwell described that he never find any people with passion lost energy to keep going forward. It really rebuked me, since high school time I always really on this so called talent. I really excel in classic physics not because I have passion for it but because I understand it easily. That's what drives me to become Mechanical engineering major and it really helps. Nowadays, I find that it was wrong. My Design class really open my eyes and start to build my passion for that. If before I always skip boring class or a class that I've understood the materials, that's totally wrong and I regret it. Well past is past, I can never changed that but thanks God for reminding me this thing. Talent won't bring you far away but passion does. One interesting conversation with Ko Bun2 yesterday is when I asked him to teach my to play guitar. He asked what do I have and I showed him, he only give me one advise, train more. I already have the basic and he share a story for me. The writer of the song "Open the eyes of my heart Lord" always go to the cafe when he can't play guitar. Everyday he just look at the person who play guitar in the cafe and feel amazed and more amazed. One day, he ask the play who play guitar in the cafe "What's the different between you and me ? how can you play guitar very well ?" The guy who play the guitar in the cafe only give short answer. "The difference is 500 hours of practice." This sharing really blessed me and encouraged me to keep going forward and train more. The big difference between us and succeed people is experience and practices.

GBU always

Chicago trip

Second time going to Chicago in this month but this trip is more interesting. It all start with my tiredness that make me get lost on the way to cie Nova & ko Bun2's house. Well, what do you expect ? I just spend almost 5 hours to fix my project after my group mates suddenly called and then there's some problem on our project while I'm doing the report. Thanks God, all three of us live in Speedway so I don't need to drive really far away to meet my group mates. Then continue with Care group which take more energy to talk about the word of God. Thanks to Ivan who help clean my apartment a bit after the caregroup so I can arrived in Chicago around 12 o'clock Chicago time. The point is after I arrived in the exit of Lake st, I make a mistake by going east where I suppose to go west. It takes 30 minutes to fix that mistake and thanks God I still can arrive safely in their place. As usual, I slept at 2 and then wake up at 7:30 since the tournament start at 9 and Ci Nova + ko Bun2's house is only 30 minutes from the tournament's place. Start with activities as usual such as warming up because Men's double is the earliest one that they'll play. Hum, this is one of the worst tournament I've ever played. I can't play as usual, bad communication in the first match and many more mistakes. It always happen to me when I play in new court and it takes 1 whole match to get adjusted. Plus, this is my first time partnering with handoko, takes more time to get adjust. Somehow I don't get the feeling of safety, every time I try to attack or play fast, there's a bit hesitant feeling inside of me that makes me made a lot of unforced error or changing into lifting the shuttle. It does cost a lot since defending isn't my type at all, in the first 2 game I felt somehow angry to myself and I don't play much. Our opponents aren't that good but they're very consistent compare to us. There's one time we manage to lead all the way 13-4 but ending up losing the set 16-21. A lot of disappointment for my own self specially because I play far below my performances. Well, we still manage to cruise until semifinal until I know we can only play it on Sunday at 10 o'clock. Hum, that's really tiring especially we have played 4 games and at that point we're only in semifinal ? It means we have 2 more games to go to win this group. Plus I need to go to the church on Sunday, with a lot of sorry I decide to walk over. But Merrel seems will play to replace me on Sunday, it sounds better since he's a better player than me. Well, I learned something from this tournament and that's the most important thing other than having fun.

On Sunday, I went to CCBC. Going to Church and sing Worship to God with Brothers & Sisters is another thing that I really look forward to in Weekend. Well, the sermon by Ps Ronny is more aimed toward working people but most of the point is still applicable for students. Tiredness still affect me a lot especially since I just drove for 3 hours and play on Saturday, somehow I manage to take 5 minutes nap in the middle of sermon :P (Luckily it's not ko Kim Liong who preach :P). It always enjoy to go to Chicago and stay over in friend's place because usually I'm the one who have guest. The most important thing is that I can have a chit chat with family in Christ so I always learned new things and able to share little things too with them. Anyway, during Saturday I talked a lot this time with ko Bun2. Specially since he'll help us (Indiana City Blessing Church) once a month. So it was a really important for him to know the condition and for me to understand his vision. Plus I can always buy some empek2 from Ci Nova :P. If you ask me why do I go this time to Chicago, the tournament isn't the main reason. Let's make it secret unless you ask me personally :P. But 3 hours driving do feels like 5 minutes though :D.

first time ministry in Bloomington

Since pastor Chris leave us, there has been a problem in both Lafayette and Bloomington church, both of them will be lack of preacher. Lafayette was kinda lucky since they're located around highway + their church schedule on Saturday afternoon and their location is near big cities such as Chicago. Well being said, thanks for help from CCBC who are willing to rotate their minister around to go to Lafayette and Bloomington each week. But there just one problem for Bloomington, since their church is on Sunday afternoon + their location is kinda far (5 hours) from Chicago, it give some problem for Ko Kiem Liong rotation. Since before Pastor Chris leaving, he only leaves me with 1 message, the point is at least once a month I have to help to fill the empty space of preacher in Bloomington. Easier said than done, I'm not sure if I can do it. The point isn't anymore about skill, but about willingness and keep your Holiness. Speaking in Care group is easier since it's more about sharing and less serious talk. But talking in church is definitely more serious one. One thing that makes me hesitate even until 1 day before I should minister in Bloomington church is that I know if I accept this I have to keep my Holiness before Him even more. My hesitation goes away when I talk with Ko Bernard, he encourages me to take the step even though all of my problem with Sin haven't finished yet. He said when I takes the responsibility it'll help me to go to higher level. Indeed, he helps me building my confidence. So last Sunday I do my minister in Bloomington, the church isn't big at all. Still I can't get rid of my nervousness, even though it's my second time speaking in the church, sharing my story. Thanks God, the nervous feeling start to fade away with the time goes. The church only consist 8 people. But I believe one thing, everything that we sow, we will reap it and when it comes to God. Number doesn't really matter, the one that really matter is faithfulness. Being faithful to Him mean obeying Him in all condition. It always feels good when I pray for other people and I really want to say thanks to God for this chance. I never thought that someday I'll talk in front of the church, one thing that I never dreamed. Well, God is indeed faithful and His plan is higher than our plan. That's one thing that I know for sure.

