Catatan Kuliah : Breakaway

Cooking Class 2 "Soto and Stir-Fry"

2012-01-29T22:49:00.000+07:00

My mother next lesson is chicken soto and Tempe & Green bean Stir-fry.

3. Chiken Soto

My Chicken Soto

Ingridients for the gravy or sauce (kuah):

2 spoonful of Pepper

6 Onions

2 red onions

4 lemonleaves

2 ginger plants (pound roughly once)

1 gingger (pound roughly once to extract the smell)

1 Kunir (Javanese yellow ginger)

2 salam leaves

Salt (as you desire)

Ingridient for main content:

3 slices of chicken

1 cabbage

1 cup of bean sprout

celeries

Chicken stock

10 glasses of Water

Ingridient for condiment (sambal):

10 small chillis (hotter than the bigger one)

2 small onions

salt

How to make the gravy or sauce:

1. First create the spice: Pound the pepper, onion, red onions, salt, and kunir, make sure until very tender

2. Boil the water (100 degres celcious), mix with the chicken stock,

then put in the spice, plus: salam leaves, orange leaves, ginger plant, gingger

3. Stir for 5 minutes

How to make the main content:

We will boil each vegetable separately.

1. Chop cabbage into very thin long slice, put in boiled water (not the gravy) for 1 minute, then lift and set aside

2. Put in the bean sprout in boiled water for 1 minute, then lift and set aside.

3. Fry the chicken, then shred them by hand into small pieces, set aside.

4. Cut the celeries

Put each vegetable in one big plate to serve.

How to make the condiment (sambal):

1. Put the all the chilis and onions into boiled water for 2 minute, and lift.

2. Pound the chili, onion ad salt on a pound stone (using a blender will reduce the taste)

topping:

cut 7 red onion into thin slice, then fry it until brown in colour.

This fried red onion is used for topping.

Serve each component (vegetable, sauce, condiment, and topping) separately on the dining table.

How to eat is: take a half cup of rice, put each vegetable and a little condiment nicely on top,

then pour the sauce in the bowl. Complete it with fried onion topping or chips. This recipe is for 5 persons.

This is basicaly what soto is, but usually Indonesian people eat soto with any side dish (lauk) as desire.

For example with fried tempe, or fried chicken.

Soto is a very common Indonesian dish, especially in Java, even for the poorest one. We eat soto usualy for lunch, but it's dependent.

Many school canteens provide soto as their menu for school break. I ate soto almost every first break at junior high school.

4. Tempe & Green bean Stir-fry

My Tempe & Green bean Stir-fry

Ingridients:

5 onions

5 red onions

2 red chilis

2 green chilis

3 small chilis

1 bundle of green bean

1 carrot (sliced)

1 tomato (sliced)

tempe (chopped blocky/ cube)

1 ginger plant

1 salam leave

3 sponfull of dried shrimp

Salt

sugar

javanese sugar

Soy sauce

1/2 glass of water

How to make:

1. Cut green bean into 3 cm length manually by hand

2. Fry tempe until half cooked, set aside

3. Chop onions & red onions into thin slices. Chop all chilis into oblique or skew orientation.

4. Prepare the pan, fill in the cooking oil until medium heat

5. Fry the onion & garlic until half cooked

5. Put in all chilis, dried shrimp, tomato, salam leave, javanese sugar, and ginger plant, until smells nice

6. Put in the green bean, carrote, and tempe into the mixture

7. Put in the water, cover the pan and wait until the bean tender

8. Put in the salt, sugar, and soy sauce

the dish is now ready for 6 persons, serve with rice and side dish.

The side dish (lauk) could be anything, but here I will prepare "tiny sea fish crispy chips" ("keripik teri"...what a long translation) as a very traditional and original side dish:

1. Soak the tiny sea fish in hot water for a while

2. Create flour dough: mix flour with water and egg, put in the tiny sea fish

3. Fry the fish and flour dough litlle by little on hot pan.

Finally, serve the Tempe & Green bean Stir-Fry with rice and side dish.

Maybe this dish already exist for hundred of year in Java. But I don't know. As soto, this dish seems very traditional, but still acceptable & delicious.

Cooking Class 1 "Vegetable & Chicken Liver"

2012-01-29T22:40:00.001+07:00

How fun to be a female. When we're kid we play cook with fake ingridient.
Now, we know how enjoyable cooking can be. The famous American cooking book "The Joy of Cooking" really figure it out.
Eventhough a lot of chefs are male, but million other male don't care about cooking.
Females born with hormon that makes them love this kind of thing. So, thank's God.

My mother teach me to cook the dishes I'll post in this blog. Mostly are Indonesian daily traditional food. Old recipes, but that's okay.
A simple dish could be amazing, depend on how the cook. Remember Ratatouille?

My ability is average, but I'm eager to learn.

So, let's start the class:

1. Gado-Gado

I forgot to photo the dish, do I browse from the internet

This is a very fresh dish.

Ingridients of main content:
4 boiled potatoes
1 bundle of green bean (buncis)
1 carrote
3 tomatos
1 cucumber
4 boiled Egg

Ingridients for nut sauce:
1 cup of fried nut
4 red chili
1 onion
a little salt
3 spoon javanes sugar
2 lemon leaves
1 tamarind
1 glass of hot water

How to do the vegetable:
1. Boil the potatoes, buncis, and carrote, until tender, then set aside.
2. Cut the potatoes and all vegetable into small pieces.

How to make nut sauce:
1. Fry chili and onion until half cooked
2. Pound the chili and onion on a stone pound
3. add salt, lemon leaves, javanese sugar and then pound again
4. Blend the nut until soft and tender, then pound it with other ingridient
5. Soak tamarind on hot water for a while
6. Add the tamarind water with the nut condiment to make the saouce more liquid.

How to serve:
Put the potatoes, vegetable and the half of bolied egg on a plate, then pour the nut sauce on top.
This recipe is for 4 persons. The key of making gado-gado is the freshness and the correct vegetable boiling time, and also the deliciousness of nut sauce.
It's so yummy...

2. Sambal Goreng Ati

I forgot to photo the dish, do I browse from the internet

I'm not sure what's the english translation.

ingridients:
5 boiled chicken liver
7 red chilis
2 small chilis
5 onions
4 red onions
dried shrimp
salt
ginger plant (pounded once)
salam leaves
1 stalk of Petai
2 cup of coconut milk
a glass of water

How to make:
1. Pound onion and red onions, all chilis, dried shrimp and salt.
2. Fry the pounded ingridients in a medium heated pan until half cooked
3. Add salam leaves, ginger plant, petai, stir a while and then add chicken liver, stir it.
4. Add water, let it mixed a while
5. add coconut milk, wait until boiled, then add salt again as desire.

Serve it with rice, for 5 persons.

When I was a Kid #2: Bedtime Stories

2012-01-16T20:37:00.000+07:00

I think, in the game of life, Childhood is a bonus stage from God.

At kindergarten, I rarely watched our old colourless television.

I often played arround at my aunt's house, watched everything she watched like some dangdut tv program and adult sinetron though I didn't get it.

Japanese cartoon hadn't enter my favorite list yet. So, my brain was still original, with no foreign cartoon intrusion.

At that time, every night my father told me bedtime stories, kind of old local fairytales. So, we sleep together in one long room (now the room's almost collapse caused by earthquake).

There're two big bed for 5 of us. Sleep time was the time we had waited all day long, as if we wait to watch favorite tv drama.

Kancil

My father was really good in telling stories. It's flowing. No tv, but it felt like I watched a big cinema screen on my mind, every sceen was up to me, I mean about the setting, the faces.

The title were: Kidang Talung, Bawang Merah Bawang Putih, Timun Mas (Golden Cucumber?), tens stories of Kancil Nyolong Timun (Mouse deer the Cucumber thief), Kancil Ngapusi Buaya,

Popok Beruk Keli, Belang Telon, Malin Kundang, Roro Jonggrang, wayang, and a lot more. Yes, I know all that stories before I fell asleep, created amusing dreams.

Timun Emas

My favorite story besides fairytales were stories about the world outside, for example about pasar malam, country abroad, or story when my father wandering for job.

Me and my young brother would cry like a baby if my father wouldn't tell stories. Besides stories, my father had plenty of riddle and magic trick collection, and also story telling with finger siluet on the wall when the electricity off.

We always failed to answer the riddle or magic trick. What a kind father he is, He bought bunch of little toys for us when he get back from work by his bycycle.

On the other hand, my mother only knows one story titled The origin of "Tinggi" (tinggi is kind of bed louse). We weren't bored even she had repeated it for many night.

Yeah, all of those thing triggered me to had a better childhood imagination. Deepest thank's to my parent. :)

.........After that period, tv played great role on my childhood world with american and japanese cartoon.

Flashback to my 2011

2012-01-16T13:22:00.000+07:00

Hi there,

Maybe I'll give a little short post, in this new year... How was my 2011?

It was the periode of my duty to be a secretary at HMTG FT UGM (student organization in my departement). I took that position though I'm not really confident in being a secretary, something that really not me.

Why was it so? First, I'm not an industrious and careful person, both are the basic needed requirement to a position which the job desks are concerning the meticulous administrative problem.

