A Series of Blogs

Bowling.... Second Time

      

Last week... on Friday... we played bowling (again....)... just to kill the stress after whole days on a week (5 days full time) work and work... This time only me, Robby, Iging, and Lia... dunno with others who planned to join us that night... didn't matter... at least we still enjoyed playing bowling... and each person can played more... full of competition... score was so closed one another...

First... like the first time we played... we only booked for one hour, but then cos someone can't believe that she played really bad... she wanted to take a revenge... so we booked another hour... just for her... and unlucky for her... every even round... she was always playing badly... here's printed out of our scores .




I just played good on first round... and then... became worse and worse on next rounds... not my day...

   

Back to Work... Again

Assalamu'alaikum

Just back to work... again... after several days took short break... travelling to Germany...
Love Germany.. that's why I wanna go there and stay there on the first thought for continuing my study... but now... here I am... in Groningen... north part of Netherlands... city where I never imagined to stay... but then... I really like this city, not so crowded... convenient for studying or just staying.

So... now... have to be back to my work again... I feel like full of energy after charging with short break abroad... so back to work... back to work... GANBATTE...
and my story about my trips will be posted soon... so stay tune in this channel (naon sich hehehehhehe)
 

   

Hari Bersejarah di Groningen

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Jadi kepengen posting neh... hehehehhehe.. gara-gara Mama Intan bilang-bilang hari ini hari bersejarah... kenapa coba... karena untuk pertama kalinya... daku bangun jam 9 pagi (emang biasanya ga yah??? *off the record ajah) pokoknya... hari ini bener-bener... wuiiihh.... bangun-bangun liat jam langsung... waks... tidaaakakkkkk.... aku telat... bener-bener telat... mana ada kerjaan lab yang harus dikerjain pagi... soalnya kerja di lab hari ini bakalan ga full karena kepotong ama jumatan...

Jadi we.. bangun-bangun langsung... ke kamar mandi... eh liat ayah Guntur ama mama Intan... yang mereka nya juga shock (*lebay mode on)... ngliat aku ko masih ada di sini (rumah, red)... bahkan dikirain aku ga pulang semaleman... *ga segitunya kale'... aku mah pasti tetep pulang walo jam berapa pun itu... kan aku anak baek... duh...


Untungnya... untungnya... masih sempet ke kejar kerjaannya... walo emang ga sesuai schedule lagi... mana nanti siang setelah jumatan ada meeting dg daily supervisor... plus ko tiba-tiba kepala nyut-nyutan... feeling like today...

      

One More Year

Assalamu'alaikum

Alhamdulillah... alhamdulillah... alhamdulillah... that's just what I can say right now... another one year has been passed and there will be another year has to face (insya 4JJ I)... I wish this world could be better... better for living and better for everything (and for myself... I think it's just only for me and my Rabb know)

That's all... alhamdulillahir robbil 'alamin.... and for all of my friends... yoroshiku onegaisimasu... please for guidance and help  for another year

    

Apa yah

Mo nulis apa yah....
eh lupa belum ngucapin salam hehehehe... Assalamu'alaikum allemal
lagi bingung neh... kerjaan lagi banyak nunggunya yang ko kayanya belum kelar-kelar ... mo nulis lagi ga ada ide.... *sigh*
jadinya luntang lantung deh di kantor... melototin komputer tapi ga ada yang dikerjain selain FB-an

Udah ah... nyari ide dulu entah darimana...

Summer.... Puaannnnnaaasss.....

 

Assalamu'alaikum

Summer akhirnya pun tiba .... udah dua mingguan seh... tapi bener-bener deh... dari hari Selasa kemaren (sekarang hari Kamis, 03 Juli 2008, red) yang nuamanya puaannnnaaasss nya minta ampun wuih... puaaannnnasss... lebih-lebih hari Rabu-nya... beuh... kerasanya bener-bener ga nyaman... kerja jadinya mudah capek, bawaannya pengen minum terus, terus beberapa orang bahkan mudah sakit kepala.... jadi pusing...saking panasnya... mo buka baju juga ga mungkin (takut ada yg macem-macem ), trus yang ada malahan belang... badan lengket, bersepeda bentar udah keringatan.... duh capek deh

Tapi emang kaya nya sih di Indo sama aja panasnya apalagi di Jakarta.... wuiiihhh.... panasnya juga minta ampun cuma bedanya kalo di sini panasnya emang karena matahari kalo di sana panasnya karena asap kendaraan, asap rokok, asap pabrik.... yang pastinya jadi menumpuk dan menahan panas dari matahari.....

Enaknya sih panas-panas kaya gitu... makan es ato makan yang seger-seger seperti makan ini nih.... pancake dengan topping-nya buah-buah segar atau strawberry seger lengkap dengan es krim dan krimnya.... hmhmhmhmhm... eennnnyyyyaakkkk... ennnyyaaakkkkk.... eeennnyyyaaakkkk...


   

ways to move on

Assalamu'alaikum

After almost a week and half didn't touch any lab stuffs... now have to back to work... feels like don't have any spirit to do the same routine as before... feels like wanna change the habit (lately my habit has been changed... usually going to work before 8 in the morning, then being late more and more... it's a bad sign )... wanna some good changing... otherwise feels not right... where are you now the motivation?? hope to find you soon and get the rythm back.


Still can breathe
Still can be with friends and family
Still can feel what I feel

There's so much You gives to me
but still do complaining more and more
Forgive me my Rabb
Please still and always gives me the lights
Guides me to better ways

Never ever gonna give up
There will always be a light
Still believe in myself
Still try and give the best I will

Inspired by you've inspired

Dynamic Presentation Course

Assalamu'alaikum

Now just finished from attending a course which I took before another course on next week and what was it about??? yah... I think you can guess it from the title I gave... lol but now I will tell it everything about it in my 'mother' language.... cos I think it will be better and not much effort to write on it.... (just so lazy after had to use English everytime... and had to find proper words during the course... tough then I think I still didn't speak English well but nevermind... as long as I try... and try... it will improve by itself, won't it? Ok... now start to switch the language... one... two... three... here we go