This week Badminton tournament

Well, it's been a long time for me to play in the tournament. One of the big difference with the previous tournaments is that I always play Men Double with Stephanus, he's a very strong guy in the back. Usually, I just play in front of the net and make the kills or setting up for smash and Stephanus is the one who make the smash to kill it or make it half court return so I can kill it. That's the way we play and we're surely will lose if we change positions ( me in the back and he's in the front). We never win but we always learn something from every tournaments we play together. Start from getting rid of our nervousness, better combination, control of emotion, change of tactics and also understand each other better. This time I'll play with Handoko and it means a big change for me, I'll be no longer play only in the front and I have to make early kill in the match since it'll be hard for us to win if it's goes to rally. The key point is to find out other player weakness and keep attacking it so they can't resist it. It's easy to say if you're outside of the court and watching people play. But inside the court if you're playing, it's totally different. The only skill I've been practicing lately is to make my smash more accurate by aiming the line on the side since my smash is really2 weak. It has been goes really well so far, it just I need more consistency and better understanding of my partner. Well, I don't have any target so it'll be good for me since I'll play without any worries.

Pressure

This week is full of pressure on me, tons of homeworks and the most disturbing thing is that 3 exams next week combined with 1 project due this Friday. I haven't feel this thing since 3 years ago. I really need to do well to boost my confidence for the rest of the semester. All of those class isn't an easy one. But this time of pressure is a good time to remind myself to surrender to God. Well, the big difference between 3 years ago and now is that now I enjoy it since I really like the subject and praying to God makes a very big differences to my mental state.

New partnership

Good news, IUPUI just made a partnership with Indygo Bus service. Basically, right now all of IUPUI student can use Indygo bus service for free to any destinations and anytime. We just need to pick up a student pass in Student ID office. Well, this is certainly a good news for me since right now I can just use the bus to go to school, it saves my car gasoline and mileages. Thanks God for that :D.

Chicago trip

Last week I just went to Chicago for trip. I considered myself a little bit weird since last week through 2 more weeks from now is the busiest weeks I'll go through this semester. Start from MATH 537 Homework that's actually will be graded equal to exam grade, Design Project class that didn't go as good as it supposed to be due to lack of communication, tons of homeworks and etc. Anyway, it starts from Patricia who can't take Pamelia to Chicago since she'll have tons materials for her exams this week and Pamelia is going back to San Jose this week. So the only chance for her to visit Chicago will be last weekend. Well, her parents definitely won't allow her to go to Chicago alone, so I decide to take her with Wennie to Chicago to look around. Don't ask me why I want to go, anyway at first Patricia said to me to just sit beside Pamelia and let her drive. In my mind I said "what ? There's not many girl who dare to drive in Chicago and I'm not sure if Pamelia is one of it" (notes: Chicago traffic is crazy :P). Later on Pamelia made a testimony that at first she thought of driving to Chicago but after we returned she said that it was a mistake, since the road is very complicated. So I planned my trip and on Friday night, there's a change of plan since Evan (Pamelia's cousin want to join to visit his brother in Chicago).On Saturday morning we went to IKEA first to buy a book shelf for Wennie and then after that we eat in Asian Noodle house. Next destination is downtown or Millennium park as first destination in Downtown. There's a bit delay in our plan since we arrived later than it supposed to be so we don't have time to visit the aquarium, planetarium and Museum. We go directly to take a architectural tour using boat. It was my second time taking that boat and it's very fun hearing explanation of each building in Chicago. We ate dinner in Kien Kee restaurant (Chinatown) with Evan's brother and that time Pamelia make a decision to stay 1 night in Chicago. The food is good as usual and what's more surprising is that we met some people from CCBC (Chicago City blessing Church) and it's quite odd since it was 11 PM and they just have dinner (well then we're odd too).

That's quick summary about last weekend trip to Chicago and this week I'll go to Chicago again for badminton tournament with Hery and friends.

God cares

A lot of times we expect God to do big things in our life, we expect Him to give us better car, place to life, grades, etc. Today I want to share that God cares every aspect in our lives including a lot of things just like He said in Luke 12:7 : "Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."Even in the small things that we ask will be given to us. Many times I didn't have a chance to lift up my prayer to ask small things but indeed He is God who knows my need. It start with looking for parking spot (I copy from Debora :P), I ask God to give me the best parking spot (in IUPUI it was so freaking hard to find parking spot around noon) and He always give me a good parking spot, yesterday when I need to borrow a locker to keep my belongings but I forget my student ID card suddenly I met reza and I borrow his student ID and so I was successful and I don't need to bring all of those heavy books all the way, and last year I borrowed a book from Vishal since my friend need the book and after 2 years we never contact each other until Vishal ask me to bring his book back, I'm so confused at that moment. Especially since I never met my friend anymore, I just said I'll try to find it. Suddenly out of nowhere, I met my friends on BMV, isn't it amazing ? 2 years never met and suddenly we met in a very unexpected place and in the right moment. Right now I just got Vishal book and about to return it to him. Those things looks small but one thing that I believe, small or big thing never really matters. The most important thing is that God take care each one of us without we realizing it :D. I never pay attention of this things until today :D. Thanks Lord. Here is a song:

He knows my name
By: Tommy Walker

I have a Maker
He formed my heart
Before even time began
My life was in his hands

Chorus
He knows my name
He knows my every thought
He sees each tear that falls
and He hears me when I call

I have a Father
He calls me His own
He?ll never leave me
No matter where I go

play badminton in purdue

Yesterday (Wednesday) I felt so bored and pressured with a lot of assignment need to be done. To be honest I need to relax myself out and I felt so bad if I go to Budi's home and play his Nintendo Wii. So suddenly I asked Vina whether there is badminton going on in Purdue on Wednesday night or not. After she said yes and it'll start @9 o'clock I decided to go since that's one way to relax myself. I felt enjoyed if I play against good player that makes me dive all around the court and beat me really bad :P (It motivates me to play better next time and I learn something). Well, I arrived there and borrow Iecun ID to enter Corec. Then I played until like 12:30. I met some new people and familiar faces. It's just too bad I didn't have chances to play with the good player but some matches is still enough to make my mind fresh. Well, next week I'll have badminton tournament in Darien, IL. I guess it'll be around Chicago area. That's a good chances for me to visit CCBC (Chicago City Blessing Church). I felt so weak lately, do a lot of bad things on the court. The worst part is of course my weak wrist and waist. I can't do powerful drive with just wrist just like what it supposed to be and weak smash. The worst thing is that I can't move my waist as fast as it needed, it caused a lot of problem especially when your opponent attack the side of your body. Well, 1 week I guessed is good enough to make my body fitter and better to play badminton. Personally I don't have any target in this tournament, I'll play with Handoko and my only wish is that we can perform to our maximum in this tournament :D. Nothing can beat the happiness of giving your best in something, even though you failed in it but you'll satisfies in your heart.