But, I did learnt a lot. Anyway, HMTG is a good place to learn. For me, it's more look like a life miniatur of someone who tried to reach succeed. Many of enthusiastic and hardworker friends created many amazing programs. They all did and thought their best.

And what else?

Oh, KKN. Two months from july - August, together with 19 other UGM's students, we did an obligatory task to dedicate our knowledge for the good of society. It could be a good idea, perhaps they wanted us to make change or bring solution to the community.

But, in reality, it was no really use. Plenty of uneffetive and useless time, with no great result. Or maybe it was just the case in my KKN.

On top of everything, I do love the volley ball game in my KKN society. I call it: Great game, Great players! Okay, however chalenging the society is, for me KKN is over after 2 month and nothing really attach in my attention besides the volley game. It was a lot of bored.

I tried to learn french by my self with no background study. I'm at the very very beginner level. I admit that it's a difficult language especially to hear! How fast and how unclear!

If I'm allowed to wish, I wish someday I could understand and able to hear the french thoroughly. I'll be thrilled and delightful. If only I could take a course. But, a million thank to the internet. For me, internet is the "new" window to the wide world.

Tens of language websites with hundred of pages are available free to learn, by hearing mp3s, watching videos, pictures, games, flashes, softwares, books, and more!

We can do almost everything through the internet.

At june 2011, I lost my Dell laptop and smart modem. Both are perfect and quite productive for me. Until one day at monday morning, when I got back from campus, I found my room's door was opened harshly, a lot of wood cutting on the floor. I was unbelievably saw no laptop above the table. Soon I realized what happened.

Dell Vostro

I hate to loose something expensive and important, I searched it with every effort I could. Well, it's clear that I'm neither spy nor detective. Later, I understand that I shouldn't regret the incident. If you loose one, then just get a better one someday! Now? I'm using a 10" netbook, less responsive, less productive, too slow and not suit me. But, I'm grateful for this little help.

Anything else?

Well, another assistant activities, another movies, books, languages, knows more people, starting my final assignment, and nothing of my goals really become true. But I am working on them.

When I was a Kid #1 : The Changing Dream

2011-10-01T07:44:00.002+07:00

Now I am 21. I'm getting bigger. Many good things and bad things happen in my life journey.

Now,

I understand more difficult phrases; I met people from vary ethnic groups; I ate different taste of foods; my heart feels many kind of new feeling like hope, fear, worry, passion; I brave enough to travelling alone; I met some extraordinary personality of person; my brain start to think logic on money & future; my working is guided by confining rules; my life is on the straight track; what I always see in front of my eyes is targets.

It sounds tiring, right? I realize something important is lost. Something that can make us feels the freedom, flying, no rules, no restriction. It is the precious imagination.

That's the reason why I want to start this series of story. This is the story where I still dont know what geology is or why people so worry about getting much money. This is the pure me.

1. When I was a kid, I have several of dream job or goal. The first I want to be a scientist. I was interested in natural science and act like I understand biology and physic. That's affected by an American cartoon show titled E= mC², with the major character is a scientist girl name Emma C². What a weird name. Emma experiencing many adventure and help her friends through the knowledge she has. Her brain was brilliant and I liked to see her in action. I usually did the experiment I knew from Bobo magazine.

2. My other dream job is to be an architect. This when was at 4th - 5th grade of elementary. My drawing not really good, but not bad either. The reason is becaused of my favorite magazine 'Bobo' often gave a bonus for several edition such a set of mini town called 'Kota Kelinci'. The set comprise of one base ground of the city made from glossy carton, then the houses, bridge, restourant, school, and trees made from cork which we should arrange by our self. Other building-like bonus was 'market bobo'. It made from carton, comprise of one shopping trolley, then many different goods was available. Me and my brother loved to play those sets. Then this dream was getting bigger. I created a small two floor terraced house from carton. The house complete with the interior design. There was a curtained window, a little photo frame, a set of soft sofa made from cotton. The second floor was for bedroom. My creativity seems raised again. The next I had an idea to create a map of my village. I didn't know if that kind of work belong to architectural work or not. That planitary map consist of every small roads and houses in my village with the name of my buddies on each house, I didn't forget to plot the mosque and the school on the map.

"Keluarga kelinci" on Bobo magazine

3. Someday my neighbour brought a notebook contain a story the adventure of a kid and a bee. It's one of greatest story I've ever read that time. The writer is his sister. I admire his sister a lot. I always thought she's a genius. Her drawing was excellent . I often imitated her japanese comic girl drawing. She schooled in best school in Klaten. She's the one who introduced me with hollywood movie when I was at 3rd grade. That's when I finnally wanted to be a writer. I tried to make some short story. But I never finished any storry well. I wasn't a good writer. Then I started other hobby, create comic book on my notebook. My friend told me that it was good, but it never finished too.

I used to had a lot of barbie cards collection. The cards size was 4 x 5 cm. I bought them from the school yard. Then I created a barbie album. One page for one barbie and I also gave the name & comment for each barbie. In my 6th grade, inspired by Bobo I created my own magazine. I forgot the name. The size was only 7 x 15 cm. The content is : a fairy tale, a short story, a crossed riddle, general knowledge, a short fact, and an 'imagination test' quiz plus a coupon inside to join the quiz. What a funny. The only one who read my magazine was my young brother. And that was the last time I show my desire to be a writer.

But I still loved to read. The first novel I read titled 'Nabi Muhammad'. It's 300 pages. I read it when I was at the 3rd grade, then continued with Harry Potter and the soccerer's stone. I always curious with my father's book shelves. There was a lot of bussiness book, though my father was one of the worst bussinessman ever. I read those kind of book too without knowing the actual meaning. It just because there's no other book. But my father sometimes bought story book from his office (elementary school).

4. This was just an imaginary dream job. I always wanted to be a spy. The word 'adventure' was my favorite. I imagined using advanced technology to fight the crime. Using the weapon, armed with the multifunction wacth and glasses, operate jet plane, decoding, fight with kung fu. This was inspired by Spy Kid movie released in 2001, at my 5th grade. I like the role of Carmen on that movie. She's smart and cool. Carmen also had a young brother like me. My other imaginary job was to be a hero like in the cartoon. I created Clow Card like in the Card Captor Sakura, I draw angel for each card according to the card name, for example : Rain Card, Music Card, Fly Card, Jump Card, etc.

I couldn't remember the other story.... I'll write again in the next post.

A Boredom And A Positive Person

2011-09-25T22:43:00.000+07:00

Almost one year I didn't write for this blog. Now am I changing or what? Sure I do, I believe that every person must change in every second of their step, not to be another person but a better person.

Let's check about my condition now :

What I feel now is a huge boredom. A super duper boredom, caused by my own choice to have a lot of extra spare time. Never in my mind I thought that studying in geology could have this kind of situation. In this 7th semester, I only take one subject - Petroleum geochemistry - I interested in petroleum basically, and also the nice lecturer. Beside that one subject, I also take my mini thesis to accomplish my undergraduate degree study. My topic is rather unusual. It's about the origin of lithology used in Borobudur temple. I fight against my self to decide whether this topic is right or wrong for me, maybe I'll tell about it later.

The point of all of it, is that formally I only go to campus one day in a week! It's my beautiful Tuesday which I will meet my friends and my awesome lecturer, hearing stunning explanation about petroleum system and it's geochemistry. Beside Tuesday, I have no persist schedule. With the natural behaviour of mine that actually I'm a lazy girl, I almost doing nothing in my daily, except watch movies and read novels. Plus, this semester stupidly I'm not taking any opportunity to be assistant in laboratory like I did last semester. What was I thinking? Tired of learning...? I never tired of learning , but the burden in learning environment sometime heavier than the learning it self. Studying should be just light and fun.

Than I want to take an English course to help me learn conversation formally. But I still need other activity. One different that I realize on my psychology is, that now I feel like I want to meet as many people as I can, talk and smile to more person. I hate doing nothing in my room. It's different if I remember that usually I always deny on people rather than come to them gladly and smile. By the way I learnt this from someone, a dancer I watch in American 'so you think you can dance'. She always smiling sincerely with her heart, and her smile is so loud that it spread fast to the room and then everyone also smiling too. Her smile is affecting. She said she is a positive person, who always laugh and smile, think positive on anything. For me it's a damn inspiration. I try to learn from everything I met in life.

Okay, that's why this course is not enough, but I have no other idea how to spent my lot-of-spare time. Other choice, is the library. Of course I have to go there many times looking for references. But who will I meet in there? a little of other students and thousands of books.

My head could have explode by now, if I'm not considering poring this to my blog. Explode of boredom.

I used to want to immediately graduate or go away from this campus. I still want to, but.. There's something I have to do first before someday I leave. Something is missing and I have to find it soon. Something I have to take away on my ride.

Some View From Songs...