Akhirnya setelah dua hari ikut kursus tentang presentasi, sebenarnya lebih tepatnya training karena ya semacam training.... ada practical thing-nya lah... jadi bukan hanya duduk ndengerin teori-teori... (seperti satu pepatah... teori aja sih bisa... )... nah trainingnya ini dimulai sejak kemaren (05 Juni, red) dari jam 9 waktu Groningen tepat (alias 9 a.m. sharp) tapi tetep yang namanya telat ko masih ada juga.... heran... heran... tapi yang pasti sih bukan karena pesertanya jadinya mulai telat... so no one is blamed... and just accepted it... there will always be like this... wherever you are though sometimes do not really like at that point. loh...loh... ko jadi ke bahasa Inggris lagi sih hehehehehe... ya udah deh.. campur-campur aja ampe mana ya tadi... tunggu bentar.. baca lagi.... hmhmhmhmhm... oh ya tentang telat... walopun telat dikit sekitar 10 menit-an... tetep dibilang telat.. ya ga... nah mulai lah kita duduk di masing-masing tempat (kalo ini ga diatur... pilih sesukanya tapi kayanya udah ga jaman kali ya... duduk aja harus diatur hehehehehe).... setelah itu kalo ga salah mulai saling kenalan (satu orang aja... karena agak mendetail seperti educationhistory-nya... etc...) nah abis itu mulai lah kita memperkenalkan orang yang baru kita kenal itu di depan kelas... yang paling kagetnya (dramatisir nih ceritanya hiihihihihihi... ) setiap orang yang memperkenalkan itu direkam di video... nantinya dibahas.... walah...walah... kebayang kan gimana ngliat diri sendiri... heheheh (walo ga kaget lagi sih ama yang namanya kamera... la selebritis gitu loh hahahahahahhaahah pasti kamera ada dimana-mana).

Oya ampir lupa siapa aja pesertanya... dari 10 peserta ada dua orang dari TOP master yang ikut kursus ini... siapa aja kah mereka... yang pasti sih yang nulis blog ini sendiri... si "lucu" tea terus ada temen satu lab, namanya Jolanda van Muenster n yang pasti udah tau kan orang mana dari namanya... terus ada Ite yang ngambil program PhD di Zernike... lupa di lab yang mana tapi penelitiannya tentang protein P450ssc, trus ada Jan Peter yang orang Jerman tapi sekarang ngambil PhD di Groningen dengan kerjaannya yang berbau nanovalve dan masih berbau bio. Selanjutnya ada Magdalena, orang Polandia yang kerjanya di satu gedung di Haren tapi grupnya grup Molecular Microbiology, trus ada Araz orang Azerbaijan yang lama di Turki dan masih di satu gedung tapi lupa dari grup mana. Last but no least, dua orang dari TOP Master, Barbara Sanders dan Bangwen. Setelah perkenalan selesai baru mulai sedikit teori.... sedikit exercises... alias latihan pengolahan suara terus tubuh... karena suara yang keluar juga dipengaruhi dari gerak tubuh. Selanjutnya barulah dimulai ama presentasi pertama masing-masing peserta dengan topik yang jauh dari kerjaannya sekarang... ya kalo nge-lab ya jauh dari topik labnya n semacam itulah. Kebanyakan presentasi kali ini tentang tempat yang akan mereka kunjungi atau yang telah dikunjungi selama liburan, seperti ada yang cerita tentang singing giant waktu dia liburan di Maui, Hawaii baru-baru ini (wah... Hawaii.. mauuuuuu.... tapi kapan ya.... and sama siapa ya... hehehehehehe ), ada satu juga yang berbeda... dia presentasi-in tentang binatang kesukaannya yang apalagi kalo bukan kucing... kucingnya bener-bener lucu ampe dijadiin sebagai objek di slide-nya... jadi pengen punya... sayangnya ko ga mungkin ya melihara di sini... wish have own house  terus ada yang sama-sama merawatnya (duh... duh... ko jadinya ngelantur gini yah.... hehehehehe... semoga belum masuk tahap kronis )... oya kalo diriku sendiri mresentasiin tentang pisang aroma... dari bahan-bahan untuk membuatnya ampe ke cara membuatnya... abis udah ga kebayang mo presentasi apa... ya udah di pagi harinya bikin slide tentang pisang aroma... yang bener-bener kurang persiapan... masa slide cuma 3 biji walo emang cuma 3 menit sih waktunya... tetep aja... kalo udah presentasi yang ada tancap gas mulu... jadi ngomongnya cepet... dan waktunya pun ga nyampe 3 menit, sekali lagi semua presentasi ini direkam dan dibahas satu-satu setelah semua selese... yang pasti sih... untuk diriku... dari gurunya bilang presentasinya sangat antusias walo harus diatur vowel-nya (alias struktur pengucapan kata ) katanya sih kadang-kadang suka ada suku kata yang tiba-tiba menghilang atau kurang strecth... yah ga papalah... namanya juga masih dalam tahap belajar untuk jadi lebih baik... (cie... cie... ) setelah itu baru ada PR and presentasi buat besok (06 Juni, red) tentang kerjaan masing-masing...

Keesokan harinya (alias hari ini, Jumat 06 Juni) kerasanya ko males ya pergi kursus... apalagi nanti harus presentasi lagi (ya iyalah namanya juga dynamic presentation course ) ga tau aja ko rasanya bakalan terjadi sesuatu hal... tapi tetep harus semangat demi perbaikan kemampuan presentasi dan seperti hari sebelumnya, kursus dimulai jam 9... kali ini bener-bener jam 9 tepat.... dan dimulai dengan bincang-bincang mengenai kesulitan selama presentasi... yah pokonya segala kesulitan yang berkaian ama presentasi entah dari slide-nya trus persiapan diri ampe saat presentasi-nya sendiri. Setelah itu mulai ada exercise lagi, cuma kali ini kita disuruh mengambil satu lirik atau bait boleh dari lagu atau puisi lalu diekspresikan dengan berbagai macam ekspresi, dari marah, malu, jadi orang mabuk, marah ampe ke ekspresinya orang gila (wah... bener-bener rame deh...). Setelah latihan ekspresi, barulah kita dikasih satu task untuk memperagakan suatu kejadian tapi dengan kata-kata dari satu bait yang kita ambil sebelumnya.