Another thing that I realize, somehow I'm more attached to Purdue lately. The old feeling to transfer over there start to arise in myself again. That's something that contradict myself lately, if I transfer over there probably it'll make my life easier. But, if I have 1001 reasons to transfer to Purdue then there is 1002 reasons for me to stay in Indianapolis since there is something that need to be done in here.

My new bag has arrived :D

Today, my new bag for my laptop/notebook has arrived :D. I've been expecting new bag especially since my old bag for laptop is broken on the rope connector part so basically I can't bring it anywhere anymore :P. Here is the picture :

indonesia's earthquake

A powerful earthquake and several aftershocks have struck off the western Indonesian island of Sumatra, sparking fears of a tsunami.

Tsunami alerts were issued for several nations in the Indian Ocean, though some have now been lifted.

Buildings collapsed on the west coast of Sumatra. Hospitals are on alert in case there are significant casualties.

A massive undersea earthquake sparked a tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people in December 2004.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued an alert for the entire Indian Ocean region following Wednesday's main quake, which the US Geological Survey said measured 8.4.

Danger eases

Besides Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and a number of small islands were put on alert. Kenya, on the western rim of the ocean, also raised the alarm.

There were unconfirmed reports of a small tsunami - estimated at 1-3m (3-10ft) hitting the Sumatran coast - but not causing major damage.

But about two hours after the quake, Indonesia's meteorology agency said the danger of a serious tsunami had passed, and Sri Lanka and India also dropped their alerts.

Wednesday's main earthquake struck at 1810 (1110 GMT), about 30km (18 miles) under the sea, some 130km (80 miles) south-west of the city of Bengkulu, the US Geological Survey said.

Local media said buildings had collapsed in Padang, the capital of the province of West Sumatra, and in the town of Mukomuko.

There were also reports of inhabitants fleeing swaying buildings in the capital Jakarta, 600km (370 miles) away, and in Singapore.

"You could see the road as if it was waving, people could hardly walk so they just lay flat on the road. I could also feel the earth I was standing on was like the sea," Zulkifli Lubis, a local journalist in Bengkulu, told the BBC.

Damage

Officials said it was very difficult to get clear communications with the area to make damage assessments.

They are sending disaster teams from the capital Jakarta, fearing that there may be significant casualties, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Jakarta.

Officials said at least two people had died and dozens were injured.

But as it is dark, and many of the stricken areas are be remote, it may take some time to find out how bad the situation is.

"At least one person died when he was hit by a falling tree when they were evacuating after the quake," Salamun Haris, an official from North Bengkulu district, told ElShinta radio.

"Dozens of people were injured in damaged buildings" across the district, he said, and hospitals were clearing wards in anticipation of receiving casualties.

Fearful memories

This was one of the most powerful earthquakes in Indonesia since the one which caused the Asian tsunami in 2004.

That measured 8.9 and struck under the sea near the northern Sumatran province of Aceh, triggering a tsunami that killed more than 220,000 people around the rim of the Indian Ocean.

Our correspondent says quakes on this scale are rare and memories of 2004 have made the country terrified of a repeat.

Indonesia, part of the seismically active Pacific "Ring of Fire", is frequently shaken by earth tremors.

broke my racket

I have 1 badminton racket that I really seldom use after the incident in Terre Haute tournament. It was my NanoSpeed 7000 that I bought in Jakarta last year. Today, I play as usual (Using Nanospeed 7000) and when I play a double game with Steve suddenly I felt something weird, I miss hit the birdie about 6 times until the score was 6-0. Most of the shot that missed was drive shots. I felt something wrong with me and when it was over I continue smashing to make the score 5-6 for us then I notice something after I miss hit for this time. My Racket's frame is broken on the left side. It makes me wanna cry, this racket is the first racket that I bought and it was very expensive :(. The thing that makes me really sad is that my NanoSpeed 7000 is the old model that was out of production (Yonex start releasing new Nanospeed 7000 model in early 2007). Well, that's the thing that makes me super2 sad. A lot of memory are inside of my racket, especially memory of tournaments where I play with Stephanus. Thanks God I bought it in the official store of Yonex and the one who string my racket is a guy from that store. One thing that I notice is that when I cut the string, the tension of my string is so high, I will guess it is around 27-29 Lbs.As I can recall, it's still under Yonex warranty, so I suppose I can get a replacement when I go back to Indonesia this December. That's life, you won't realize how precious is something until you lost it.

Microwave & Book

Thanks God for everything :D.Now I can say that after waiting 2 weeks for my text book to come, now the book is sitting in my car waiting to be read by me :D. The second thing that makes me happy is that I just got a new microwave :D. I've told you before in my post that my microwave was broken and it can't heat anything up :(. But today, they decide to change it with a new one instead of fixing the old one since the problem is too much :D.

Otis won a doorprize

Story

Orang2 memanggilku "POHON" karena aku sangat baik dalam menggambar pohon.
AKU selalu menggunakan gambar pohon pada sisi kanan sebagai trademark pada semua lukisanku.

AKU telah berpacaran sebanyak 5 kali...

Ada satu wanita yang sangat AKU cintai..
tapi AKU tidak punya keberanian untuk mengatakannya...
Dia tidak cantik..tidak memiliki tubuh yang sexy..
Dia sangat peduli dengan orang lain..
religius tapi..dia hanya wanita biasa saja.
AKU menyukainya..sangat menyukainya..
Gayanya yang innocent dan apa adanya..
kemandiriannya..kepandaiannya dan kekuatannya...
Alasan AKU tidak mengajaknya kencan karena...
AKU merasa dia sangat biasa dan tidak serasi untukku...
AKU takut...jika kami bersama semua perasaan yang indah ini akan hilang...
AKU takut kalau gosip2 yang ada akan menyakitinya...
AKU merasa dia adalah "sahabatku"...
AKU akan memilikinya tiada batasnya...
tidak harus memberikan semuanya hanya untuk dia...

Alasan yang terakhir..membuat dia menemaniku dalam berbagai pergumulan selama 3 tahun ini...
Dia tau AKU mengejar gadis2 lain dan AKU telah membuatnya menangis selama 3 tahun...