2010-11-16T16:06:00.006+07:00

Now I got two old song from Joss stone that I think the lyric could be an inspiration to anyone. If you don't know the song, simply read the lyric is enough to show the power of these song. Well, the first titled, " Right to be wrong". Coincidently I found this song after my KL (Kuliah Lapangan) lecturer check out my KL poster for first consultation before the poster be displayed in about the next 2 weeks. And he found too many mistakes on my work, althoughI think I had already done it as good as I can. He detailly check it and scratched many part of it with his pen to correct it. Almost in all sections had something wrong on it. Yes, I look awfully stupid that time. But this is very important since KL is 4 SKS (credits) and cost 5 million in average. I wont give a damn or too puzzled if it isn't cost that expensive. I realized I had a willing to be an expert, but the way I am now is too far from that hope. Then I googling the full lyric of the song and, it help me to little bit recover.

"Right To Be Wrong"

I've got a right to be wrong
My mistakes will make me strong
I'm stepping out into the great unknown
I'm feeling wings though I've never flown
I've got a mind of my own
I'm flesh and blood to the bone
I'm not made of stoneGot a right to be wrong
So just leave me alone

I've got a right to be wrong
I've been held down too long
I've got to break free
So I can finally breathe
I've got a right to be wrongGot to sing my own song
I might be singing out of key
But it sure feels good to me
Got a right to be wrong
So just leave me alone

You're entitled to your opinionBut it's really my decision
I can't turn back I'm on a mission
If you care don't you dare blur my vision
Let me be all that I can be
Don't smother me with negativity
Whatever's out there waiting for me
I'm going to faced it willingly

I've got a right to be wrongMy mistakes will make me strong
I'm stepping out into the great unknown
I'm feeling wings though I've never flown
I've got a mind of my own
Flesh and blood to the bone
See, I'm not made of stone
I've got a right to be wrongSo just leave me alone

I've got a right to be wrong
I've been held down to long
I've got to break free
So I can finally breathe
I've got a right to be wrongGot to sing my own song
I might be singing out of key
But it sure feels good to me
I've got a right to be wrong
So just leave me alone

Joss stone

Okay, the second song is really deep if we read it when we feel like we're having so much burden we can't carry on longer. So sad and melow, I wish I have no reason to vivify it according to my real life experience. But here the sadness is somehow beautiful. I don't know, just check it..

"Sleep Like A Child"

Tonight when the darkness comes
Why don't we treat it like a friend
Then we'll both be glad to see the night
And we'll be hoping
It's never going to end

So don't be afraid of what the night-time may bring
You must understand that you can dream of anything

[Chorus:]
So fall into sleep
Peaceful and deep
And may this journey help you fly
When you can't hold out much longer
Don't you cry
When the darkness is getting stronger
Sleep like a child
Peaceful and deep
And when you lay you down
I pray your soul to keep
Sleep like a child
Peaceful and deep
And I when you lay you down
I pray your soul to keep

You won't be alone
For I will not be denied
Under the darkest of skies
I'm gunna be by your side

[Chorus]

Well I know
I can see it in your eyes
You're tired of fighting everyday
Trying to struggle through the night
Yes I know that it's hard to carry on
So just lay down your head
And in your dreams you will be strong

Sleep like a child
Peaceful and deep
And when you lay you down
I pray your soul to keep
Oh like a child
Peaceful and deep

Sleep like a child
Peaceful and deep
And I when you lay you down
I pray your soul to keep

The Great Ability to Wake Up

2010-10-23T10:32:00.005+07:00

I’m not talking about wake up from sleeping, instead wake up from suffering, down, break, depress and escape from tiring life. What a lucky person to have such great ability. Such person won’t often feel sad and embarased for too long. One way to do it is forgetting suck thing that had happened although it’s never easy. My treatment of forgetting things is by drowning my self into busy day. Doing business we like makes everythings seems okay.
Well, this semester we learn 8 interesting subject. Analitic Stratigraphy; Geologic Research Methode; Religion; Geology of Indonesia; Philosophy of Knowledge; Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology; Geo Gomputation; and Geo Chemistry. This 5th smester is kind of a free half year. Yes we are busy of maintaining our KL data analysis, interpretation and of course data visualization, but in the other hand our lecturing schedule’s containing many spare time. And I take anvantage of it by being an asistant in Dynamic Geology Laboratory for Basic Geology subject. This new hit likely taking over my time badly. I ‘m assist about 120 new student to help them recognize the basic principle of geology. Wondering how apparently I really enjoy explaining everything I’m capable of. Explaining’s fun. Looking at those innocent face, recall me back into my early year of struggling in geology. They get everything easier now, how could they still busy of beefing this and that too. If only they knew what happened to my first semester. But these days, I realize something that perhaps very related to comfortable feeling. That is, to be appreciated, to be respected. I love to share my knowledge to them, my ability being appreciated. I never perceive being appreciated like this before. Really never.

Then, I’ve a plan to make my days even busier by learning spain. I thought spain’s the best choice considering it’s the easiest foreign language to learn for a zero newbie. I realize perhaps Franc or Deuch is more popular and widely used here, but remembering the difficulty of those two language I think it’s really hard to master. Anyway, Spain’s more beautiful to hear, and simple to learn, that my target is to master at least 2/3 of it in less than 2 year. I wonder if my plan will going right or the opposite. I know this is good for me, and the point is I want to get busier than now.

Actually, I’ve one more responsibility to be a guide or asistant for islamic sharing group in my campus. It’s okay for me to talk or speech in front of those new students, but to talk about Islam? Despite of it could be a positive business, but, I don’t think I could. My position now is currently farther from God, if I compare with when I was in senior high where I was so excited to learn holy Quran everyday. I’m not reading Quran everyday now. Also I completely aware that my sholat’s not as good as in my past which I was being so humble and khusyuk in communicating with God. This is awfuly bad degradation, I know. And if I stay like this, sure will be very dangerous for my afterlife. I’m feeling emptiness. In my deepest, I do really want to change, yet I perceive dont know where to start. I’ve to wake up from this first. Thats why I reject the invitation to be the guide, and nevertheless I want more time to handle my KL data.

By far, after more than two year studying here, finally I understand how this world could strictly turn us up and down in a certain period of time. Because, this is the world of chalenge, where demand is everywhere. We can’t just acting like a kid with no responsibility to be completed, which our duty is just to play outside the house with our friends and then laugh. The world outside the house now could killing us softly by it’s hardness. When the world seems unfair and I feel uneasy of everything, I’ll just remember that the terrible won’t last forever. God won’t ever let us feel sad for to long. That’s what I believe now. All I got to do is find a way to cure my self when something bad happened. Like what I’ve told before. I really need the ability.

Hammer on My Left Waist

2010-09-17T10:06:00.005+07:00

I see my self this time. I'm a geological engineering student and I got to deal with the hardness of field work, though honestly I feel I'm not really own a high sensitivity on anything related to the field. So how could I survive on this kind of work? Let's see how time would help me, as I see it needs a long experiences and filedtrips on many more geologically challenging places. Anywhere in Indonesia seems like incredible places to learn geology . Thankfully we have a complete packet already containing vulcanoes, mountainering , valleys, streams & rivers, cliffs, lake, beach with dunes or coral, caves and outcrops, that available and waiting unpatiently to be observed.

This mind bother me after I undergo Kuliah Lapangan Program which include 12 days KL Bayat, 3 days regional geology excursion on at least passing accros two basin (Yogyakarta Basin and East Java Basin), and the last was Individual Geological Mapping located in 65 different kavlings for each student. My kavling was at Padas Subdistrict, Ngawi, East Java. In this program we taught how to work as a real geologist, and definitelly it much harder than theories we used to learn at class. Some lessons I captured were that geology's an expensive work so that we must have a strong dicipline and hard work, no beefing, not afraid of hot or rainy weather or even extreme field, and pay attention on field data accuracy. How important the data is like keep the data as keep our soul! Hah..

Many lecturers involved in this program, they taught us how to use compass for measuring the strike and dip of rock bedding also for determining our exact location by shooting two possitions of points in front of us that recognizable on topographic map; then how to use hammer for rock sampling; noting and plotting datas we got from the field including morphology, petrology and structural geology datas; next was doing measured stratigraphic for detail analysis and interpretation of depositional environment, the age of rock and also integrated historical geologi.

Geo Hammer: One Weapon for Geologist

In Bayat we once again introduced about "tired" as one of geologist bestfriend. We walked all day long on our mapping area with the widht of 2 x 2 km from 7 am until 5 pm for about 10 days. My legs was felt like going to broken. My back was never as painful as it was. Yeah, mostly Bayat felt like a hell for me, especially the earlier days. As usual, I didn't feel comfort with such a thing, that's why I always got to bed earlier compared to other girls. But, a lot of memories I can remember from that 12 days.

