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

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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.