Nah kalo diriku kebagian task untuk memperagakan saat menerima penghargaan Oscar (mimpi yang udah lama akhirnya terjadi... walo cuma pura-pura ) terus ngucapin terima kasih ke semua pihak yang sudah membantu jadi sukses sperti itu dan berterima kasih ke temen yang meninggal 3 minggu sebelum acara ini berlangsung dan penghargaan Oscar itu ditujukan untuknya... yang paling sulit sih saat ngomongnya karena harus pake kata-kata dari lirik yang kita ambil sebelumnya... dan... lirik yang aku ambil adalah.... lirik dari lagu Lelaki Buaya Darat... jadi bingung sendiri juga abis ga pantas... yah yang penting sih ekspresi... seperti iklan salah satu produk (apa ya??? lupa)... ekspresinya mana... ekspresinya... dan seperti sebelumnya... tugas ini juga direkam... feel like superstar  setelah selesai semua dan sedikit bincang-bincang lagi... mulailah tugas utama yaitu presentasi dari bidangnya...... huaa.......... ko tetep aja pabaliut ya ngomongnya (eh ga juga ding...) cuma ada yang kelupaan yang harus diomongin plus kurang general ngejelasinnya... jadinya ga ps buat audience-nya hiks... hiks... tetep aja kalo udah nervous apapun yang udah dipersiapin di otak ga kesampean ke mulut untuk diucapkan... sedihnya... ga sinkron antara otak dan mulut. But sekali lagi... ini kan latihan buat jadi lebih baik lagi... cuma ada satu kejadian lagi yang bener-bener bikin malu setengah mati dan kerasa bodo banget... waktu disuruh jelasin selama 2 menit tentang suatu tema yang ditulis sama kita masing-masing setelah itu diacak... ada satu bagian yang hanya liat judul... langsung ngomong di depan... walah... udah ada persiapan aja masih suka pusing ama kata-kata apalagi tanpa persiapan... hua.... bener-bener jadi malu and kerasa ko bodo banget... (ooopss.. maaf ya 4JJ I... ga bermaksud menghujat diri sendiri tapi... ya... gitu deh... seseorang perfeksionis yang jarang untuk memberikan dirinya penghargaan)..

After all... the most important thing is... now realize more... which side I'm good enough and which side I have to improve and work more on it... So thank you to all of u... Jolande and Wytze from Ludens company... who gave us... more knowledge how to do good presentation... and also advices that u gave to all of us during course.

 

Jam-jam... menit-menit... menuju...

Assalamu'alaikum

Mulai mendekati waktu-waktu untuk progress report alias presentasi... dag dig dug... dag dig dug... dag dig dug... gimana besok ya?? bakalan lancar ato ga... trus gimana pendapat yang laen tentang kerjaan ku... mulai terbayang-bayang...

Persiapan... insya 4JJ I siap dengan mungkin sedikit tidak pede... karena emang ada data yang dengan terpaksa... belum diperoleh... tapi ndak papa deh... mo gimana lagi yang penting sih udah berusaha... kalo ga dapet ya... sekarang seadanya dulu... nanti pasti bisa... (smoga ga terlalu lama dapat hasilnya... aaamiiiinnn )

Yah... sekarang siapin mental dulu deh ama slide yang bener... wish me luck... doain ya... walo kebayang pasti agak pabaliut nantinya... tapi harus percaya... and optimis dulu...

BISMILLAHIR RAHMANIR RAHIM

Progress... ada ga ya?? :((

 

Assalamu'alaikum

Pusing...pusing...pusing... beneran kali ini yang namanya pusing... pusing abis... Senin besok (19 Mei, red) bakalan ada progress report, nah report-nya dalam bentuk presentasi. Walah... ampe sekarang beberapa data yang diperlukan ko ga dapet-dapet... aduuuuhhhh.... ko jadinya bener2 maju dengan slow banget... ato malah bisa dikatakan ko kayanya jalan di tempat (iya nih... udh tau pusing ama kerjaan masih sempet nge-blogging )... yah skalian refreshing sih niatnya.... apalagi sekarang lagi nunggu hasil ekspresi enzim yang aku mau olah datanya.... Wish me luck... so I can get result this time... aaamiiinnn.

Yah namanya juga research alias dalam bahasa kasarnya mencari kembali... ga bisa bener-bener diprediksi kecuali yang bener-bener bertangan dingin dan penuh keberuntungan (mengkambinghitamkan keberuntungan nih) tapi iya nih... keberuntungan sedang menjauh dari diriku... udah beberapa kali... sampel yang aku terima ternyata salah sampel... ya terpaksa kerjaan mundur jadwalnya... trus ntah hasil sequence yang ngaco... hrs kirim sampel lagi... etc...

Kalo dipikir-pikir and ngliat temen lab laennya... ko mereka hebat-hebat banget ya... apa yang mereka sentuh kebanyakan jadi... sedangkan aku.. aku sentuh yang ada malahan pecah amburadul... hahahahah (hiperbola abis ) dulu sih alesannya... ah.. baru taun pertama... baru taun percobaan... nah lo.. sekarang masuk taun kedua... ko masih aja... ngaco bin pabaliut... walo emang ada beberapa data yang dihasilkan... tapi ko kerasa ga cukup... klo liat kerjaan temen lab laennya... yah apa mau dikata... kita punya tangan yang berbeda... just try our best... never ever give up... cos there's sunlight that shines on me

Ayo semangat kembali... oya... udah saatnya nih... ngambil kultur buat ngehasilin enzim... bismillahir rahmannir rahim....
 

 

Viel Erfolg....

Assalamu'alaikum

Now... I'll skip to write about my vacation trip on Scandinavian, not in the mood to write that one .... just wanna write mixed things... from simple thing to silly thing Sunny day... then you should be more cheer up than if you face cloudy one... and you can see it here... most of people are really happy with this weather. You can find them just go outside, maybe just for laying down on the grass... playing around with their pets... eating ice creams or just hanging out with their friends.

But unfortunately, I can't enjoy it... since last weekend I feel unwell... I already started to get cough and flu since I was on my last vacation day. First I thought it will be just in few days... and it will get better... but... now... I think it gets worse and worse hiks... hiks... actually it's getting worse after I took one ice cream when there was celebration of my colleague's birthday. I know.. I know.. it's my faults... but who can hardened against the ice cream  almost no one... just now... Iging offered ice cream... huaaaaaa..... I can't eat ice cream and want to be better soon and also the stupid thing is... I bought and took the wrong medicine... I had to take the expectorant one, but I took for droge hoest and prikkelhoest (that's for dried cough).... how can it be? it's because... hmhmhmhmh... wait a minute... I don't know what's in English... ok... doesn't matter. The other thing why I can't enjoy it, because it's too warm... although I was born in tropical country... if it's really warm, I always try to hide from heating... just by staying inside or maybe just walking on the shade that's why here... people is a little bit surprise when I said it's still too warm for me

Other thing... I can't really enjoy my days is... I have to prepare everything for my next progress presentation on this middle of May... so I really... really need results ... hiks...hiks.. I had results, but not enough for the first year... Gosh... why now it becomes so hard... when one thing was not as you expected... then the other unexpected thing followed... I have to be more patience... still try and try... never ever give up.... must concentrate to what I need to do... VIEL ERFOLG!!