The following program was regional geologic excursion . We had trips around Yogyakarta, Wonosari, Kendeng Zone, Rembang Zone and the surrounding. It was quite relaxing, not as heavy as in Bayat. We just came into one stop site, doing a little observation and then hearing explanations from lecturer, and moved to another stop sites. I prefer to record the explanation than to made notes, as I mentioned before that I was very easy to get tired or get sleepy when the day hot, and then my concentration and focus were gone, my mind think slower and bla bla, especially when I worked in group, things are different when I worked individualy that I could only depend on my self, it push me to stay awake and focus.... huft, yeah I don't know that Geology could be this difficult. Anyhow, I'm really proud to bring hammer on left waist, and say, I'm a field worker!.... :D

And finally we had arrived to the most important part, that is individual geologic mapping. I'm so lucky to had my own porter to help me doing my mapping. He gots everything easier, starting from driving me during the proccess, help me memorize the strange little paths wandering the forest, until sampling many rocks to be observed more precissely on campus laboratories (Optical Geology & Paleontology Labs). My group comprise of five people. We're living for about 12 days in a comfortable basecamp in Bringin Subsdistrict. I love to be together with them, basically we're all some sort of lazy people (but we all had high intention to be smarter J) that lined up in one appropriate group. I really feel comfort with that fact, because I hate to be pressed, I want to get free and relax in a while too. But it's still long long way to go until this mapping fully done. Data processing is my next challenge to comprehends all that I got from the field. The presentation will be held at Desember or January next year if I'm not mistaken. Hopefully everything will going right for me.

Here in this mapping , I'm helped and guided by one of my lecturer that I think He's awesome and great regarding his fantastic life experience. I always love hearing stories like that. It felt like fairytales to me, but could give me inspiration and more power to confidently moving foward better reaching what I deserve to. Questions often bugging my head, something like," will I be like him", or, "look at your self now, what's on earth to make you feel like you are going to enter one of that Big Fishes? Or even the small one!!". To be honnest I feel like having nothing to be sell to them. Yes I have, I meant, I now how my self is, but it's hard to show my energy up. Reading in many geologist blogs, it seems that entering geology is very promissing decision, but for me it also frightening and fearing. Or probably I just hate the demand. Anyway, life's full of demand, isn't it? Eventhough underpressure life is something that definitely being a burden to my shoulder, but sometimes I have an excited time enjoying adrenaline rush living under that burden. I'll going crazy if I think negatively all the time, right? Push and push positive mind to stay survive.. :)

The Morning of 27th May

2010-06-11T12:36:00.003+07:00

Four years ago, I still on my sweet dream sleeping - even it was already 6 am - when I finally woken up by huge trill felt like tens of giant elephants running through my side yard. I didn’t realize what happened yet until I felt dusts falling me from the upstairs, when I looked up I saw clearly the high wall of my room was terribly shakes forward and backward. My eyes suddenly wide open and my body forced to moving fast, jump from my bed, I run and run as fast as I could like crazy. Like something going to kill me. My house is typical large old fashioned Javanese house, and with the condition of such urgent situation it felt really took long time for me to reach the door to get outside. I swear. When I run on the hall, I saw all goods were messed up and mussy so I jump over the goods. The hall was very bright and full of sun light since it no longer had roof attached. The roof was fly over everywhere due to the shake of the earthquacke. Then, I got to pass the kitchen to get outside. When I was there I found no one, and stupidly I thought “Where’s everyone? Am I actually the only one who live on earth?”, hah, I was so insane. I don’t know how to explain but the situation in the house was very very silence eventhough the sound of the trill was like a trucks parade. Then, finally I could get out after hearthstopping minutes of struggle to stay survive. Apparently everyone has got out before me, my family forgot that I was still inside when everybody already outside. My nighbours especially the mothers were crying and hugging each other and said “Allahuakbar” many times. They put their worth goods like electronics outside the house.

In that point, I still unrealize how big the earthquacke was. I thought it was just the same as before. Until I decide to went inside again to find some drink or maybe continue my sleep because I really felt tired. Afterwards, when I open the door to get inside I felt really shocked! like the earth was no longer rotating on it axis! I saw my living room no longer had a separator wall between living room and family room. I swear the wall was very long and it all collapse, just leaving behind thousand of clay bricks and dust. Then I understood something, fortunatelly the wall collapse to the right direction. If it collapse to the left, it supposed to hit me when I run along the hall. Thank’s God. But, I couldn’t believe. My place to live since I was a baby was broke down. It miserably messed up! All the cupboard and the table, chairs and everything were fall down and collapse. I never saw my house that horrible before. At that point, I realize that it was real disaster!
I canceled to get into the house. Instead, apparently my father was nowhere! Everyone panic and worry if my father was in the collapse wall. But Alhamdulillah he saved, resting in the back yard because he couldn’t walk, his asthma relapse.

Very soon, in the unstable condition sudddenly people heard news that the earthquacke will create a tsunami and the wave was on it’s way heading our local position! Then my mind was fullfilled by the photograph of the chilling Aceh’s tsunami disaster. I couldn’t think clearly anymore. It was the most horrible situation that I ever had. Everyone’s looked pale and speechless like receiving a real death message. Honestly, I really scared at that moment. The headmaster of our villlage shouting and asking everyone to leave the house and quickly move to the higher place – Gunung Mudjil – using motorcycle or averything available. I know this seems ridiculous, but if you at the same position you will understand how real and scary it was. Later, I was ready with my motorcylcle and helmet. I asked my father to join me, together find higher place, but he kept on his decicion not to leave the house. He worried about the safety of our goods, hah, my father! How could he thought about saving goods? Saving life is the first importance for sure! Several minutes I persuaded him to leave, but he persistent “ I’ll hold on the branch if the wave come”, he said. What? Didn’t he think that the speed of tsunami could reach km? Then what a branch was for?

And finally I leave him. My mother together with other mother prefer to walk to the big mosque of ours, because we know a mosque in Aceh could stand still until the wave over. She brought only blanket and pillow. My old brother ride motorcycle too. Then I realize my young brother was gone. I searched for him in the crowded but no result. Nobody knows where he was. All I could do was pray for his safety. My eyes was staring forward, curious and wondering if it would end up alright or the opposite. Right before we were ready to leave, a police truck came along and stop us with a speaker. He said that the tsunami was only rubbish issue. The 5, 6 richter scale “Yogyakarta earthquacke” was unable to create a tsunami to our position which located at the valley with mountainering all around which could hold on the wave. Even the magnitude was big enough, but the depth also great so we could neglected tsunami threat. Afterward, We all could breath relievely.

Earthquacke is a pulsation or vibration that caused by subduction plate (in case between Australian oceanic plate and Eurasia continental plate ) which wedging each other, so the energy accumulated at the wedging area. And eventually when the energy release, will create a sudden movement of the plate that cause pulsation. The vibration magnitude will spreads as circle wave reaching as far as it can until the energy of the wave become slower and slower. How big the earthquacke felt extremely depend on how far and deep the hiposentrum and also kind of basement lithology under our house. It will feels more shaky if the basement lithology is loose sediment, not hard rock. Just observe at google earth, clearly we live above subduction zone, be aware that earthquacke can happen anytime with any unpredictable magnitude. There’s no invention today can explain precisely where and what time an earthquacke will happend. It’s difficult to learn the tention of tectonic plate activities. But, nothing is imposible, someday who knows?

The earthquacke responsible for many failure houses and several injured people in my village. Starting from that day, everything was never be the same again. The continuation earthquacke keep happening. At evening my brother and I take some trip arround, nobody brave enough to stay inside the house even until several days after. Each family slept and cooked on the veranda, with no light at all. No longer after, many help came from other area bringing us blanket, instant noodles, tents, and other food. I never imagine before that I would receive such help in term of disaster. We also got money from government to recover the houses.
Well....that’s my story, about one horrible incident. Eventhough, I really gratefull for the safety of my family.

About Mind and Life

2010-05-15T12:37:00.004+07:00

I just, currently feeling uncomfort when I write this post. I often recall my past, and then worried about the future and everything. I hate the words “what if...”. Hah, apparently I’m already out of my mind. You know when I feel desperate, I often write it down, then I'll sit alone on my corner and cry sometimes, or just go to bed and try to sleep and wish it all over when I wake up. These days, I more realize that I must not behave like this, must change. Sometimes I feel tired of dreams, I’m tired of life. Yeah of course, nothing perfect, people say. Life supposed to be flowing like water, let it find it’s own way to flow, not forced to be like this or that. Because life is only once, and what a miserable if the one oportunity is full of stress and fear.

But the last day I know something reflecting fact that actually I’m not alone. In facebook, I ever added a hypnotherapist to become my friend. I didn’t acquainted with him, I just interest when I saw his ability in “reading” the mind of terorists. A unique talent, isn’t it? Yet it’s not a talent at all, it could be learned. And he’s not reading mind exactly, but he is a master concerning thing about psycology, mind, and I bet he is one of Indonesian best hypnoterapist, I see him so profesional. And the point is, he knows why people become happy and sad, or why some people are very confident and some other are mousy.

One day on his status, he invited people to follow his hearth therapy program , “ You must be very tired to keep your hidden problem, don’t you? Why it’s hard for you to change your bad nature, your bad fate?” it said on the first line advertisement. There, I thought wether actually averybody has a secrete hiden problem, like the advertisement said. If you ever watch remarkable movie ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’, at the begining scene on a crowded road Christ saw everyones faces, which looks so damn happy to him. And he wondering why couldn’t he looks like that. Now, I think Christ was wrong, because maybe behind those happy faces they actually save a heavy hidden problems for long period, who knows. I mean, I can’t imagine a life without problems. Allah said that the problems overburdened to us is appropriate with our ability to handle it. So what to worry?

