How Small Can You Find?

Kalo lihat bus SBS Transit dengan service number 179 atau 199 mah, udah biasa buat anak NTU. Demikian juga dengan 111 dan 132 bagi anak-anak Indonesia di Singapura. Secara -cie.. pake secara- minimal 2 tahun sekali naik bus ini kalo datang ke acara KBRI (baca: makan-makan gratis :D)

Tapi kalo ini? jarang-jarang deh kayaknya.



Yup, diambil beberapa waktu lalu, waktu aku jalan-jalan nyari buku-buku Islam kontemporer -yang djadoel juga ada sih- berbahasa Indonesia di daerah kembangan. Begitu ada bus unik menampakkan diri dari kejauhan, langsung dah Sonyericsson butut w810i beraksi. Apologize for the low quality pics... maklum, ngambilnya buru-buru, malu diliatin orang.

Hmm... biar postinganya ada manfaatnya dikit-dikit :p, tambahin info ini deh -biarpun masih tetep gak berguna juga-

1. Rute bus SBS Transit service number 2:
Changi Village ter to New Bridge Rd ter (vice versa) via:
Changi Rd - Loyang Ave - Bedok Rd - Geylang Rd - Kallang Rd - Victoria St - New Bridge Rd - Eu Tong Sen St

Kira-kira service number 1 ada gak ya? ada yang pernah lihat?*

2. Buat yang kangen buku-buku berbahasa Indonesia, bisa dicari di sini:
Muslimedia (bukanya mau promosi, cuman bagi-bagi info aja)
Kompleks Masjid Kassim, deket MRT Kembangan
450 Changi Road, Singapore, 419877
http://www.muslimedia.com.sg/


*Setelah dicek di sini, ternyata ada juga SBS Transit service number 001N, jurusan Marina Ctr - Yishun Ring Rd ...read more!

Cergam (Cerita Bergambar) episode2

Lagi beres-beres file di "My Document" akhirnya nemu juga ini folder. Sekalian di share aja deh kalo gitu, siapa tahu bisa bikin senyum, hehe... kan sedekah tuh!

Berawal dari kekecewaan mendalam atas gagalnya perjalanan impian ke pulau dewata -salahkan saja manusia ini :p- akhirnya ya udah deh, enggak ada rotan akar pun jadi, seperti halnya telat datang quiz MC* pun jadi, atw lagi CNY* indomie pun jadi (lho?).

Yosh, biar enggak pake lama, langsung aja... jreng jreng jreng... Multiplysion* plus mempersembahkan...

Penaklukan Gunung Sumbing

Starring:
Mr. R., Mr. A.J., Mr. F.S., empunya blog dan Mr. A, seorang guide lokal.


Prolog:
Pertama kalinya aku naek gunung nih, eh kedua dink... kalo bukit timah cupu(163.63m) ikut diitung. Jadi harap maklum kalo enggak sampe puncak... ups! keceplosan dah... (padahal udah sepakat enggak bilang siapa-siapa kalo kita gagal sampai puncak... sssttt... jangan bilang sapa-sapa yak!)

About Sumbing:
Tinggi, besar, hijau kebiru-biruan, 3296m, berat tidak diketahui, status apalagi. Terletak di jawa tengah, masuk daerah teritorial kab. Temanggung dan kab. Wonosobo. Salah satu anggota gunung kembar (hush, jangan ngeres!) Sindoro-Sumbing yang cukup populer dikalangan hikers.


05.48 am, Gettin' closer
Perjalanan dimulai dengan menyanyikan lagu naik-naik ke puncak gunung.
" kiriiii... kanaaaan... kulihat saja, banyaaak... pohon tembakaaaau..."


07.11 am, the real hiking begin
Mendaki gunung, lewati lembah, terobos hutan dan membuka jalan. Bekal perjalanan berupa 2 botol aqua 1.5L, se-thermos teh hangat, nasi+ayam+tahu opor, dan makanan kecil dirasa terlalu berat ditaro' di tas punggung, memutuskan untuk relokasi sebagian bekal dari ransel menuju perut :p


10.49 am, not even halfway
Makanan menipis, minuman abis... bingung, mau lanjut naek atw balik aja. Mr. A dan Mr. R memutuskan explorasi, kalo nemu air kita lanjut, kalo enggak ya terpaksa pulang dah :(


11.42 am, survival
Oksigen makin tipis, tenggorokan tambah kering. Mr. A dan Mr. R mencari sumber air. Korban mulai berjatuhan, Mr. AJ, yang dalam kondisi post cranial surgery mulai merasa gejala gangguan cardiovascular. Sementara Mr. FS diserang kram kaki bertubi-tubi. Tetapi semangat tetap membara, apalagi dengan kembalinya Mr A dan Mr. R dengan 2 botol air, enggak tahu air apaan, tapi coba berbaik sangka deh :p


01.02 pm, an hour away from the top
Air kembali abis, sumber air terdekat ada di puncak. Hati masih mau lanjut, tapi akal mengatakan lain. Perjalanan ke puncak kira-kira 1 jam, istirahat disana 1 jam, turun gunung 4 jam, kalo nekat lanjut ntar pulangnya udah gelap, kabut udah mulai turun, kita enggak bawa tenda dan enggak ada lampu senter. Ya udah deh... terpaksa turun, semoga laen kali bisa nyampe puncak.