Ketika AKU mencium pacarku yang ke-2 terlihat olehnya...
Dia hanya tersenyum dengan berwajah merah..."lanjutkan saja" katanya, setelah itu pergi meninggalkan kami.
Esoknya, matanya bengkak..dan merah...
AKU sengaja tidak mau memikirkan apa yang menyebabkannya menangis...
but AKU tertawa...bercanda dengannya seharian di ruang itu...
Di sudut ruang itu dia menangis...dia tidak tau bahwa AKU kembali untuk mengambil sesuatu yang tertinggal...
Hampir 1 jam kulihat dia menangis disana....
Pacarku yang ke-4 tidak menyukainya. ..
Pernah sekali mereka berdua perang dingin, AKU tau bukan sifatnya untuk memulai perang dingin...
Tapi AKU masih tetap bersama pacarku...
AKU berteriak padanya dan matanya penuh dengan air mata sedih dan kaget...
AKU tidak memikirkan perasaannya dan pergi meninggalkannya bersama pacarku...
Esoknya masih tertawa dan bercanda denganku seperti tidak ada yang terjadi sebelumnya...
AKU tau dia sangat sedih dan kecewa tapi dia tidak tau bahwa sakit hatiku sama buruknya dengan dia...
AKU juga sedih...

Ketika AKU putus dengan pacarku yang ke 5, AKU mengajaknya pergi...
Setelah kencan satu hari itu, AKU mengatakan bahwa ada sesuatu yang ingin kukatakan padanya...
Dia mengatakan bahwa kebetulan sekali bahwa dia juga ingin mengatakan sesuatu padaku...
AKU cerita tentang putusnya AKU dengan pacarku...
Dia berkata bahwa dia sedang memulai suatu hubungan dengan seseorang...
AKU tau pria itu...dia sering mengejarnya selama ini...Pria yang baik, penuh energi dan menarik...

AKU tak bisa memperlihatkan betapa sakit hatiku, AKU hanya tersenyum dan mengucapkan selamat padanya...
Ketika sampai di rumah, sakit hatiku bertambah kuat dan AKU tidak dapat menahannya...
Seperti ada batu yang sangat berat didadaku...AKU tak bisa bernapas dan ingin berteriak namun apa daya...

Air mataku mengalir tak terasa aku menangis karenanya...
Sudah sering AKU melihatnya menangis untuk pria yang mengacuhkan kehadirannya...
Handphoneku bergetar...ternyata ada SMS masuk...SMS itu dikirim 10 hari yang lalu ketika aku sedih dan menangis...
SMS itu berbunyi, "DAUN terbang karena ANGIN bertiup atau karena POHON tidak memintanya untuk tinggal?"




DAUN

AKU suka mengoleksi daun-daun, kenapa?
Karena AKU merasa bahwa DAUN untuk meninggalkan pohon yang selama ini ditinggali membutuhkan banyak kekuatan.

Selama 3 thn AKU dekat dengan seorang pria, bukan sebagai pacar tapi "Sahabat" .
Tapi ketika dia mempunyai pacar untuk yang pertama kalinya...
AKU mempelajari sebuah perasaan yang belum pernah aku pelajari sebelumnya - CEMBURU...
Perasaan di hati ini tidak bisa digambarkan dengan menggunakan Lemon.
Hal itu seperti 100 butir lemon busuk.
Mereka hanya bersama selama 2 bulan...
Ketika mereka putus, AKU menyembunyikan perasaan yang luar biasa gembiranya.
Tapi sebulan kemudian dia bersama seorang gadis lagi...

AKU menyukainya dan AKU tau bahwa dia juga menyukaiku, tapi mengapa dia tidak mau mengatakannya?
Jika dia mencintaiku, mengapa dia tidak memulainya dahulu untuk melangkah?
Ketika dia punya pacar baru lagi, hatiku sedih...
Waktu berjalan dan berjalan, hatiku sedih dan kecewa...

AKU mulai mengira bahwa ini adalah cinta yang bertepuk sebelah tangan...
Tapi..mengapa dia memperlakukanku lebih dari sekedar seorang teman?

Menyukai seseorang sangat menyusahkan hati...AKU tahu kesukaannya... kebiasaannya...
Tapi perasaannya kepadaku tidak pernah bisa diketahui...
Kau tidak mengharapkan AKU seorang wanita untuk mengatakannya bukan ?
Diluar itu, AKU mau tetap disampingnya...memberinya perhatian...menemani...dan mencintainya...
Berharap suatu hari nanti dia akan datang dan mencintaiku...
Hal itu seperti menunggu telephonenya tiap malam...mengharapkan mengirimku SMS...
AKU tau sesibuk apapun dia, pasti meluangkan waktunya untuk ku...
Karena itu, AKU menunggunya...
3 tahun cukup berat untuk kulalui dan AKU mau menyerah...Kadang AKU berpikir untuk tetap menunggu...
Dilema yang menemaniku selama 3 tahun ini...

Akhir tahun ke-3, seorang pria mengejarku...setiap hari dia mengejarku tanpa lelah...
Segala daya upaya telah dilakukan walau seringkali ada penolakan dariku...
AKU berpikir...apakah aku ingin memberikan ruang kecil di hatiku untuknya ?!..

Dia seperti angin yang hangat dan lembut, mencoba meniup daun untuk terbang dari pohon...
Akhirnya, AKU sadar bahwa AKU tidak ingin memberikan Angin ini ruang yang kecil di hatiku...

AKU tau Angin akan membawa pergi Daun yang lusuh jauh dan ketempat yang lebih baik...
Akhirnya AKU meninggalkan Pohon...tapi Pohon hanya tersenyum dan tidak memintaku untuk tinggal...
AKU sangat sedih memandangnya tersenyum ke arahku...

"DAUN terbang karena ANGIN bertiup atau karena POHON tidak memintanya untuk tinggal?"



ANGIN

AKU menyukai seorang gadis bernama Daun...
karena dia sangat bergantung pada Pohon..jadi aku harus menjadi ANGIN yang kuat...

Angin akan meniup Daun terbang jauh...
Pertama kalinya..AKU melihat seseorang memperhatikan kami...
Ketika itu, dia selalu duduk disana sendirian atau dengan teman2nya memerhatikan Pohon...
Ketika Pohon berbicara dengan gadis2, ada cemburu di matanya...
Ketika Pohon melihat ke arah Daun, ada senyum di matanya...
Memperhatikannya menjadi kebiasaanku... seperti daun yang suka melihat Pohon.
Satu hari saja tak kulihat dia...AKU merasa sangat kehilangan...