On another facebook status, the hypnotherapist asked about how well we understand our mind. He explained that mind devided into several part, they are visual, logic, spatial, rhyme or tone, language, colour, habit, imagination, feel, drive (push): anger, fear, love, paradigm, intuition, belief system, self concept, self image, self esteem, and memory. The most important is ‘memory’ which located at neo cortex and mostly control our life next. Life experience, including everything happened in daily, what we see and what we hear, all are included into ‘memory’. And all that factors would affect to someone’s basic character, wether somebody is a confidence, a denial, a playboy, a matrialist, a safety player, an away from (dodge), a drunkard, a mousy, an achievement pursuer, a thinker, a detail, a creator, a people person, a system person, and many other kind of mind pattern. Totally, are exist 81 main pattern from 17 basic pattern. Well, I’m
quite curious what kind of meta mind profile do I have. What kind of person I am?

Knowing this pattern will let us know how the paradigm of an individu, a community, the step of a company, a terorist, the aim of a nation, and much more. And for sure we can change everything we want to change in our way of life by understanding that pattern. That’s what offered by the ‘hearth theraphy program’. From here, the theraphy program can help those who broken hearth, reveal somebody’s talent, sub modalities, intention, tendency, etc. Because perhaps actually many people want to change or solve ‘something’ lying beneath his hearth. I got all about this just from the hypnotherapist’s facebook status. Before, I never thought that in this world are exist such detail knowledge about mind and it’s real application. Wow, I really amazed. Now, I understand that my bad nature or characteristic that I really want to remove is affected especially by my past environment and my family. But I already grow up, I musn’t blaming anything.
Just moving forward even it’s hard.

So what is lying beneath my hearth? Need I share it here? I’m not that type of person. Sometimes I thought, how dare the destiny, other day I thought how lucky I am. Then, I only share my problem with God after pray sholat, only with God, really. These days my communication with Him not always run smooth, I’m being bad or something like that, I don’t know. Too much worldly thing in my brain, o my...But He always granted my prayer, almost all of my prayer, really. Thank’s God. Need a guide. Please stay beside me, always.

Turtle Can Fly

2010-03-05T17:18:00.002+07:00

This fim titled Turtle Can Fly. This Iranian movie included to 'my Best' folder and impressed me some much with the unusuality. I do recommend this movie to watch, I guarantee you won't regret spending your time scanning it's every part. I loves it's every part. Last holiday, at Video Ezy I rent the CD with not any single guess of wether exist an incredible thing inside the unatractive cover. Eventhough the main story is not clear and ended with unclear resolution too, I wasn't dissapointed at all. You may hard to find out what this film trying to say, or ask "Is really there a plot in this movie?". But in my point of view, the basic concept of Turtle can Fly is very simple, that is to let the world know the daily life of childrens in war or conflict area. Nevertheles, you're totally wrong to think that the movie only provides sorrow, I was startled to saw a lot of cheerfullnes on their orphane faces. Their parent's died at war, some of the kids even lose their organ. But children is children, they need to laugh, or perhaps they already accustome with pain until they got numb to feel it again. All the main character are VERY CUTE kids with the age ranging from about 1 until 13 years old. What surprising me was that almost all the player wasn't artists, instead they're really revugees of Iraq – America war victims. One of them got only one leg (Pashoow), the other one even really loose both of his arms (Hengove), and there're also a blind baby (Riga). With their inadequacy they still could laugh happily!. I couldn't believe at first that they're only amateurs due to their enchanting acting ability and performance!! I swear, they all must get award on their piece of work.

Well, I haven't mention the best part of it yet. The one who made the movie so valuable is the outstanding character of Satellite (Soran Ebrahim). He is so Amazing, I'm his fan now. Satellite showed me the most honest leader I ever saw. He's only 13 years old but he aware with conflict happened in his surrounding and able to manage the whole Kanibo revugees village with his idea. Yes, he is a spiritfull children who seems played the most important role in the village. That's because his ability in installing the satellite; translate the english war news for the Kanibo's inhabitant; organized about 30 childrens to work by collecting dangerous boobytraps around the valley then sold them to fulfill daily needs and weapons; then he also order the childrens to made a place to saved waeapons and to spy on enemies when the war come. Everything under his command. Satellite's a very sharp and firm leader, but he really loves his followers with honest and the followers also love him. Especially Pashoow and Shirkoov. Shirkoov also great in acting, he often cry for Satellite.

Actually the story begin when Satellite met Agrin and fell in love with her at first sight. Agrin was the sister of fortune teller boy Hengove. I think she rather psycho after what happened to her at the previous war. A soldier killed her parent then raped her. She got a child from the incident, a blind baby named Riga. She loves but hates Riga, because Riga was her children from the man who killed her parent. That's weird posisition made me called her a psycho. Several times she tried to killed that cute baby, by hitting him or bind his feet to a tree alone. But satellite and his follower always saved him from death. It's breathtaking when Satellite trying to saved Riga out from the boobytraps area, but the rescue was over when Satellite stepped over a boobytraps!! It's explode heavily but fortunatelly the wound not too serious as what happened to Pashoow until he had to amputated his leg. Satelite never knows what Agrin had done until that time. The story tragically ended when Agrin finally could kiiled riga by bind Riga's feet to big stone then throw the stone into the deep lake.! What a horrible girl she is! Poor Riga was drowning 'till death. The next, Agrin decide to suicided. The sad part of the movie always in Agrin side. The opposite, Satellite side always shows spirit and cheerfullness.

For me, watching this movie is similiar to watching a potography exhibition. The geology scenery was awesome with many of valleys and high cliff, the dry condition showed that the region mostly controled by wind blow. The angle of shooting very appropriate to leave dramatic impression on the picture. All looks dramatic. How couldn't? I believe that childrens of America, Japan or Indonesia or other safe country never live under the fear of some rudals could get down into their roof anytime. They also never dealing with collecting boobytrap to get money , learning to use mask to prepare for chemical attack, loosing an organ because of bomb attack, or learing how to use weapon. Childrens learn how to use weapon....My God.. This movie will open our eyes of what really happen in other side of our hemisphere.

Stories From The List

2010-02-13T14:44:00.002+07:00

I've found new way to enhance my english fluency, that is by read as much as I could. Though perhaps it could turn me into quieter person. Yes, I'm a quiet person already. But this methode is resolutive. Why? Because this is the very first time I read novels in english and I enjoy it. Really. I wonder why I could did it. Before, when I used to blogwalking in My Musings, not a second I ever thought I will do such thing like her – collecting bunch of english novels and read it-. But I did. Eventhough it's so confusing at the beginning concerning there were TOO MANY difficult words that I had never met before. But that's what exactly I looked for, improving my vocabularies. And it's okay, by understanding each points I could get the whole story easily. It surprising how easy it was.

I also got a way to make sure I only read the qualified one, not a boring story which wasted my time, tired my eyes and ended with dissapointment. So to decide which would be my next target to read, I asked Mr. Google first about "the best novels all time". And there come the results of 100 best novel from the year of 1700ers until now. The list of masterpiece all time. It was fantastic to see the lists, the tittles very appealing like I couldn't be patient to open the book. The e-book I meant. I won't capable of buying books of course, or even rent it.

I've read the some on that list, like Harry potter I; Angel and Demon; Da vinci Code; and Narnia II. They all pretty good, but I had read them in indonesian. The three first english novel I've read were Anne of green gable; The Memoirs of a Geisha, and The Kite Runner. The two first is somemuch worthwhile. I love it a lot. Highly recommended. Really, It could affecting me in some way. I'll be very pleased to tell the plot here. And I would.

The anne of Green Gable. Published in 1900s, this novel become fenomenal in Canada, and very affecting the national thought concerning education, especially for woman. In that period, this novel brought into hot issue disscussions in some University . Even the charming story last until today. Maybe some people called Anne of Green Gable as children tale, but besides the chilhood part, I assure you this is a wonderfull motivation story for student all ages. I totally admire the strong character of fussy Anne which bring colorfull life into it's surrounding. I think is hard to be like her, at least for me. Before the age of 12, Anne was a very miserable little skinny kid. The red headed girl looked so poor and pity. She have never saw her parents, then she lived with a mean family who pushed her to worked too hard with no single love and peace. She also had to looked after that family three twins kids. Anne didn't went to school, She didn't had a friend exept her imaginary friend. She only had one dirty clothes, never going to picnic, never eat gums, moreover ice cream. Some day the family sent her to an orphanage. No happiness ever happened to her. And finally a family accidentally adopted her.

Due to her life experience, you must think that Anne must always feel gloomy and mourning her bad fate in a sad daydreaming everyday all day long. But not at all. She's not that type of person at all. This is what surprised me, I called it a rare unique character. I even bet she never really felt sad nevertheless her days was never as other kids fun days. This is because she had a specialization something called "imagination". Yes, her extraordinary imagination which sometimes exceed the limit always tickling me with funny, cheerfull and unusual way that difficult to be told here. She lived her life with imaginations, that's what kept her happy whatever happened to her.