01.59 pm, racing against the fog
Cepet-cepetan turun gunung, sebelom kabut mendahului. Baru tahu ternyata awan itu kabut yang bergerak cepet, sempet 'masuk' ke dalam awan, rasanya dingin-dingin empuk serem euy


02.21 pm, a brief break
Berhenti sejenak untuk sholat dan melepas lelah. Abis itu ketiduran, bangun-bangun kepala terasa pusing n kaki gemeteran. Jadi kepikiran... tadi air apa ya yang dikasih sama Bung R, kok bikin pusing ginih.


02.22 pm, souvenir
Rencananya mau bawa pulang bunga eidelweiss buat kenang-kenangan, tapi enggak nemu satu pun disekitar. Hmm.. jadinya foto aja deh, nih sebagai bukti dan oleh-oleh :)

Gunung Sumbing, 07-07-07
Selera Pemberani (dan Nekat) :p



*MC : Medical Certificate, salah satu cara paling jitu untuk skip kelas
*CNY : Chinese New Year, semua kantin dikampus tutup
*Foto-foto diambil dari multiply dari ketiga temen hiking
...read more!

My (Not So) Cloudy Monday

I was expecting nothing more than a cloudy Monday for this passing day, considering my overdued reports, assignments and targets.

Okay, to begin with, I was overslept... and hence accidentally missed my class. Next, I supposed to report the compiled data from last week experiment to my mentor today. He is leaving soon (graduated) and can't proceed further to help me finish the project without those data.

Next on the list, my 7th progress report hadn't been touched ever since last two weeks. It was cronic-ly overdued indeed (submission deadline was last Saturday), nonetheless I still floating around searching for inspiration on what should I write to my supervisor (I've been absent from lab. work for a week).

This morning I receiving email from my supervisor. I was not scared... I was VERY scared, to think of the consequences of disobbeying her rules. Luckily (or unluckily?) she didn't ask about the report. Still unclear whether she had forgotten about the report or she just simply dont care at all, who knows...

This evening was my turn to attend bi-weekly tutorial for management module. I don't know about you but for me this is a big "horror" to attend. Since I was totally clueless in the class, didn't really know whats' goin' on there.

Right after that, I had a recruitment talk to attend. Being ordinary student who haven't secure any job placement really give me the tense. By right, I shouldn't waste any opportunity or opening on it should I? but I dunno why I haven't get the resume and transcript in hand, it'll take around 1 hrs -excluding the transportation- to prepare them and the talk might have been over.

As I pass through the day, it isn't as cloudy as what I've been imagined...

Missed the class gave additional 30min to prepare the notes for the subsequence lesson, I guessed I understood todays lecture better.

I decide to let my shoulder rest for a while from the burden, let's forget about the report from now. Then I can enjoy the cultural interaction and performances in todays ICTF.

I attend the management class and although still ended-up as passive voice, I tried to actively participate in the discussion, despite my limited understanding.

I managed to prepared the job-hunting-kit and hand them to the company HR department in an express way, just when the talk was almost over.

And get the warmth from gethering with fellow Samaners :D (you guys rocks!).

Although brief, it was good enough to reenergized me inside, but live must go on, report must be done and project must be finished... so that I can save the cheerleader and then save the world, ups sorry... so that I can lift my face to look forward for a brighter tomorrow ^^.

Thanks God... thanks all... for making up my day. ...read more!

Journey into One Self

Got the link from my buddy Mr. Penguin. Have been wondering quite long, how can people (and now even machine) evaluates a person personality using MCQ's only. There must be a logic explanation behind it otherwise why would our school opening a phsycology course here. Anyway I am...

You Are An ISTJ

The Duty Fulfiller You are responsible, reliable, and hardworking - you get the job done. You prefer productive hobbies, like woodworking or knittings. Quiet and serious, you are well prepared for whatever life hands you. Conservative and down-to-earth, you hardly ever do anything crazy. In love, you are loyal and honest. If you commit yourself to someone, then you're fully committed. For you, love is something that happens naturally. And you don't need romantic gestures to feel loved. At work, you remember details well and are happy to take on any responsibility. You would make a great business executive, accountant, or lawyer. How you see yourself: Decisive, stable, and dependable When other people don't get you, they see you as: Boring, conservative, and egotistical

What's Your Personality Type?

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1024 x 768 - what is your resolution?

Phew... we are now in the very beginning of year 2008. The time sure quickly fleed, leaving countless memory behind.