Di sudut ruang itu, ku lihat pohon sedang memperhatikan daun...
Air mengalir di mata daun ketika Pohon pergi...
Esoknya...Ku lihat Daun di tempatnya yang biasa, sedang memperhatikan Pohon...
AKU melangkah dan tersenyum padanya...
Kuambil secarik kertas..kutulis dan kuberikan padanya...Dia sangat kaget...

Dia melihat ke arahku, tersenyum dan menerima kertas dariku...
Esoknya...dia datang...menghampiriku dan memberikan kembali kertas itu...
Hati Daun sangat kuat dan Angin tidak bisa meniupnya pergi, hal itu karena Daun tidak mau meninggalkan Pohon.
AKU melihat kearahnya...kuhampiri dengan kata2 itu...
Sangat pelan...dia mulai membuka dirinya dan menerima kehadiranku dan telponku...

AKU tau orang yang dia cintai bukan AKU...tapi AKU akan berusaha agar suatu hari dia menyukaiku...
Selama 4 bln, AKU telah mengucapkan kata Cinta tidak kurang dari 20x kepadanya...
Hampir tiap kali dia mengalihkan pembicaraan...tapi AKU tidak menyerah...
Keputusanku bulat....AKU ingin memilikinya...dan berharap dia akan setuju menjadi pacarku....

Aku bertanya," apa yang kau lakukan?
Kenapa kau tidak pernah membalas?
Mengapa kau selalu membisu?"
Dia berkata, "AKU menengadahkan kepalaku"...

"Ah?" Aku tidak percaya dengan apa yang kudengar...
"Aku menengadahkan kepalaku" dia berteriak...

Kuletakkan telepon......melompat....berlari seribu langkah...ke rumahnya...
Dia membuka pintu bagiku...Ku peluk erat-erat tubuhnya...

"DAUN terbang karena tiupan ANGIN atau karena POHON tidak memintanya untuk tinggal?"

Math class

Okay, I never thought math class can become so difficult. This semester is the first time I take a math graduate course to fulfill the requirement of my BSMS (Bachelor & Master) ME program. The math class is called engineering mathematics. This class grades was all basically taken from 8 sets of homework and that's all. 1 Homework is suppose to due today and to be honest I can only do 2 out of 20 questions. My schedule for this week is very full, consist of a lot of guest coming: Andri, Martino and Ps Samuel. Well, I really enjoy my weekend taking them to go somewhere or just accompanying them eating in Restaurant. So today I try to do my best and I still can't finish it, just one little prayer so God can do something and I really mean it, anything to save me. The answer is that the professor postponed the due date of homework 1 until next week :D. Thanks God, now is the time for me to work hard and finish the homework :D.

Badminton on sunday

Last Sunday, one thing make me happy. Edy is back from his trip, it means Sunday will b more alive with sounds of his smash. I take that chance to warm up and play with him (well I play the as his opposites most of the times). He really beat me out really bad, it has been 3 weeks without him and realizing or not my standard in Badminton has become lower. When he was back yesterday, me & Budi really enjoys playing against him. Especially since it has been a long time for somebody to really make us play sport :P. He really make us run and train all of our shots. One thing that make him difference with most of other players that I've seen is that his playing style is so simple but it can changes depends on the opponents, he can know your weakness and expose it throughout the game. The worst part is that although he's not tricky but he is really consistent. Most of us can't play consistently because it was really hard to keep focus throughout the game. I felt both of my leg really and wrist soar so much, plus all of the bruises from trying to dive to reach the shuttle. After the game, me & 2 budi (one from Muncie and one from St Louis) talk about how we play badminton. One lesson I learn is that sometimes we're lazy to train until somebody beat us up really bad and it makes us train really hard to not get beaten again. Thanks God there is a high standard in Indianapolis Badminton named Edy, with him being there itself really pump ourselves to raise our games plus he's a guy who isn't hesitate to give us advice when we make mistakes. Next week I want to felt more tired :D!!

Ps Chris leaving

After 3 years doing his ministries in LCBC, now it comes the time for us to say goodbye for Pastor Chris and Cie Lidya. Today, they left US to continue their ministries in Indonesia (Yogyakarta specifically). They have left a lot of good and bad memories, right now it's all mixed together. One thing that I can't remember is my first impression for Pastor Chris, so"jayus". I never expect that I'll meet him more often and know him after our first meeting. But I never regret that chance to know him as my Pastor and all of the lessons (not just how to menjayus) that I've learned from him. I believe one days that we'll meet again and as I said in prayer, I believe one day when we meet again, we'll see the name of the Lord more glorified in our works. Thanks for everything Pastor Chris and Cie Lydia + Nadia too. The fact that they're leaving makes us really sad, especially now LCBC will have no pastor, but it was a comfort hearing that Chicago people will help us and ko Kiem Liong will spend more of his time preaching in Lafayette (not that because he is more jayus comfort me okay :P). This is life, more burden on our shoulder too glorify God's name in West Lafayette and Bloomington's church. Right now, I just want to enjoy my life in everything I do for God.

attitude

What's make me admire Taufik Hidayat ? As you can see in the clip it's not about his technique but it was his ability to hide his expression. He can be so calm even after he make mistakes or success. Sometimes I get carried away easily and angry at people, well but I really hope that God helps me in fixing my emotions problem through the time.

LCBC welcoming service

Last Saturday, LCBC just have their welcoming service. It was an excellent welcoming service and to be honest it was totally different format than last year. The most significant difference that you can see is that right now they use English all the time instead of Indonesian. I like the food especially the chicken but too bad it run out really fast since I'm not the one who thinks it was delicious :D. The drama is really good and the dances performs by them is really nice. Well that's not the important thing, the messages from the welcoming services is new beginning. So we expect a new beginning for this semester, not just for the freshman but for the oldies like me who already spent 2 years in college). We need new spirit and strength to perform our best :D.

One thing that I really enjoyed is that on Friday night, Martino from St Louis visits us. it's just too bad that he can't make it to the care group meeting but at least he can make it already make us happy. Originally, he intended to come to the care group meeting and LCBC welcoming service. One thing that I always remember is that on Saturday night when we go back home to Indianapolis, he shared a lot of things. Especially tips to get girlfriend, that's important :P, JK. Well, even after we drop Andre & Ivan, we still sharing until 4 o'clock in the morning. Personally I learned a lot of things from him since we're almost in the same condition. I admired his patience and high standard in lifestyle :D. It's always nice to have brothers in Christ especially the close one. It feels like you have places to release your burden, to tell a lot of things and difficulties and they can come with a really good advice too. Right now I just have Ivan as a reliable one although he was really "jayus" most of the time :P. I really enjoy the talk and thanks God we still able to make it to the Lakeview church service at 11 AM :D.