NO MORE COMPLAIN.... TRY THE BEST... ENJOY WHAT YOU GOT AND WHAT YOU HAD

Weekend.. ooh.. weekend..

Assalamu'alaikum

Already weekend.. and almost the end of weekend.... last week when just started to work, I made plan that I will make a free weekend a.k.a relaxing weekend on this weekend... but... everything was being the other way around... this weekend is just the same as last weekend and other weekend ago... busy... and busy... just different on what I did...

I also made plan that I won't do some lab work on weekend... cos I think I was cursed with my weekend's lab work . I was failed or got bad results everytime I did some work on the weekend... it was just not for twice or three times... but almost for all lab work ... even though... last month I got nice result .


And now... I have to back to my lab to do some stuff... yah... what can I say... if I want some succeed and everything goes well, I have to work hard... nothing will come nicely so directly to you without any effort or maybe if you have luck then it will . So... let's back to work... Amy1 and Amy2 -my enzymes which I work with-... here I comes...

   

Love... why??

Assalamu'alaikum

Maybe... one or more of you will ask... why I put that as my title in this time... why suddenly I write that thing? First... I think this one is really famous thing in this whole world... and always being one of topic in almost aspect from science into entertainment... from children into adult... from a to z. Second.... I don't know what I have to say.... is it what I feel.. or maybe it's just a wrong feeling so confusing if it's untrue... how can it be.... meanwhile surrounding me.... what I know now... few of them have problem with what called as love too....

I don't know why.... why love is so.... so.... amazing... and has great power, or is it? ... just what I know... it can drive people crazy... it even can hold bomb for exploding... love can make people feel sad and happy in the same time.... how can it make people feel that way??? love can be so sweet on the other hand love can be so painful... just keep wondering what does it have inside....

And what is love? here what I found in wikipedia "The word love has many different meanings in English, from something that gives a little pleasure ("I loved that meal") to something one would die for (ideals, family). It can describe an intense feeling of affection, an emotion or an emotional state. In ordinary use, it usually refers to interpersonal love. Probably due to its psychological relevance, love is one of the most common themes in art and music.

Throughout history, phylosophy and religion have done the most speculation on the phenomenon of love. In the last century, the science of psychology has written a great deal on the subject. In recent years, the sciences of evolutionary psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, neuroscience, and biology have added to the understanding of the nature and function of love."

There are also many views about love if you search on what it means... but till now... even though there are so many thing which can describe it... I'm still unsure with what love is... is it as same as with L.O.V.E which sang by Nat King Cole? do I really have it once and not just a game ?... and another thing is I don't know does it have mean to its belongs???
this is for my people who feel it...

Satu Tahun... (lebih beberapa hari ;)

Assalamu'alaikum

Ga kerasa ya... ternyata udah di Groningen selama satu tahun... lebih beberapa hari sih  kalo diitung-itung ampe hari ini. Diri inipun kembali teringat masa-masa lalu yang telah lewat dan meninggalkan sesuatu di dalam lubuk hati ini.... dimana setahun yang lalu tepatnya tanggal 23 Maret 2007... mendaratlah pesawat dengan maskapai penerbangan dari Hongkong yang berpenumpangkan seseorang yang 'baik hati, lucu, ga sombong, rajin menabung (beneran ga ya??) dan ceria' di bandara Schiphol jam 06 lewat 25... setelah pesawatnya sempet ngaret 15 menit dari waktu yang direncanakan dan seseorang itu kemudian langsung menuju ke tempat pengambilan koper n bergegas ke tempat penjualan tiket kereta api, melanjutkan perjalanan ke Groningen... tempat untuk menimba ilmu duh... bahasanya.. ga kuku banget hehehehhehehe .

Namun baru saja mendarat dan menapakkan kaki ke bumi Belanda ini... telah terjadi hal yang membuat seseorang yang "lucu" itu sedikit malu.... hal itu terjadi pada saat akan naik kereta api, ketika melangkahkan kaki menapaki tangga kereta... dengan kedua tangan penuh membawa dua koper... satu koper besar dan satu koper kecil... tanpa terduga... karena beratnya koper besar itu... terjatuhlah dia di atas tangga... dan dalam beberapa saat... terbengong-bengonglah orang-orang yang akan naik ke kereta itu (jahat banget ya... hanya ngliatin aja )... namun kemudian ada seseorang yang berbaik hati mau membantu seseorang yang "lucu" itu untuk bangun... dan dengan muka yang memerah (mungkin kali ye... abis ga liat... apalagi ngaca... mana sempet ) bangkitlah seseorang yang "lucu" itu, kembali berusaha membawa kedua koper ke atas kereta... Setelah berhasil.. terduduklah ia di atas koper karena kereta api sudah penuh... hingga setelah dua jam setengah sampailah ia di negeri Groningen, negeri yang asing. Demikian cerita awal seseorang "lucu" tersebut terdampar di negeri yang terletak di daerah utara Belanda .

Groningen.... nama ini sebenernya... baru dikenal sejak pembimbing di Indonesia memberitahukan kalau ada posisi untuk sekolah lagi di tempat ini... kalau nggak... ya ntah bakalan kenal atau ga ya?? .. selain itu buat sekolah di Groningen bener-bener di luar pikiran... malah ga sempet kepikiran bakalan sekolah di Belanda karena selama ini hanya apply alias melamar lanjutan sekolah di negara tetangga Belanda dan negara kepulauan di belantara Eropa. Nah kalo yang negera kepulauan ini... sebenernya sih udah ada jawaban... tapi ada beberapa hal yang menghambat dan dengan terpaksa meminta penundaan ke pihak pembimbing dari negara ini namun hal itu tak mungkin... sehingga dengan berat hati akhirnya memilih Groningen sebagai tujuan dalam menuntut ilmu selanjutnya hihihihihihihi......