Many said that year transition is a good time for self evaluation. But it is uncommonly for me to do this thing, perhaps it is unusual as well for my roomates (yes, with s) to withness me in this kind of situation, meditating in silence, didn't look so well, didn't talk so much, not even respond to their petty jokes, et cetera et cetera.

Above all, I was losing weight quite significantly in just 3 weeks. So they suspect than I must be in a lot stress doing FYP stuff during this vacation-less holiday, they even asking me whether I hit my head somewhere?. Hehe... worry not my friends, I'm completelly okay. Err... this is for my Mom as well -if you happen to read this- please do not worry, your son here is still in good shape.

Hmm... I'm talking out of track aren't I? ok, back to topic


A lot of thing happened in the passing year of 2007, some event we can still clearly recall, while the others are partially or perhaps completelly erased from our memory. A lot of moment brough smile and excitement but not few mede us cry in sad and sorrow. common isn't it? after all, everything in this world are come in pair, complement each other to bring balance, happy and sad, meet and part, live and death, east and west, good and evil, yin and yang, you name it.

Talking about event, I found a good reflection to share. Credit to this uncle and this uncle.

And as I am to lazy to think and explain, I will just give you the direct translation (with necessary adjustment of course). Hopefully both uncles wouldn't mind with this :D

Any event is 'neutral' in nature, it is our respond that gives a 'meaning' to it.

Work rejection?

Ruining your grade?

Problematic FYP supervisor?

Take the wrong decision?

They are all neutral in nature, whats really matter is our respond to the circumstances.

There was a story of two young men, who fail to enter a prestigious college due to financial constrain.

The first men sees that it was the end of his life, no more hope, no future for him and he commited suicide.

The second man sees a different meaning on it, he realized that success can be achieved in other ways, he then build his own business in trading which grow bigger and faster and eventually being successful.

He believes that there are lot of young men facing financial problem in getting into college out there, just simillar to what he were. And than founded a social body specialized in giving scholarship and financial assistance to needy students.

did you see the difference?

It goes the same for year transition, it is just a neutral event.

The question should be what kind of meaning would you gives to the passing year of 2007?

And what kind of meaning would you gives to the coming year of 2008?

Year of struggle?

Year of challenge?

Year of change?

Year of learning?

Year of friendship?

Year of maturity?

et cetera... et cetera...

You decide for yourself


- Happy New Year 2008 - ...read more!

Examination Aftermath: 1

It has been over three and half years I'm studying here, surviving 6 times of examinations within 7 semesters (including a semester of exam-less internship).

It has always be the same routine from one exam to another.

Take a part in library seat's hunting and naifely trying to master the supposedly-to-be-one-semester-long-course -material in just few days.

Stay awake a night long for this morning examination.

Rushing the (now-become-2-hrs) time during the exam, and somehow you manage to do the last question in flash, just between "please stop writing!" and "PLEASE STOP WRITING!!!".

Taking long nap and great meal after exam to restore your fuel.

On the day of exam result release, you enthusiastically log on to student link....
and then hopelessly log it off...

et cetera et cetera...

Aha! I guess I finally found something different in this last exams. Well... usually a bright, colorfull, relaxing, refreshing holidays awaits you after the exam. But know it is different...

I welcome my self to the sad, sorrow, suffer, ..errr challenging FYP world!

berdjoeang...!!!


*FYP: Final Year Project ...read more!

Exam-vaganza...

Ketika lampu-lampu mulai dinyalakan (ditengah malam)
Dan ketika kursi di lee wee nam library mulai diperebutkan (seperti kursi anggota dewan ;p)
Dan ketika kamar-kamar nyaman di hall mulai ditinggalkan
Dan ketika bench-bench mulai diramaikan
Dan ketika kelas-kelas mulai diliburkan
Dan ketika tugas-tugas mulai dikumpulkan
Dan ketika minggu sudah mencapai hitungan belasan
Dan ketika iklan-iklan exam wishes mulai dikumandangkan
Dan ketika rating lecture recording mengalahkan anime, dorama dan film
Dan ketika Mc. D menjadi menu utama makan malem
Dan ketika kopi telah diangkat menjadi temen

Maka menjadi jelaslah untuk setiap mahasiswa
Siapa saja diantara mereka yang menjadi gelisah dan siapa yang tetap bahagia :)
Dan ingatlah mereka akan apa-apa yang telah mereka perbuat satu semester silam

Barang siapa senantiasa belajar sedari awal, thats good! lanjutkan perjuanganmu! tinggal sedikit lagi...
Sedangkan yang lebih mengutamakan game dan eca, yok segera dimulai belajarnye!
Dan untuk teman-teman seperdjoeangan semuanya, saya ucapkan selamat exam...

Belajar yang rajin efektif ya... dan jangan lupa banyak-banyak berdoa... !
Semoga examnya dimudahkan dan dilancarkan.


Damar Yoga Kusuma
* Hall 3#3A-02-06
* Menerima exam wishes ...read more!