Ps Samuel visit

Last Friday, we had Pastor Samuel from Indonesia as our preacher in the care group meeting. The number is more than what I expect :D. Even Budi who are from Muncie, IN come along the way to hear Pastor Samuel's preaching. For those of you who don't know, I include his you tube slide (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z447sRw2KEw) on the invitation. It was really interesting since I need to pick him up from the airport on Thursday night and there is some little miscommunication between me and Pastor Chris about his departure date in Indianapolis. Thanks God, I'm reading his text message on time so I can go directly to the airport to pick him up (he use Indonesia number, so he can't make any call, just text message). He's a really humble guy and so simple, I learn a lot when we're (me & Wennie & him) take a trip to see Indianapolis downtown. He also helped me in changing my computer memory :d, now my computer memory is 2 GB. It was much2 faster than what it used to be. The most important thing is that he also installed a lot of important programs in my computer :D. Now my computer is like new since I reinstalled my computer with black XP professional edition (which is surprisingly has similar looks like Vista) and it works really fast :D.Back to topic, I almost once again drive crazy since we're almost behind schedule, well I learned something about not being do everything in a big group since it'll be hard to organize each individuals. Maybe I'll break up into smaller group when we do something so it'll be quicker just like when we do trip to New York :D. So the point from Pastor Samuel preaching last Friday is: The thing that we need if a heart to understand the Lord it's not that we want the Lord to understand us all the time, it's all about Him and not about us. So we must have 2 kind of attitude, they're Maria and Martha's attitude.

1. Luke 10:38-40, in here as it is written there are 2 kind of attitudes. The first one is Martha who is busy preparing everything, this kind of people works really hard to pleasure his guest and also have a big generosity since Bethany was a really poor village whose life depends 100% on God's word (that's one of the reason Bethany became Jesus favorite's spot on earth beside Mount of Olives). The second one is Mary who likes to spend time on Jesus feet. Just sitting there, listening what God's said. We need both of those attitudes, a lot of people have Martha's heart but most people didn't have Mary's heart, a heart that longing to just stay close and listen to the Lord (This is crucial).
2. If we see how both of this attitudes have a big difference in Jesus reaction as in John 11:17-33. You can see that both Mary and Martha reaction was exactly the same, both of them said the same words from their heart. But see Jesus reaction, when Martha said that it result in Jesus lecturing her before he take action. But take a good look at Jesus reaction on verse 32-33. Jesus didn't said anything when Mary felt down to Jesus feet and weeping, Jesus heart was moved and he took action immediately in the following story. That's our mistakes most of the times that we don't realize. A lot of times we lift a lot of unimportant prayer. Our God is our father too, he knows our need more than we. Without we say out loud in prayer, He already prepared it for us. But if we only have heart like Martha, you know the result. But if we have heart like Mary who just sit in the feet of the Lord and listening to Him. He'll take action immediately.
   

That's a little summary about Pastor Samuel preaching last Friday. personally I feel really blessed and it's like God answering my prayer, For long time I already felt that I have lift up a lot of unimportant prayer but thanks God it shaped me until what I am today :D.Well, here is some picture after the care group:

(We'll have Hery do the photoshop to do the photoshop to make it brighter :P. Too bad Livita you can't make it but all the best int he work place)

letter

Recently I just have a bad experience with Authorized Toyota dealer, this is the letter I send to them:

Hi,

My name is Gerhard Novianto and I just had a bad experience using your service center (Tom Wood Toyota). At first I came at Saturday September 1st since I need to change 2 of my front tires and my check engine light is on. After I arrived there I decided to do the 75,000 Miles service for my Toyota Corolla CE 2003. The name of the person who helped me is Han. Then he said that everything will be done in 2 hours. So I wait for him in the waiting room and after he returned my car, I'm so surprised that you finish all of that in 1.5 hours. After I turn on the engine, I realize that the check engine light still on, then I said to him and he take the car back then after 5-10 minutes he give my car back and the check engine light is off right now. I paid for changing one of my rim, 2 tires and 75,000 miles. After I drive for a while, I stop to buy something then I realized that on the rear right tire, the thing that hold the air for the tire is missing and the air is coming out. So I come back to the service center and talk to him, then he replaced it with the new one. I asked him whether it'll affect the air pressure or not and he said no. After driving for 1 hours, the check engine light is on again. I was so disappointed, then after I arrived at home I realize one thing, the new tire is bigger than the rear one and the rear back tire is losing air so it was almost flat/running out of air. I'm more disappointed after that since nobody told me that the front tire is bigger than the rear tire. More over, nobody told me the risk of having this thing. Well For Your Information, it can caused my car to slip over if I'm going uphill since my car isn't balance. I'm in angry condition hoping for an explanation and I just realized that Monday is labor day so I have to wait for Tuesday. I have a class at 9 o'clock on Tuesday (September 4th), so I'm hoping I can settled this problem. Well, I'm not looking for something but responsibility. So I talk with the manager in Tuesday morning, I ask him about my car condition and he just take my problem lightly and said, oh the rear tire is smaller because it's been overused and there's no way it can caused any accident. Okay, I'm very surprised to hear this answer from this manager since this is my life we're talking about and as far as I know, Toyota is one of the best car that also care about car safety and your service center being authorized means you have safety standard. When I ask why your guy didn't told me on Saturday ? He said because nothing wrong with this. Okay, I'm more disappointed with this answer. Then I talk about the check engine light that was on again, he just said we'll take care of that. No good response, from the service center manager . I feel a little bit discriminated since I'm Asian, but I don't want to take this discrimination problem deeply. All I want is a word sorry or some responsibility but I didn't get it. Since your service manager didn't give me any option and I'm very busy with my school (I'm a Mechanical engineering junior at IUPUI) so I decide to change the rear tires too (I'm concern with my safety here). So after I give explanation what I want them to do I go to school with your help. At 10 o'clock, I received a phone call that they need to replace oxygen censor in my car and I have to pay additional $40 for the checkup. I'm asking Han (The same guy who help me last Saturday) why don't he tell me on Saturday to do this kind of thing and why I need to pay for another check up (since on the board of explanation of 75,000 miles there's a lot of checkup you're doing to my car)? But I don't remember that he give any good answers. He just ask whether I want to do it or not, since I was busy at that time I just said yes. Well, Han promised me that my car will be ready by 11:45 so I said I'll pick it up now instead of at 3 o'clock. Then I'm waiting for his call and he just called me back at 12:15. Probably 30 minutes doesn't look too long but I have a class at 1 o'clock so it affect me a lot. So I take my car back since I don;t have any option.