Setelah selama setahun di Groningen... banyak yang telah terjadi dari cucuran air mata, ketawa-ketiwi, senyam-senyum (tapi ga sendirian loh), terus perjalanan ke daerah lain (duh... ga keren amat istilahnya) sebagai kunjungan dalam mengenal kebudayaan lain (alasan yang ga banget hihihihihihi ) hingga perasan dan tetesan keringat yang tak terhitung lagi sudah berapa perasannya... (hiiii..... ). Kemudian bertemu dengan makhluk-makhluk... eh salah... temen-temen dari yang udah kenal hingga baru kenal... bahkan ada juga yang baru kenal hari ini (28 Maret 2008, red )... lalu mengalami yang namanya pergantian musim... yang padahal kalo diitung-itung musim di Indonesia lebih banyak dibandingkan musim di sini... coba aja... di sini mana pernah yang adanya musim jambu, musim durian, musim mangga, musim-nya Cinta Laura, musimnya sinetron agama, etc... ya ndak.. ya ndak hehehehehhe juga mengalami maju ataupun mundurnya waktu... duh banyak deh... namun semuanya tentunya memberikan pengalaman yang baru... tapi ada juga rasanya ko sedang ngalamin deja-vu... Semua yang di Groningen... membuat rasa homesick alias kangen rumah hanya sedikit... karena yang kangen hanya keluarga di Indonesia dan makanannya (walo makanan di sini udah banyak juga makanan Indonesia... tapi tetep... makanan buatan Mama... itu selalu lebih dibandingkan dari yang lain.... hiks...hiks... jadi kangen Mama )... selain itu, perasaan nyaman di sini... dengan sedikitnya polusi udara... sedikit lebih teraturnya suasana (karena tetep ada juga ngaret2nya... mungkin orang-orang Indonesia ngikutin dari sini sistem itu )... terus yang dulu kalo bersepeda mungkin hanya sekali atau dua kali tiap satu ato dua bulan.. di sini menjadi makanan sehari-hari... dimana selama 11 bulan bersepeda dari Housing di Plutolaan ke kantor di Haren (gempor... gempor dah... walo untungnya betis ga menjadi besar kaya mang-mang becak... maaf ya Mang... dibawa-bawa betisnya hehehehhehe ) terus bersepeda diterpa hujan dan angin yang kadang tak bersahabat.... (emang ga pernah sahabatan sih... kan belum kenalan hehehehehe). Pokoknya bener-bener banyak deh... susah kalo harus ditulis semua... takut ga cukup tempat

Walau ini bukan pertama kalinya pisah dari orang tua, namun bisa juga sih dianggap bener-bener yang namanya mandiri... bener-bener mandiri... dari tetek bengek yang kecil hingga urusan yang gede diurus sendiri (dengan tentunya ada bantuan juga sih). Semua tentunya (insya 4JJ I) menjadi pelajaran yang berharga di kemudian hari... aaamiiinn... wah.. wah... niatnya mo nulis dengan gaya gaul... ko jadinya jadi gaya serius ya??? hehehehehe biarin aja... suka-suka si penulis so... semoga.. di setahun ke depan... segala urusan di sini terlebih lagi untuk penelitian bisa berjalan lebih lancar dan sukses.... aaamiiiinnnn.

Keterangan:
Sebelah kiri, foto beberapa hari setelah sampai di Groningen (diambil di depan Nieuw Kerkhof)
Sebelah kanan, foto setelah beberapa hari lewat dari setahun di Groningen (diambil di depan rumah Snelliusstraat)

ada perbedaan ga ya???

Snow in Spring Time

Assalamu'alaikum

Surprise... surprise... just when u think u've got me figure it out... eh... wrong time to write like that  I mean... surprise...surprise... there were snowfalls during this beginning of spring time... And this morning I just realised there was already snow outside. They (my colleagues, Iging and the other) told me it was started on Sunday but then disappeared after couple hours. .

Actually I already knew there was snowfall when I was just backed from my spring break trip,
in Amsterdam airport. My plane just landed and when we went out from plane, snow felt and it was so surprising... snow...snow...snow... but after reached my house, only hail was here.


Geen probleem, after all... although it was a little bit strange... I really love snow... white snow and fluffy one and plus with flowers are blooming, it's so beautiful. Love these times
 

Kemajuan atau kemunduran ya???

Assalamu'alaikum

Ola...ola... goeie morgen... slamat pagi... ohayou... good morning... guten morgen... hari ini terutama pagi ini kerasanya beda banget... rasa males and cuapek banget menghinggap trus terlebih tadi pagi yang biasanya niatnya bangun pagi (terutama tiap Senin dan Kamis) setelah weker (ga punya weker deng... adanya alarm di hp ) berbunyi... kerasanya "ah... masih terlalu pagi... nambah 5-10 menit lagi deh" eh.... jadinya bener-bener keterusan, yang ada malahan bangun sekitar jam 6 atau jam 6 kurang... ga begitu inget. Walah... udah ga keburu, ya udah deh yang ada nyanye-nyante di tempat tidur, trus nyalain laptop... doing blog walking, cek email... bla... bla... trus nglipat baju dari jemuran, nyuci piring (wah...wah.. telat bangun ko jadi rajin gini ya... pagi-pagi udah sibuk amat... padahal Amat ga sibuk seperti itu hehhehehehehehe ) setelah itu mandi deh... siap-siap buat ngantor

Tapi untungnya juga, pegel-pegel di tangan kanan (sebenernya sih yang pegel-pegel ampir seluruh badan, gara-gara hari jumat malemnya brutal maen squash and tenis ampir 4 jam... yang biasanya juga maen tenis ga ampe 1 jam... jadinya we pegel-pegel plus kayanya agak lecet-lecet di kaki ) agak berkurang ga seperti hari Minggu.

Setelah mandi and beres-beres, ketemu ama Bu kos (alo... bu Intan... disebut nih namanya ) di dapur... ya udah sambil bantu-bantu sang Ibu kos (cie.... ) menanak nasi... ngobrol ngalur ngidul ga tau juntrungannya... dari yang siarannya teh Nisa, trus masalah E di makanan.. ampe AH si supermarket, maen ampe malem... dilanjutin ama nyirem tanaman yang ada di balkon. Nah yang juga ga biasanya tuh... setelah mandi and beberes buat ngantor... ini yang ada malahan duduk-duduk di depan laptop, trus makannya juga nyante, maen dulu ama Azka... marahin dulu si Azka ... yah semacam itu lah... ampe si bapak kos-ku (inisial GF ) bilang gini (kurang lebih maksudnya begono) "wah Fe... ada kemajuan juga kamu, jam segini masih ada di rumah, biasanya udah berangkat"... nah loh... kemajuan atau kemunduran itu ya....