When Anne adopted by the kind family of Matthew Culberth and Marilla Culberth, they both surprised by the cheerfullness and fussyness of the kid. Anne is the most fussy character I've ever read. She can't stop of talking. It's usual for her to talked with loonngg centences and big words even she's a child. The way Anne talked wondered the surrounding of Avonlea. It definitely shows her Intelegent, although as a kid she also the naughty one too. The big words abundance pushed me to open my pocket dictionary often. The cleverness then would lead Anne into the smartes woman not only in Avonlea but also in Prince Edward Island. She never down with her life history. Never feel ashamed even the neighbourhood saw her unique attitude as strange at the first time. She moves with her own way to reach her dream. The story is fully entertaining and motivating. Two thumbs up!

The next post I will retell the next amazing story!

Amazing Energy Saving with Brown’s Gas

2009-11-28T22:28:00.000+07:00

Today, world need a solution of environmentally friendly and cheap energy. The restriction of oil reservoir, oil production & government subsidy of oil & gas raise the curiosity for other energy resource besides fossil fuel. Many scientists both national & international have enhanced the observation of alternative energy. There are many selection of it, for example the controversial nuclear energy; biogas, geothermal or other. Yet I think the best alternative energy is brown's gas, which actually has already been researched hundred years ago. Perhaps for some people it's rare to hear this kind of energy, but it clearly has a big potential to overcome energy crisis in Indonesia.
The term Brown's gas initially comes from an Australian named Yull Brown who dedicates his whole life to make Brown's gas commercially. Long before, Browns gas has observed by Nicola Tesla. Other researcher who observed is Stanley Meyer from US which got a patent on his method for the production of Oxygen - Hydrogen fuel gas in 1990. Firstly, Brown was inspired by Jules Verne's vision "There is fire in water". The basic principle, Browns gas is a non explosive of hydrogen and oxygen mixture that produced by water electrolysis process in a electrolyze tube which contain magnetic coiling to break the distillation water and baking soda mixture into a mixture of Hydrogen – Hydrogen - Oxygen (HHO) with very precise ratio of 2:1. Nevertheless this is 'still' not yet can be called a water fuel because the ready HHO gas must be flown into the hydrocarbon fuel space in order to mix the fuel and the Browns gas. This will extremely enhanced the fosil fuel burning energy. The electrolyze process it self will create a hydrogen explosion which boosted by fire flame from the busy. We can save more fuel from 30% until 90%.
The result is difference for variation of vehicle either motorcycle or car. Brief example, for Toyota Avanza 1 liter of fuel could reach 18km or save 40%, for Mitsubishi L300 1 liter of fuel could reach approximately 23,3 km or save about 90%. It’s remarkably thrift.
This incredible invention actually could be made by everybody in home since the equipment needed is simple. The manual books also available in the store and internet. Nowadays, there are several people in Indonesia who already practice and use Browns gas in their daily. Most of them share their experienced in the forum discussion and said that this kit works really well on their ride. The effect using Browns gas relative positive, the machine stay long lasting, smooth machine sound, and definitely clean residual gas. That's what make this kit environmentally friendly also contribute to global warming maintenance, moreover we know that the main factor of air pollutions come from vehicle gas emissions. The other impacts of using Browns gas are, mechanically sound design that will withstand daily use of the vehicle. As what I’ve said before it’s an increased gas mileage and money savings and also Very inexpensive and easy for a beginner. Produce the maximum amount of HHO or sometime called as oxyhydrogen or "Brown's gas". The Browns gas work with 99% of new and used vehicles on the market today whether it use fuel/carb injection, petrol, gas, or hybrids. It has been successfully proven can be used on vehicles around the world using petrol, diesel, or gasoline with faster vehicle acceleration and stronger torque or engine power. One of the unique is, it could works in freezing temperatures. It also able to eliminates engine "nock" or "ping". The important thing is it doesn’t damage the vehicle warranty. One of the practice is it can be removed or installed in minutes from our car's engine compartment. It will eliminate carbon deposits from unused fuel, the system can be build and distribute the kits for personal use or profit.
Comparing with different kind of energy, Browns gas could be considered as simpler since it do not need any abstraction like subsurface energy; self made (with manual); cheap (besides the kit we only need water & baking soda); cleaner and the most important this method has proved and adviced by many side especially by saving energy i. In abroad Browns gas largely produced by B.E.S.T Korea and B.E.S.T Norinco, China. In the future researchers plan to make it possible for Browns gas use not only for vehicle but also for more complicated machine such as injection machine, farming machine and miscellaneous industrial machine. It really possible to produces in Indonesia too, if we have a will and intention.
But it's too bad, the publication of Browns gas is very lack in Indonesia. Maybe the problem is, our people not really confident & disbelieve of the successfulness of such new technology or reluctant to taste something new. That negative thinking must be erased from our brain if we want to moving forward fast. At least we try, it's better than doing nothing. The government role is important here to let the whole public know about this invention by giving such elucidation from those who expert, of course governments need to support the development of this saving energy method. Imagine if the Browns gas is well developed in our public society. There will no more moaning about the expensive gasoline & solar, no more demonstration to force the government to reduce the oil price or increasing the subsidy. So the subsidy could be allocated to other field like education or better public serving. Public of Indonesia will gain prosperous, stop suffering from poverty and starvation. It’s no longer a dream.
In every discreet goal, there's always a sacrifice. The quintillion dollar value oil industry will undergo very big negative impact as Browns gas developed, although fossil fuel still needed to run the system perfectly. But, probably someday the invention raise toward the magic pure water fuel. Oil & gas will be neglected. Some people indicate this is the reason of the death of some alternative energy discoverer. If this work well, some people will disappointed, yet million other will thankful a lot. Actually this will be a challenge to oil industry to stay exist creatively even the situation's totally different, for example find other advantages of oil which can’t be substitute by other energy resource. Because nothing impossible. We must support everything which good for this country’s prosperity. Remember the elementary school lesson, the group importance is first, the personal importance is last. Be wise.

Just a Classic Problem

2009-10-17T15:08:00.002+07:00

Everytime I'm on my weekend (and got a tv!) one of my favorite show is Oprah. How amazing her stability is at preserving the show exist for tens of year. One episode I watch something likely related to me. Education fee matter. This is what I'm about to tell.

I won't critics anything here, just pouring my heart out maybe, about a very classic problem. Money.

The Oprah's guest star that seri namely Suze Oman, a financial consultant & writer. She explained many about strategy in investation, money saving, how to solve home financial problem & how to make us feel whealthy (is it important??). She also give real solution to a mother who had broken her family financial up to 50% bankcrupty & has no enough to college her son. Then, why I feet the same matter? Hmm... Fortunately
nowadays, USA has special financial help programs that are the student loan, parent loan & parent loan plus. That such a great help!
In Britain, almost persist which government provide student dept for those who qualifide, that can be returned later when we already get a proper job.

I totally have a willing to understand fact that Indonesia can't be compared to such giant countries. How many million more year 'till I'd given such huge fee help. No matter how often SBY told about our economic increase these year, at least for me, Indonesia's still badly poor. Low salary standart for civilan worker impressing that goverment really unapreciate civilan worker -esp teacher- competency. I swear I could feel it, goverment likely consider them as not important part. What a hurt...
Even nowadays certification program dropping a new hope for doubling teacher salary whose pass the requirement. But again, the difficult & complicated birocration seems playing around that new hope. My mother's certification support hasn't payed yet, although it's been 10 month late. I said to my father,
" Indonesia haven't enough money to inflate the salary, not that easy for a country to earn more & fullfill all the people willingness". And he countered, " this country has so much money......to be corrupted, by those who actually have already reach".

2009-10-17T15:05:00.001+07:00

Just a Classic Problem

Bus Dynamics

2009-08-29T11:48:00.001+07:00

Everything can be enjoyed.

That's what stuck in my head everytime I'm on my ride back home, by bus of course.
I enjoyed to learn "the real indonesia's citizenry potrait" on the bus.
As long as I see, I'm the only one of my class who go home weekly by that kinda public transportation, everyone's ride their motorcycle home on weekend.
There's time it made me feel so unlucky & jealous. But I knew if we think positive actually all that scene has other atracting point of view to look at. The diversity.

In my opinion,
big part of bus passenger is in medium-low economically which varies from employee, labour, student, traditional market seller, and just traveller who wanna visit someone. Those face generally looked 'poorer' than people outside the window who ride their motorcycle & car.
Other time my eyes touched looking too many of dirty-slovenly street childs along the road begging for a cent, sometime they just in while the bus stop on red lamp & start singing a moment with no instrument, just clapping their hand. Their inncocent voice heard so pity. It's weird to see they're quite happy. Maybe they think it's a game, or maybe they don't ever know other world besides street life. Hmm...

That hot-smelly-nasty city & intercity bus always succeed to made my head dizzy & spinning around. Another weird, it can be cured everytime I heard the singing beggar plays their guitar or drum. The singing beggar's not that bad mucician as what most people guess. They play it nicely, sing honestly, create a song creatively & uniqely 'bout their real hard life. Sometime I just vivify their own song. I bet they got some singing beggar training before due to their sistematic way & sentence to say hello to us. Uneducated made most of them behave out of the path, I'm understand that. I mean, I saw the woman smoking, the man tattooing, and many of them not fasting in ramadhan. The nature build their behaviour like that. What can we do?