That's my experience using your service center and it'll be the last time I'm using your service center. I also won't give any recommendation to both of your dealer and service center to another international students (I'm a mentor at IUPUI international service).

So no you know why I was so pissed of on last Saturday :P.

irritating

2 weeks ago I bought 3 books from half.com. The thing is 2 books already arrived since last week but there is one book for ME 330 class that hasn't come yet. To be honest it really irritates me and makes me wanna shout at the seller :P. Anyway, I need to stay clam :P. It's like a test of patience but I really need the book now !!!!

sudoku

This picture was really funny, I get it from Andrew Lee's blog and it reminds me those old days when I work in Math Assistance Center on Friday and when there is no customers. Me and my colleagues will play sudoku using the whiteboard provided in our workplace:




Can you solve it ? (click to make it larger)

bath tub

well, today I found something like cockroach in my bath tub :(. It was more like insect from outside of my apt and I just killed it then throw it away and washed my bathtub. Well, that's one of the reason I don't like summer because those insect keep coming from anywhere.

Accomplished dream

Before, I already talked about my dream that I want to accomplish but once again I have to thank God for everything that he already given to me :D. So I want to share 1 experience, I have a dream since 3 years ago that one day I want to see Benny Hinn preaching live. I have heard about his story, about his ministries, how God work in his ministries where there's a lot of healing. Last year, I also bought his books titled Good Morning Holy Spirit which was some about his biography and some about his encounter with Holy Spirit. I never asked this to God in any of my prayer but I keep this inside of my heart. 3 years has been passed by without I realizing it, the closest one that I've been heard about his ministries is about 1.5 years ago where he was preaching in Jakarta (Indonesia). It was really great when I saw the clips on his website. So back to topic, in the end of last summer one, I read that Benny Hinn is going to preach in linch church on South Bend, IN about 1 week before the school start. Without any hesitation I changed my New York Trip plan into a shorter trip since I want to attend it. Okay, driving from New York is very tiring since I'm the one who do most of the driving and most people fell asleep when I'm driving. To be honest, driving 12 hours is really fun !!! Then after talking with Ivan + Otiz + Pamelia, they decide to come along, oh boy I just realize that I need to use US 31 North for 3 hours to go to the South Bend, IN. We arrived over there around 20 to 5. The event start at 7 o'clock and I already find people waiting in front of the church. I saw a lot of sick people waiting in the row. Okay then, since I have soar throat on that day, I asked them to wait while I bought some water from gas station. After I came back to the church, the number of people has been increased a lot (it was only 20 minutes difference). Thanks God, Otis and Pamelia are still in the front so we don't need to wait in the back. While we're waiting, there's some people praying in group for His presence during the whole event. It was really inspiring to watch native American people praying since they're always so serious and sometimes they shout when they response to the prayer. Well, what can I say since we're Asian tends to less responsive than them, they're really serious and not ashamed to say Amen even though it was in the public. Then I said to Ivan and the others, if you have a chance run and go inside, try to find the most front seat you can find and hold for the other people. At 6:45, they open the gate and we're trying to pass some old people in the row and thanks God we seat about 4 seats from the most front. Thanks God for that, the event start with music team from Linc church, I must say that they're impressive especially on the song "Now that You're near". So finally the one that I'm waiting for shows up Pastor Benny Hinn. He start his service in unique way, he always invite Holy Spirit to come and fill the whole space. They said he never change the song or this methods since the beginning of his ministries. After that he talks about his experience being invited by middle east countries to preach over there :D. Then most of his subject was about Holy Spirit, who he was ? What is his goal ? And many other things. The was he explain it was really I can't say, he talks as if Holy Spirit was his best friend and it was true indeed. I never meet this kind of preacher whose life start to change 100% because of Holy Spirit alone and how Holy Spirit lead him to know about Jesus everyday. Well, I stand in awe listening to him and open my mind + heart to God. Well when he was about to finish, I asked Ivan what time is it and it was like 10:15. I was like, Oh my God time flies so fast :D. I didn't even realize he already talks for 2 hours :D. It feels like he only talk for 20 minutes. Then in the final, he start to pray and sing a song, then all of sudden there's a lot of healing happen without he need to put his hand on the people or what. After that he start to called those people who feels that they receive healing to testify in the front. The feeling is totally different with those that you watch in TV, you can see those people who receives hope, their faces expression that shows how grateful they are. For some of them that night is their last hope. Pastor Benny even said that he didn't expect that there will be any healing happens on that night since he was only a guest speaker not on crusade mission. Well, this one is a memorable night, after the service done, we want to go back but the rain was really heavy. Some people pray in the front doors and I said to the the rest, let's just wait inside for 1 hour. Then God really shows to us that He is a God who listen to His children. The rain become really2 light, thanks God for that. But the problems isn't over, I was really tired and suddenly in the middle the rain become heavy again and apparently there is a thunderstorm around us. I just said 1 little prayer, God protect us and we sing the song "My Redeemer lives" Wah, that song is really powerful but our God is more powerful, even though I can only see about 1 meter in front but I feel really safe and after we drive for 1.5 hours (avoiding a lot of accident and thunderstorm), the rain totally stop and thanks God for that :D. All of us arrive at home in safe condition :D.

Small things

When I made this new blog, only one thing was inside of my head. I knew that we're small compare to the million of peoples out there, we're also not the best person in this world. But God created us unique in our own way. Every time I wake up in the morning I always expect to meet new people on or off campus, all of them are not the same. Each of them has something that make their selves unique, that's why I said to Ivan "Actually there aren't any ugly people in this world, the only thing that make people think other people is ugly is that because each person must have something different in the physical appearance and not all people can accept it. That's why some people calls other people not pretty :D" Back to topic, so I'm thinking that our own unique is what change this world. What if you are a really nice person then you help someone who needs help ? Without you realizing it, you already affecting other people. The same thing goes if you do bad things to other people, it'll effect other people. Then the question is what that other people will do after it get effected by you ? They'll effect other people too and your action is one of the factors of their action. If you see it through a bigger point of view, then you realize that it was like a chain of reaction. That's why I put that title in my blog, small things can make a big difference. I realize that big chances I can't meet all of you faces to faces but I only hope that this small writing on my blog can give some impact on your life about my point of view :D.