Water... Lack of Water

  Assalamu'alaikum

After last month or maybe more... there was blackout in Biology Centre, Haren.... now... here... we got lack of water... since 00.00 am until... some places about 08.00 am and other places about 11.00 am... there was no water dropping... It happened for all entire Groningen and most of people whom I knew... told there was no uitnodiging (announcement) from waterbedrijf about this thing and then they knew about it after they tried to check on waterbedrijf website. It was so weird... cos usually they always give announcement in advance by mail or through email (that was I knew from my friend as well... cos I have never felt it before)

I knew about this thing... when I just woke up in early morning (accidentally).... I just want to take wudhu... and take water for drink... but... I found there was only little water dropping..... o...o... what happen... did I do anything wrong... and that was slipping in my head?? I said "okay... maybe this morning... water will start to flow again." But until 6.30 am... there was still no water.... o..o... then it was so terrible... cos I have to go for working... and as usual... I go to my office about 08.00... so... I'm in trouble now... I can't take shower... even can't brush my teeth...
 

 

But then... I just remembered that we still we still have some water left in boiling water pot... so just take it a little bit... and used it for the main one to do, and hope water will start flowing as they promised, at 08.00. Just wait until then I have to go to my office... oh Gosh... I hated that moment...  but thankfully I don't have to be like my ex-house mate... who have to take water from lake beside house to get water for doing her ritual

Now... we really... really... can feel how important the water is... without water we can't do anything... from cooking, to have for drinking, cleaning ourselves, etc. Can't imagined... if we live without water... and don't wanna live like that.

Sneeuw.... sneeuw... sneeuw...

Assalamu'alaikum

 

Sneeuw... sneeuw... sneeuw... (hihihihihihihi.... )... yup, this morning -about 6.30 am- there was snow falling... after waiting for so long.... finally... snow felt.... although it was just for short time... doesn't matter... love those fluffy white things it was so beautiful... especially when sun was shining and snows reflected the sunlight.... soooooooo.... blink... blink... and almost the end of winter time... so... it's perfect

One thing is... most of people whom I talked about it and most of them are Dutch... thought it happened on the night... poor them ... cos they just missed nice part (or they thought it wasn't.... cos they used to it.... hehehehehehe)

Foggy February

Assalamu'alaikum

Today just like the day before... jumped on the merry-go-round... or you can called it daily routine. This morning when I just woke up from my bed... I think there was nothing special... as usual... cos I really wish there is snowfall... but wish is only wish .... ooops... actually there was snow (I don't remember exactly when it was), but... (there will always a lot of but... ) just only for short time... and it was just wet snow... so.. quite happy and quite disappointed in the same time.

Back to today's story, there were a lot of things happened today start when I was riding my bike to go to my office... it was a little bit cold and little bit foggy, but it always happens here... so... just don't even think about it. Closed to Groningen Central Station, I found that fog was more and more... even more in Haren... I was surprised.... cos yesterday, it was really sunny... really nice day (most of people said like that)... or maybe it happens because of the temperature changing?... maybe or maybe not... I'm not so sure cos here... we can't predict what we will have for weather on next day, it's so unpredictable.

And I don't know why... even though it was foggy... but the rest of the day... I didn't feel any bad mood, I really enjoyed my time (syukur alhamdulillah) and I can sat on the outside building when was coffee time on afternoon (it's not common for me and the other to sit outside when it was cold and gray, except for smokers ). Even one of my colleagues said.. "hey... the smile was back" . Maybe it was because I got good result on one of my research today (alhamdulillah), so... I'm really happy and now I wanna share it... my happiness with all of you.

 Another surprise is (it was started since last week or late)... many plants and flowers are starting blooming... it's a little bit strange cos this month as official is still on winter time is it because of global warming... so weather is changing??? I think so... I heard about it a few times ago. Here is flower picture (right side) which I took in this morning close to main gate entrance of Biological Center, Haren. There are more, but I just can take this one. It is nice, isn't it?

 

End of January

Assalamu'alaikum

Can't imagined... now we are just in the end of January... the first month of 2008. But there are quite a lot of things were happened in this world lately, and most of them... which I heard were sad things... when happened this last week.

I don't remember all the things... and maybe I will just write down what are still clear in my mind. First, it was considering about my religion thing (Islam). There was someone tried to show (almost all of those were not true) what my religion looked like, some kind of brutality thing, intolerance and he made a movie about it. As moslem, I was really sad and angry when I heard about it... cos... why there is still people... only judge from one side... they didn't look at the other side, even didn't want to see it... cos they think it was just only small part... but it was untrue. And for this thing... we are as moslem... have to be more careful how to respond it... we have to think with clear head... cos we don't want to be as he suggested.

Second, I heard from my collega, one of Hollywood's actor was found dead in his appartment on that morning... and he was Heath Ledger, the one who played as Joker on Batman's new movie, the Dark Knight... it's a little bit surprised news... cos actually I'm really... really waiting for that batman's movie... I'm a bit curious about how it will be... cos the first one... it's quite full of drama and less action (but I don't mind)

Third, it was happen on 27 of January.... our ex-president (Indonesia), Soeharto passed away... but... for this one... I wasn't too shocked (I'm so sorry if I had to tell like this... but what should I do... cos this was what I felt). Why I wasn't that shocked... cos... actually he was in not good condition, there was heart, kidney, and anything else problem with him, and the other was... he went to hospital couple times almost the rest of his life since he was not as president.

And the other was of course about the weather... so much grey... and today (Thursday, 31.01.2008)... there will be a storm which was predicted by KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) yesterday... so... now almost complete... with some... bad news...

I wish we will have good news... and more good news for next months. aaamiiinnn

Is it winter or not? ;p

Assalamu'alaikum

It's almost half way of winter season... but I found there's just twice snowfall in here, in Groningen... and rest of all time, it seems as in autumn, no leaves in trees left... very plain but cold, grey (a lot of clouds), and many times was raining.... Is it characteristic winter time in Groningen?

I knew a little bit about winter time in Groningen, but I really didn't expect like this... cos some of my friends told me... seems like this winter time in Groningen... but come on.. can it make exception for me... there will be a lot of snow for maybe the rest of winter time.... ^_^

Yesterday... it was... if I can't say it was bad day... it was a little bit nice day... just little bit windy in the morning... and in the afternoon there was sun shining. But I didn't know why... then in the evening.. (I came home a little bit late)... it was raining... oh Gosh... why.. why.. I thought it would be nice in the evening cos I just saw less clouds on the sky... but... I was wrong... completely wrong... so I was just biking through the rain with umbrella in my hand... and thankfully... there was no wind until close to city center. From city center to my place there was wind... I think I was not a good friend with wind ^_*

Also in yesterday, I don't know why but it just made me feel so lazy... I mean I didn't wanna do anything... even did something for my experiment... so for almost whole day I just did three experiments... and two of them were failed :(

Was that effect of the weather? maybe it was... cos I heard a lot of story like this... when it's grey... no sunshine.. people can get depressed easily... and it happens in almost whole part of Scandinavian countries.