Another sadness is to see the bus retaillers sell their candy or book, and nobody buys it.
Ow, that face so pity & tired. Why they just don't search another better job? huft.

Then about the bus crew. The competitiveness. Every bus try to pass & not to be passed by other bus. The eye ability to spy the bus ahead & behind, also the driving skill, is the main key. They often break the traffic rule & drive like racing on circuit!
'O my god, o my god, o my god, watch your step please!!', I said on my hearth sometime.

August of Independent

2009-08-19T07:15:00.001+07:00

I love my village. I just, really love it. What a very quiet, lonely, little village. The youth, boys & girls, not to everyone I got really involved & in touched with, but generally I pretty much like them all. They always be my nice friends since I was a baby & will always be.
It's different compared to my school mate which always come & go, or sometimes being forgotten (sorry!).

Last couple days we held so many contest, as usual, to celebrate our nation 17th august independent day, Many of funny, silly & foolish contest were held for every grade from children to mothers & fathers. Some are just so common like cooking, some sports, 'menek jambe' and much others, yet it's not that important to think that way, it's throughtout about laugh & cheerness. All the dumb. Just feel the once a year hullaballoo situation.
Lucky me, many of my buddies stucked & 'trapped' in Jogja so they can't joining the throng in their own far away home. August in the dormitory? What's the essence about that?

One day I got very sick that stop me stepped to the contest field, I badly contaged influenza virus from my brother & father. Hmm, is this what they call 'together in pain'? Aarrgh!
Quite realize it was real flu epidemic. It seems everyone's sick including half of my family. God!

Well,
yesterday was the formidable 17th august! It's is our beloved nation's independent day! What a day! I always love august. I realize from tens to hundreds year ago thousands of brave soldier forced to sacrifice their precious red blood to reach Indonesia's Freedom! Perhaps they had a wife, childrens & family whom they left behind. Can't imagine how sad it was. Dear, they die for the nation, for justice, for a better life! my God.. Then what I'm doing now? What can I do anyway..
My Indonesia,
I just wanna wish you the best. I do really really love you so much, muah muah..! If only I could I will do anything for you, I will. Thank's a bunch for being my motherland, my heaven to live, my place to grow up, thank you. I hope in your every single bone, you'll get better, keep fighting & keep being an amazing country. I see you can do it, I see.
I just love to eat your food, I'm glad to hear your national songs, I'm happy to know your nice people.
Yes you have already gave me a lot of nice things, but I haven't do anything..feels so ashamed.
Anyway, for INDONESIA,
Happy 64th anniversary,
You are everything for us!

Decrease of Faith

2009-08-12T09:20:00.000+07:00

Last week was my turn to give some religious speech (KulTum) in our village's monthly youth meeting. Our village namely Santren, means 'santri', that's why we involved religious side in every activity.
I still remember, here's the point of the speech:

As we know, Santren's very wellknown of it's ulamas, of all time. I think it should be preserved. But, teenager today has only a little attractive of learning islam. If we held a islamic gathering, the attendance just a few.

In my angle, one cause the decrease is the common hightech lifestyle of teenagers. It wasn't full of modern gadget yet in era of our grandpas so that they're 'free' of it's bad affection. But not us. Sometime when we hear adzan we still watching tv; we often online but seldom read Quran; we're familiar with pop songs but not Allah's verse. That's the bad deal of techno zone.

Basic of technology is science, and actually Islam's very encourage & pro to the science it self. About 104 times Allah spell 'knowledge' in Quran. One of them is in Al-Mujadalah: 11, with the translation:
"..and Allah will enhance people who faithfull among of you and people who has knowledge for several degree".
That's prooven that Islam so appreciate knowledge, and that lead to born many of moslem scientist with formidable influence internationally. Such as Al Khawarismi. The founding concept of Aljabar & Algoritma. The word Aljabar's taken from his book "Aljabr wal Muqobbala" means "Description & Solution". About algoritma, today used in informatics eng, for computer programming. The next scientist is Ibnu Sina, best known as Aviccena in west. He's amazing in medical research. Then, Ibnu Firnas. Perhap he's the first man ever fly, he's done his flight experiment long ago, thousand years long before Wright brother's did their. And there're other scientist like Albiruni, Alfarabi, Imam Al Ghazali, etc.
See, Islam's not that stupid actually.
Nevertheless, we must not affected to the bad influence of hightech lifestyle. Religion & worldly must balance n equal.

So, whatever our position is. Whether we're no longer schooling, we already get a job, or even marry. Don't ever forget to stay learning Islam deeper. Read the Hadits, Al Quran & the translation...I guess this so crucial, many people read Quran without the translation even they don't understand Arabic, so how could we know what Allah like to say??
We got to pay attention on something like this... to enrich our faith to ALLAH SWT.

Most Important Language

2009-07-30T20:01:00.001+07:00

No wonder people 'round the globe agree that english is the lucky number 1 language of the world. But meanwhile, a doctor namely Dr. Argilleas told that an educated person should masters at least 6 language! O my...
So, what's the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on?
The category likeky fall into "most important" & "most used" language. For the last one, of course it'll very relate to the dweller amount of certain language speaking countries that means the more inhabitant the higher rank. In this case even English beated by Chinese with 3 billion speaker widely spread over continens. The 2nd chart sure placed by English.
Well, I think it isn't interesting to look at that point of view. So let's check it with "most important" approach. According to some sources, English will still lead the way as an international language even 'till 2025, or more. Majority say that the 2nd place would taken by Mandarin due to the rapid economic growth & remarkable population. Then, for the next 3, I'm sure there's no absolute answer. Almost all assumtion range between Spanish, French, & Japanese. Some also mull about Germany, Arabic, Hindi and several other.

To choose which is suit us. Let see remark of main assumption. Out there, are exist approximately 21 Spanish speaking countries. Tens of them are in Europe and other in North America (Mexico, Peru), Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador), and more. Spanish just like 2nd language in USA. If you understand Spanish, just try out Latin & Italian, because it so similiar. Learn it not as difficult as other, we just read the words as what we see, don't need certain technique or accent like French, Mandarin, & the weird Russian.

But we also have to consider French, the softes & romantic language, also tourism language.What Napoleon did made French being the official language in about 30 countries encompassing Europe, Africa and America. For example Switzerland, Belgium & Canada. French native speaker called francophonie. Perhap the difficult thing 'bout French is to adapt our tongue to form the accent.

Ok. The next is Japanese. Many opinion write that perhap Japanese is the most atracting & curious to learn. Individual passion. Hmm, influenced by manga & RPG game maybe? :-)
Overall 130 million people speak japanese and the leading technology Japan is the one and only country that speaks Japanese.

Well yeah, it's so sick to know that I'm only fluent in Bahasa Indonesia.. and Javanese. Hiks.
:: cry out lout ::

Beat The Depth!

2009-07-27T15:07:00.001+07:00

My blogwalking hobby shows many of famous geologist's blogs that lead me to know that geologist used to travel around the planet and majority has side activities such as photography & diving. Both are costly because good photograph needs good camera, diving trainee & it's equipments also not cheap.

I'm not that attracted to both, howefer from the articles I realize & conclude something, that be able to swim is a must! Fact that an accident sometime occure in offshore oil rig that could requires us to jump or not to jump to the deep-dark-cold sea. The Piper Alpha accident already proove it with 167 people die, I saw on TV. And that issue become the worst offshore accident & biggest attack to Britis oil industry that period.
I know other several smaller cases. And be able to swim defenetely much help. It doesn't means that I'll work at that kinda industry anyway, it's just.. not that easy, moreover in...offshore??
Sure I don't hoping something terribble to be happen, it just kinda my prevention action, better prepare your umbrella before it's raining, right?

So that's the background.. which apparently not strong enough to keep my body slides freely on the water. After long time no contact with pool, yesterday I dismissed my boredom by practicing swim with my brothers.
Well, I just curious, how to make my body moving on water.
Why it so difficult to stay floating and breathing?
I should have learn it since I was a child. That's the point. I didn't though that it'll be critical by now. Come on!

Hmm, Water...the fourth holy element after earth, air and fire, it has a strong power to cure... Ups! What a Dan Brown influence!
Ahaha..
Basically I've never exactly learn to swim. But able to swim make us either looks cool or healthy, isn't it?
Somebody just teach me how to do that sucks!
It's okay if the water surface is under my nose, unfortunately the situation is totally different start from 2 m depht or deeper. So scary, I can't imagine If I swim 'till the center of pool, then I lost my breath and my energy is used up to keep me floating. Once more, horrible! I've to beat my paranoia first I think before I could go any further.
Meanwhile, dealing with the nature is what geologist do. Nature keep numerous incredible lake, swamp, river, lagune, beach and ocean. So what will it be if I can't swim? feels uncomplete 'coz a puzzle's lost. Hoho, one of my stupidnes. Next day probably I'll try it out again, perhaps better luck next time!!
:-)

Breakaway

2009-07-20T01:04:00.001+07:00

This blog title taken from Kelly Clarckson's inspiring song "Breakaway" wrote by Mathew Gerard; Bridget Benenate; and Avril lavigne.
An old song actually. It remark about a process to reach a dream really start from the bottom. Anyway I bluetooth this song to mine somewhere in Patuk during the rest of mapping.
We were tired and trying to sleep a minute in a mosque.
It's kinda fun, I just deeply heard the song, carefully listen to every sentence and sudendly my mind disolved into the words mixture. I stare out of my window, dreaming of what could be, and imaging if it end up happy, yeah that just alike the lyric. That's the point, I love the spirit-pomping lyric wich I want it to be my real self reflection.