GBU always

grading job

Okay, today I meet with Dr Miller. One of the math professor in IUPUI whom I'm working with this semester. He's a really nice guy and we go through the course syllabus and he explains how soon he needs the assignment and he also understand that sometimes I can't return the assignment in 2 days. So end of talk, then we make a deal. He's a really nice professor, btw the class that I'm grading was M-119 which was calculus for business people. Then I have 2 other professor, the first one is Dr Bart Ng and the second one was Dr Zhen. Dr Ng never reply my e-mail and I don't know why, I always try to meet him on his office but he was never there when I'm coming in, it's just like when I take a class with him. He's a very busy person and only spend probably 1 hour in his office and then teaching. Dr Zhen, he's a very unique person, I send him e-mail once. Then he never reply it, until yesterday he send e-mail back to me and he only said that he already put something on my drop box and expect it to be back tomorrow. Okay, this is serious, he never talk with me and expect me to finish his grading assignment in 2 days. What a professor ? Well, I think I just need to do my job Hehe. But to be honest he makes me work hard this semester especially since his class was a differential equation class. It's not an easy class to grade + I have to consider giving partial credit to the students since I've become a student in that class before and I know the feeling of hoping to get a partial credit.

interesting article

Drive your car to death, Save $31,000

Saturday, September 1, 2007

provided by

By keeping your car for 15 years, or 225,000 miles of driving, you could save nearly $31,000, according to Consumer Reports magazine. That's compared to the cost of buying an identical model every five years, which is roughly the rate at which most car owners trade in their vehicles.

In its annual national auto survey, the magazine found 6,769 readers who had logged more than 200,000 miles on their cars. Their cars included a 1990 Lexus LS400 with 332,000 miles and a 1994 Ford Ranger pick-up that had gone 488,000 miles.

Calculating the costs involved in buying a new Honda Civic EX every five years for 15 years - including depreciation, taxes, fees and insurance - the magazine estimated it would cost $20,500 more than it would have cost to simply maintain one car for the same period.

Added to that, the magazine factored in $10,300 in interest that could have been earned on that money, assuming a five percent interest rate and a three percent inflation rate, over that time.

The magazine found similar savings with other models.

To have much hope of making it to 200,000 miles, a car has to be well maintained, of course. The magazine recommends several steps to help your car see it through.

• Follow the maintenance guide in your owner's manual and make needed repairs promptly.
• Use only the recommended types of fluids, including oil and transmission fluids.
• Check under the hood regularly. Listen for strange sounds, sniff for odd smells and look for fraying or bulges in pipes or belts. Also, get a vehicle service manual. They're available at most auto parts stores or your dealership.
• Clean the car carefully inside and out. This not only helps the car's appearance but can prevent premature rust. Vacuuming the inside also prevents premature carpet wear from sand and grit.
• Buy a safe, reliable car. Buying a car with the latest safety equipment makes it more likely you'll feel as safe in your aging car as a newer model.

The magazine recommends several cars that have the best shot at reaching the 200,000 mile mark and a few that, according to its data, aren't likely to make it.

All the cars in the magazine's "Good bets" list are manufactured by Honda and Toyota. (One extreme example was not enough to get the Ford Ranger onto the list.) The "Bad bets" are a mixture of European models and two Nissans.

Consumer Reports' "Good bets" for making 200,000 miles: Honda Civic, Honda CR-V, Honda Element, Lexus ES, Lexus LS, Toyota 4Runner, Toyota Highlander, Toyota Land Cruiser, Toyota Prius, Toyota RAV4

Consumer Reports' "Bad bets" for making 200,000 miles: BMW 7-series, Infiniti QX56, Jaguar X-type, V8-powered Mercedes-Benz M-class, Mercedes-Benz SL, Nissan Armada, Nissan Titan, Volkswagen Touareg, V6-powered Volvo XC90.

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Now I'm wondering why don;t they put Toyota corolla over there ?????

really tired

Okay, I have to admit that three days straight playing badminton really make me super tired. I never imagine that it'll be this tires especially since I'm planning only to play doubles on all of those three days. What can I say ? Everybody ask for single game and I was tempted too since there's a lot of empty courts sitting there. One thing that I know that I'm still young and my body suppose to be regenerates faster but I guess I'm not used to it. It always feels good after you're done doing some sports and feels the sweat in your body + feeling soar on all of your muscle. Well apparently some people don't like it, and I know some but no expose in my blog :P. Anyway, I'm suppose to go to Lafayette again on Friday night after Caregroup since there's badminton club in Purdue and they have the activities on friday 9 PM. Makes me wanna try since I need new experiences, for me it always feel weird when I play on the new court. The most significant thing is that I can't make difference between in and out in the first 20 minutes. Well it'll be fun for sure, some people even say that I was crazy since I come to purdue only to play badminton. Hum, I don't think so :P since I'll meet some people over there and sometimes new people especially since Purdue always have a lot of international students.

car wash

out of nowhere last night I called Hery and asked him whether I can wash my car in his place on today (Monday) morning or not and he said yes of course. At first I'm planning to come around 9 o'clock but my body is too lazy to move so I'm waiting until 9:30 and then leave. Hum, I arrived in Hery's place around 10 then I have to wait for a while since He need to do some sport in the morning :D. So after 5 minutes he show up and then he said he also want to wash his car :D. what a coincidence. I haven't wash my car for probably 4 months, the reason is simple: I'm too lazy and I keep thinking why do I need to wash my car and then it'll get dirty again anyway since I always pick people up and do grocery shopping. But today I make up my mind and it took me 4 hours to clean the interior + exterior + the tire. It was really tiring but also exciting, hehe. Now my car is clean and shiny :D. the funny thing is that after I'm done cleaning my car Hery asked me "I thought your car is gray or something ?" Well, that's what happen if you don't clean a black car very often :P. Anyway, after that I went to Purdue to meet with my friends since I promised her to play badminton on Monday :D. She plays really good,if she was a boy for sure I'll loss since her technique is more superior. Well she's training in "tangkas" club and it was no wonder since tangkas was one of the top 10 badminton club in Indonesia and it keep producing champions. Then I went for dinner with her and her friends, well I never expected I'll meet a lot of alumni from catholic schools. What can I say, when I'm in junior high school I'm studying in Catholic schools and it was a whole different experience when I'm in Christian school (in senior high school). So the chit chat that happen in the dinner table reminds me of a lot of memory of my junior high school's experience :D. I really enjoyed it since I never have this kind of conversation :D. After that I go to Pastor, Naga and Steven farewell, I came in the right time for Word of encouragement and praying time :D. Thx god for this experience today :D.