But... we can through it... if we think we can through it... so just don't let it makes you down... and be strong... ^_^

Black out... alias mati lampu

Assalamu'alaikum

Today.. maybe I will tell something in my own language which is Bahasa... cos I will tell about what's happening on this day in my lab building... ^_^ but maybe you can get idea from the title... so the story begins...

Tadi pagi seperti biasanya pergi ke kantor tapi.. ga biasanya sih, soalnya agak telat 15 menit dari jadwal seharusnya yang kalau masuk min. jam 9. Setelah nyampe... ya siap2 seperti nyiapin buku catetan untuk kerja, nghidupin komputer, cek2 peralatan tulis, liat to do list, n merkirain waktu yang efisien buat kerjaan di lab. Akhirnya, masuk lab juga sktr j stgh 10 kurang... dan di sana udah ada dua orang yang kerja... yang satu, seperti biasanya... teknisi yang sangat rajin banget (karena selalu dateng sebelum jam 8 dan pulang lebih dari jam 6 malem), yang satu lagi Post Doc yang baru mulai... tapi termasuk orang lama, soalnya dia ngambil program doktor di tempat ini juga, dan masih sama labnya.

Setelah sedikit ber-hai.. hai.. mulai deh kerja... dari yg bikin gel untuk elektroforesis, trus murniin fragmen dari gel.. etc... nah setelah ampir jam stgh satu... saat nimbang2 untuk uji aktivitas... dan pas banget di labu terakhir... tiba-tiba... byar...pet..byar pet.... walah... mati lampu... kaget juga sih... tapi masih di tempat itu... ngiranya ga bakalan lama... tapi stlh beberapa saat... ko ga nyala2 ya, ya akhirnya dari ruang zat ke ruang tempat kolega2 kerja... soalnya ruang tempat zat ga ada jendela, jadi gelap banget...

Eh belum berapa lama di situ... tiba-tiba Asisten Prof dari grup besar ku teriak (ga teriak banget sih... cuma agak kencengan dikit)... ayo semua keluar... keluar... itu ada bunyi alarm... itu tanda emergency...

Rasanya sih sedikit ga percaya, abis suara alarmnya ga seperti yang biasa tiap awal bulan jadiin latian... ya akhirnya ngikut aja deh... eh... nyampe di luar lab (baru di koridor) orang2 pada nyante2 aja.. cuma si Ibu satu itu aja yang sibuk... mo evakuasi. Akhirnya ya pada nyante2 aja.. la wong yang bunyi itu freezer -80 derajat... gimana sih si Ibu itu... udah lama kerja di sini ko ga tau... bikin malu aja...

Akhirnya setelah kurang lebih 15-20 menit... nyala lagi... cuma ga tau permasalahannya kenapa ampe mati lampu...

Wah..wah.. merasakan juga keadaan mati lampu di negara cukup maju... walau ga lama sih.. tapi mati lampu sih tetep mati lampu ya ga... walau mo dibilang kejadian yang amat jarang terjadi. Lucu juga jadinya kalau diinget2 saat2 mati lampu di lab... kerasanya biasa aja... eh ko di sini ada juga orang yang menganggap sangat2 emergency ^_^
Tapi mungkin ada benernya juga sih... waspada...

So... mati lampu.. bisa juga ko di negara maju ;p         

Start to Work

Assalamu'alaikum

Today was the first day for me to go to work after had holiday for two weeks. It feels so hard... to start and to go to work... but I have to.. if I wanna succes one day. So, even though this morning... I just woke up with lazyness... I can be cheer up... and meet my colleagues for maybe not only in couple months ;)

Today... I just started with smile on my face... cos I had nice time on my vacation... and I didn't have anything left behind... so face new work day ^_^ Lets' start to do some research again... wish me luck... and wish everything will go well... aaamiiiinn....

Ganbarimasu... viel erfolg.... ^_^

First Snow in Groningen

Assalamu'alaikum

It's winter time... cos today is officially day of winter time... and how do I know? of course there's an announcement about when we will have winter time or spring time, etc. This morning I just realized that we just entered winter time... cos actually I didn't know about changing time. But when I saw outside through my room's window... I found all of streets were covered by snow... and it's so excited... very white... very fluffy (I've touched the snowflakes in the balcony)... it's beautiful.



Hahahahaha.... I know it's sound so... embarrassing... but whatever cos I really enjoy time changing here... not as like as when I was in another place. And maybe the other reason is I'm so happy because... it's time for holiday... and alhamdulillah before holiday... I got some good results....so... alhamdulillah... alhamdulillah... alhamdulillah (it means thankful to 4JJ I SWT (God)).

Now I feel better... so I can have my holiday without any doubt... and will enjoy the snow... cos in next year (only couple days left) I will go to Austria and Slovakia... and I really... really can't wait that moment... it's not because of someone (please don't ask who is it ;P)... but cos now I can really enjoy my free time without thinking about my research which maybe there are anything left behind... so about my research, I just have to make list to do for my next step research.

So... cu soon.... oh.. I also post some pics of first day of winter time...
Wish u a happy new year... and wish next year will be better that this year... aaamiiiinnn.......

BEST WISHES FOR ALL OF YOU

Sinterklas is coming to town

Assalamu'alaikum 
Hi.... hi... it's me again, but now I don't wanna tell sad story like previous one :p cos... I think I had beautiful time though. So... today... no time to cry just making the most of life... :p and this time I will tell you about Sinterklas... okay... okay... I will tell more clearly ^_^  Why... I put Sinterklas is coming to town as this today's title? because there's Sinterklas here... today... this afternoon and people were celebrating it. But wait.... before I continue my story maybe some people is confused... and asking... what?? Sinterklas??? in this month??.. is it Sinterklas who comes from North Pole???