The song always succed to make me musing a while thinking that What I've doing is not enough yet and I MUST NOT give up no matter how depressing my situation is.

Alright, check the lyric out:

Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out of my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I will pray
Wanna to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I pray
I could breakaway

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it take till I touch the sky
I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change and breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I loved
I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jet plane
Far away, and breakaway

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it take till I touch the sky
I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change and breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I loved
I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway

Building with a hundred floors (exxon?chevron? Hihi..)
Swinging 'round revolving door
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me
Gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye
I gotta make a wish, take a chance, make a change and breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget the place I come from.

Behind the Scene : Geologic Mapping

2009-07-16T16:28:00.001+07:00

One new thing I got last semester is geologic mapping.I'll write it down everything about and involved on, including laugh and tears during the long process wich take approximately 3 months(march to may).
Professionaly geologic mapping is a highly interpretives scientific process that produce geologic mapwith certain simbols and colour, used for overwhelming geoscience work such as coal mining;characterizing oil and gas source;predicting earthquacke, vulcanoand lindslide hazard; and much more.And the mapping I did quite good exercise to reachthat level. My geomorphologic and structural geologic mapping united as one and my group located in Patuk, Gunung Kidul, it's about One hour from UGM. We're devides into 1 groups. Important note that your mapping could be heaven or hell extremely depends on Who's your group mate.Some show their frustating bad attitude that made others mad, stress, or cry.Sounds dramatic? That's what surely happend.Luckyly mine's "heaven".
Honestly after several time field survey finnaly I got the field taste, strangely I felt comfort, it's like pretend to be real geologist exploring the field browsing for either outcrops or geologic structure without being bothered by procedures and ruleslike in official fieldtrip. We're lonely, free, wild and ready to reveal the nature's secrets! Haha. There splashing feeling to come back again and again nevertheless the fields incredibly hot, or sometimes raining hard without bring any raincoat! A geologic spirit guess so, I don't know where it from.
Every field visiting cost about Rp. 15.000 for consumtion and gasoline charge. In order to collect the data we must observed to Patuk EVERY spare time we had that means I couldn't back home (for 2 month!) easily like I used to, that's the annoying part of mapping probably. I didn't even electing for legislative candidate due to our first mapping! What a trully bad politic awarness(Ups!).
We ride our motorcycle slowly, moving arround our eyesto found someting like fault, joint, bedding then measured the dip-strike.
It's knda funny interacting with local dweller in our 3 x 4 km lot since they're remarkably polite. Those traditional old people used to say hi and asked us to take a sit or drank for a while in their simple house even we're strangers. My rich non javanese group mates wondering and pleased to saw that kinda attitude. Well, it is Javanese.
If we done with the fiel, after 3 months, the next chalenge is making the mapping poster in full computerize format, but none of us masters corel draw. That's a hell. Every groups confused, frusstate, and stressed of how to make the right poster, we're newbie right? To accomplish the poster we forced to work hard, we went home very late until about 2 am everyday an a week!!Even, could sleep for 2 hours felt like a big gift from God. It is Geology. Everyone's tired, some cry. All curious about the mapping presentation, the next step after create poster. Some say it's the time to beat us withsuch difficult questions concerning our poster. Well, I guess it's true, becauze my group was horribly beated with no mercy.
It's fine, the point is about exercise our self for KL next year...

A Heartbreaking Review

2009-07-14T15:18:00.001+07:00

Now, it's time for me to review my study on last second semester. Although it tragically end. Not all of the test result has launch yet, but I've feeling my bad instinct after undergo that heartbreaking final semester test. No problem. Thankfull to Allah. Morover I've thousands
time apologize to family, nature and Allah of my shelfishness, lazyness and stupidness. Whether they hear me or not I don't know.

I wish I could memorize all the knowledge I got forever. Eight lessons on my list colouring my days last semester. I love several of them. They're petrology, geomorfology, structural geology, environment science, physycal chemistry, macropaleontology, mathematic 2, and physic 2.

Well, let's begin from petrology, the next step of crystallography & mineralogy. Encompass about rocks (petro) and it's occurence, whether igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic. We're rock eater!
Understanding kinds of rocks really important, can be applied in many technical geoscience work. I'm trully bad in this case. I mean, what's rock about rock? Dirty hard thing from the ground..?just kidding. Better atracting crystal mineral than rock. Nevertheless I quite into carbonate rock, whose fosil on it. Economycally better. The lecture? I don't wanna talk about it.

Geomorphology. I learn geomorphology with spirit & eye-popping, seeing the lecture is so impressing, profesional and easy understanding. A doctor from university in Brunay. Geomorf concern on the earth relief & it's occurence, wich caused by exogenic & endogenic force. Earth's so shapely. Before, all I know the earth landform's just mountain and sea. Listen, have you ever heard about cuesta, bajada, butte and submarine fan? There are hundreds of other uniquely shaped earth morphology we'll know when studying this eyecatcing subject.

Structural geology. Learning 'bout earth structure & the developer force. This the most chalenging, imaginating and coolest lesson in 2nd semt packet. Geostruct asissts must be very smart. Everybody know it. Mr. Darno, the lecture, is my favourite lecture ever. He teach patiently, make sure everyone get what he say, although not all pay attention. I see in his eye a light of cleverness and high dedication. Hi's no doubt a good role model. I'm not that good in geostruct yet at least I love it a bunch. It focus on studying joint, fault, fold and unconformity. I used to hate them but not now.

Environmental science. Every work must pay attention on environmental affect. Quite important for such engineering student. During the class the situation not better than in the traditional market, yes, Mr. Wawan is tipycal 'not dangengeous' lecture. It's fine, his Japan education background could a little cover that susceptibility.

Physical chemistry (PC). Lesson about matery in solid, liquid, gas and the mixturing process between them. I'm not sure what exactly it about. After 6 month presence, I know NOTHING 'bout Physical Chemistry. I mean, really nothing, due to the super weird lecture. We didn't even got every sentence he said and even what's the topic of the day.

Macropaleontology. Dealling with thousands year death macroscopic creatures, this a jumping point to the next stage micropaleontology wich more economycally benefitable. All invertebrate fosil to be described here each week. The most disiplin lecture Mr. Kandar handle this subject and succeed to made me woke up earlier.

Mathemathic 2. Fascinating hyperactive lecture Mrs. Hanung didn't help anything easier, instead, it seems like watcing circus show in class. It's main topyc is indefinite integral. A hopeless subject.

Physics 2. I found it more complicated than 1st semester since it talk about electricity and capasitor, also magnet. Unfortunately, exact sciene today never as easy as what it was in senior high. Our head already fully loaded with stones!

Well, that's it. This busiest semester is over miserably messed up. Too much spoiling around and lack of hard working getting everything worse. If only I could turn back time....

Not So Famous

2009-07-10T00:21:00.001+07:00

Some movies usually created based on best seller books that has reached thousands or million copy of selling and shock some group of certain people with it's incredibility. That fact invite me to comment about todays new release love and religy movie 'Ketika Cinta Bertasbih' (KCB). I haven't watch the movie yet. But after read the whole novel I know that there's no need for me to watch it. Will just wasting my precious time. Why?

When I'm on my way back home by city bus number 7, close to Condong Catur intersecti I saw a big billboard figured KCB movies full complete with all the stars also a sentence below that point out that KCB is a soul inspiring and very long waited by million fan in 8 country around the globe!!
Well hey are you kidding me? Sounds so atracting. I never wathcing tv's gossips that days so I have no idea what media and public say 'bout this religious flavour movie.

Then I download the ebook of KCB and start reading it... A quarter already done and I try to find an interesting side of it. The whole novel already read and instead of amazed or somethin', I feel dissapointed & did a useless actìvity.
Let me discuss it, the novel story is so common, standart, hiperbole, easy predicted, the tragedy not strong enough to make me cry, the happy side not affect anything on my feeling, every conversation and dialog not too much worth for increasing knowledge. The only good thing is the dakwah slipped within it.

I hate the way Habiburrahman figure
the main character wich is always to much perfect like almost all religious movies describe it main player. Let say, the woman is very beautiful & loved by so many guy, tall, very smart -graduate from abroad university- kind, religious. The boy is very handsome, smart-graduate from abroad university-, kind, patien, religious. So what's the chalenging 'bout that? I mean what fun with that? Rather old fashion, isn't it?

I don't get how Habiburrahman comes to be so famous of his works. Ok, the previous novel AAC maybe strong enough, but not this one I guess. Why the producer too confidence to hiperboled campaigning and roaring that this movie will highly explode shocking entertainment realm as what the previous AAC did? if the fact is not? I see the selling not much fabulous.

KCB is there because of the religious movie trend that so highlighted these days in Indonesia. It's only trying to follow the succeed movies previously, so the quality of it be questioned and doubted.