That was also in my thought when I heard it first time. I heard it when my colleague told about this person in lunch time about one or two months ago... and I also asked to her... does it Sinterklas come from North Pole? when she said Sinterklas was from Barcelona, Spain. Then I knew that this person is completely different with the one who always give present or gift for good and nice children at Christmas night. The one whom I mentioned last is known as Santa Claus... so... please remember it when you go to western country... and then you find this thing, it's different between Sinterklas and Santa Claus. And there is a time for Sinterklas comes town to town but I don't know clearly what he actually do... so don't ask me about this... ^_*

Okay... next how did I know about this special (for some people) time... it was just happened when we (me, Pak Aji and Elisa) were cycling to fish market in city center... and closed to canal, we saw a lot of people were watching something and we heard some sound... we thought there was a carnival and decided to go there... actually it was my decision this time ;P

Then... wow... it's in time... if we didn't go there... then we will miss this special time... cos maybe we will not be here next year or maybe still be here but don't have time... so it's the time... we saw many children were dressed up as black pit.. and it was wonderful... Here I post some pictures... as usual... so... hope you enjoy those pics... ^_^

Morning

Assalamu'alaikum

This morning was so... beautiful... and sky was so clear... you can see sun was shining and gave beautiful colour in the sky. But.... one thing I hate most is d***... this morning was so cold... the temperature was 5 Celsius degree... yeah.... I think most of people will say it's normal... but I'm not usual with this temperature... hope it will be okay... and I know I can survive *_^

So... I just took pictures this morning... not really like a professional one (photographer) but I just like it... take picture... when I found there is something unique, interesting, special... some kind of like that...

I will post pictures I've taken... so.. you can see how beautiful is this morning... and you can give your comment as well... wish you like it

Second Presentation

Assalamu'alaikum

Alhamdulillah.... almost 8 months I am here... and do some experiments as my work. Yesterday... I gave a short talk in front of my big group. I've prepared it almost three weeks... and it'd been checked twice with my Prof. so... I think all have been ready... and so am I as well.

Then... when it turned into 9 o'clock in the morning... my heart beat faster and faster... but I'd try to calm down and said to myself... that no one know well about my work so I have to explained... and it works... but just for few slide... cos then my concentration was screwed. Someone just asked in middle of my talk... then everything was messed... I can't explained clearly... and my talk was miserable...(that was I thought)

But yeah... I know that there's something I can't changed quickly... so I can learn it from my experience... never give up...

It's already autumn

Assalamu'alaikum

Time flies... and sometimes we didn't realized but time goes by. It is already autumn... it means almost 8 months I've been here, in Groningen... Autumn... when leaves turn into brown and then falling down... winds blow... it's beautiful, but it can be pain beautiful... cos wind is not always blowing nicely.

Here I will post few pictures which I've been taken from beginning of Autumn until now... it's not still end of Autumn cos winter will come approximately on 21st Dec.... so Autumn.. here we are... and Winter... here we come ^_^

Day... Rain... Result's Research

Assalamu'alaikum

Now... it's already in half month of October.... here after almost two weeks had nice weather (but not with winds... always blows and made colder), just from this morning rain falls down until now... and in my opinion from my experience or see what people did, we always complain about anything, everything... even it's good enough there must be something that's not suit with what we expected... but wish it's not daily... and get use to it.

After rain... we will see the rainbow appears... and I wish I will find "it" in my day (my life... or it's too much if I say my life... dunno... so what u think about it?)  just wanna through my tough days, with bad result... and will have research presentation soon (on 5th November).

God (ya 4JJ I ya Rahman ya Rahiim) please give me strength, hope and light to through this way when I almost lost, please wash away my tears when I'm low.... only to You... I pray and give my whole life.

New hope... in new month and fasting month as well

Assalamu'alaikum

New month... and new hope.. that's just in my mind now, after last two months I had bad... really... really bad results for my experiment and had no spirit enough to start my experiments from beginning. Now... with new hope and after much more discussion about my research (of course with my supervisor and another college, who has been work with this type of enzyme)... I think I know little bit more what should I do, even though I still don't get it by myself. But... I can learn more, and I can do anything else... as much as and as best as I can... with still a lot of hope it works well.... aaaamiiiinnnn....and exactly need a little bit of luck . To set up my activity assay is the most important thing I must to do now... so... bismillahirrahmaanir rahiim.

Next thing is now... still in fasting month and today is 18th day. Alhamdulillah... here I didn't get any difficulties through this fasting time... alhamdulillah... but it's still about 12 days more to face... so... I wish I'm not so high hearted about it. After 18 days... I found here have very.. very.. helpful condition, we had nice weather.. even we got rain almost whole week on last week and more complain because of that but everything (almost everything) are just nice... except... now I'm a little bit tired and sleepy...

About fasting month... if there is anyone don't know about it... We are as moslems... we have to fast for one whole month (about 29-30 days depends on moon rotation). We can't eat and drink start at 5.25 in the morning (the first day) until about almost 8.00 in the evening (now the time is getting shorter and shorter because of moon rotation). Another thing is... beside we can't eat and drink, we also have to control ourself from anything which can make our fasting for nothing.

And then I think some people will think... are you nuts or it is unhealthy way, isn't it? cos we can't even drink water. But most of them will understand if they know what behind this thing. Most surprised thing here I found that a lot of people known about this fasting month or we can say Ramadhan... but no wonder because here we can meet people from Morocco or Turkey who must be a moslem. I knew that when I had my first fasting day and on that time I had to attend symposium which held every year in new semester. When it was after lunch time, I didn't take anything just not like the others... and also I was caught I was sleeping when there was lecture. So I just said that on that day I had to have breakfast earlier than before, and I was a little bit tired and sleepy because of my first fasting day. Suddenly she said... oh... ya..ya... now you are fasting because now it's Ramadhan... so surprisingly... she knew about Ramadhan and she respected about it even though she still asked why.... and it was happen in my student house as well (I mean people knew about Ramadhan).

So.. it's quiet normal here... not a lot of new thing about Ramadhan but one question about Ramadhan always played in my mind is miss I for Ramadhan in Indonesia?.... I still can't answer it.

Trip to Spain Pt 3

Assalamu'alaikum

This is still my story about travelling in Spain... so, if you want to read... just read it ^_^

Chapter 3: (Barcelona)
First thing on my mind is s*** why I had to much trouble before I flew to Barcelona. My souvenirs can't get through, just because security thought those were harmfull.... ooohhh... please... those were just opening letter which shaped sword.... but they still didn't allow them, even I have packed them in such a nice wrapped (as gift)... s*** I just lost two souvenirs... and those were just not cheap things.... why... why... just wonder, why just this happen to me... i didn't like it much. I thought this day (25 August) was not nice day...

First, I have to flight to Barcelona cos I don't want to lose my money... but then... got trouble with security... and after I arriv