Mar 29, 08 - New Job?

Today, I get a phone call from Des - Quantum that said I was accepted as Part Time Employee in Quantum.

It's such a big one for me. I don't know. But, I could say that I don't really expect to secure this job, since I think their response is just so-so.

Overall, I'm glad that I have this job. It would be my second job here in Melbourne.

I still work in my old company. But, I could say that there's no position there. I don't know what I should do. And it's a bit faraway.

I would choose this company if they offered me a better workplace. I would see that on Tuesday.

This company offered a better location to me. Even though, the travel time still the same as the old one. I need about 1 hour to reach the place.

Another thing is the work. I love the position in the new company.

I hope that I could love this new place soon. Since it would be an awesome place for me.

Mar 29, 08 - Went Wrong

I just wonder about the thing right now.

I'm a bit stress out now. I can't say anything at the moment.

It's about my project work. It's the most important thing at the moment. Yup, I don't have anything if I failed this project.

I raised up an issue in the team these few days that we have a problem in documentation. But, yeah, everyone else regard that just my personal attack to another team member. I could say that it's not.

It's purely for the project purpose. I don't have any other issue.

I think I should be quieter and just stand/sit there for the rest of the semester. I don't like that. But, there's no other choice.

I hate this situation. But, I can't say anything else.

I don't want to give it a damn.

I just hope that I could finish the project and get the degree and go home. See u, buddy.

Mar 24, 08 - Days of Journey

These two days I had journeys to Frankston and Ballarat. What a journey. I've never been in both places.

On Saturday, I went to Frankston, that's the last stop of train station in Melbourne. One of the outskirt suburb in Melbourne.

We went there to watch sand sculpture that shape the sand into imaginary outlook that most likely the same as some fairy tales made by famous authors. I see sand sculpture that has shape of Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, Frog, etc.

And the level of detail from the sand sculpture is quite amazing. You could see that it's almost perfect, even though it has an ugly back. But, you don't have to see the back, do you? You just have to see the front of the sculpture.

We went there at noon and finish around 4 PM. Then, we walk to Frankston beach.

The beach is not really nice. Since there are a lot of small stone is bayline. And the weather is also too hot when we get there (even though it's already 4 PM).

We just play around there and sit for a while. But, then everyone decide to leave faster since it's still too hot.

Yesterday, sunday, I went to Ballarat, which is another town in Victoria area. It takes around 1.5 hours driving from Melbourne. This city is famous of cowboy-look-alike playground called Sovereign Hill.

But, we went to another small city around the area called Daylesford. The city is well-known to mineral spring water. There are so many tourist there that wants to see the mineral spring water.

There are some places of spring water. In each place, you could see a pump to pump the water out of ground. It's a bit weird, since I expect a very natural one. Yeah, but I could understand it. If you use old style. It would result with bad quality of water in the end, since you don't know what the person before you did to the water.

I believe we went to at least 4 places with such well. And there's a place tastier than others, called Wombat Flat. My brother's friend said that it's the newest place in the area.

We also went to a tower up on the hill. I'm not really sure what it is used for. But, I assumed that it's kind of a survey post, since there's a cannon around that area. The tower is about 15-20 meters high. And we climbed up to the top of the tower. It's quite dizzy to do that, since I hate to walk in circular way. Yeah, you should use a circular ladder to climb the tower.

Another place that we went to yesterday is Chocolate Mills. This place is located somewhere in countryside area. I think it's located around 7-8 kms from the closest town. But, the place is packed. It's almost full.

I can't imagine why people so bother to take drive around out of the town to such shop. But, I could understand since it's the only such kind of shop in that area. And if you're chocoholics, it could be worth of the journey.

I haven't finished to upload all of the photos. But, you could see some of the photos in my photo album. Please feel free to comment. Thank You.

Mar 20, 08 - Yesterday

Yesterday, I had my first interview this year.

I applied for the position in seek.com.au. It's about database administration which has to deal much with Microsoft Access.

Basically, the company isn't big. It's a small company which run a psychotest for another company.

The job would be to create a file, Access File, that comprimize to what customer wants. But, with a lot of template that already there, so it's just to do customization to the existing one.

I like the place, since it could be easily reached by public transport, no more walking for 10+ minutes.

About the job, i think it would be challenging, even though, I don't want to do it for a long time (supposed that I would work here). But, let's see, since I don't know much detail about the application.

They also want to hire me, since some of their customers is from Indonesia. So, it would be a benefit for me that I don't have any language burden and I could understand what they want better than others.

Overall, I still need to wait till next week about the position. He, the interviewer, said that he still has 4-5 more candidates for the position. I really hope to get this job. But, let's see.

Keep the fingers cross!

Mar 18, 08 - Cloudy Evening and Cold Night

This is really unusual day for me, but just another day of Melbourne.

In the morning, the weather is quite hot. It's almost 30, I think. And lucklily, I walk in the dark side of the road, so I don't get a lot of sunlight. Btw, today, I'm working again, the first day in this year.

I'm in the office for whole day. And rarely to go out of the room. So, I don't really know about the weather outside.

But, around 3 PM, I receive a call from friend that makes me to go outside the building and the weather is already a bit cloudy.

I'm out of the office at around 5 something and it's already cloudy. Really a strange day, since it's usually still bright with hot temperature for these few days.

The weather is still quite nice when I reach city. I still could walk in the city without feel really cold. I'm heading to campus at that time to meet my group in the lab.

I'm out of the campus at around 7.30 PM, and it's already cold. The first cold day in Melbourne this year that I've experienced. It's not really that cold. But, still, after a few consecutive days of hot temperature, I feel a bit cold.

Yeah, it's just another day of Melbourne. Have a summer in the morning, cloudy in afternoon time and cold in the night. It's just the habit of Melbourne.

Everytime you come out of your home, don't forget to bring your jacket. It would be used sometimes in the day.

Mar 18, 08 - Hot.. Hot.. and Hot..

It's already for few consecutive days that the weather is so hot.
It reached 38-39 degrees of Celcius for Sunday and Monday. It's such a hot autumn here.

My body is starting to protest about the weather and I got headache. It disturbs me a bit since I have a lot of things to do right now.

I spend my Monday afternoon in campus to finish a documentation for my project. It's a bit nice in campus since it has an aircon. It's not too cold and not too hot. Just a nice temperature.

I spent about 7 hours in campus and starting to hate the workload for my project. I don't know. But, it's a bit frustating since no other team members is there for the whole day.

There's nothing special these days. So, I just leave it blank in my blog.

It's already 2.11 AM in the dawn time of 18 March 2008. I think I've been sleep for 2 hours but then wake up 30 minutes ago. It's such a hot night. I can't stand it.

After this, hope that I could do sleep for couple more hours since this would be my first working day here in Melbourne. Hope that the weather is quite nice.

Jia You!!

Mar 12, 08 - The Project

Huh, at last, I know what I should do this semester.

I get a project that I want to be involved in Post Graduate Software Project course. The project is drawn to my attention since it is an unique project.

The project is actually a GIS project, so it involves maps, mapping, data, presentation, etc. I'm interested in Geographical Information System since my last semester in Bachelor time.

That time is for the first time I know about GIS, but I never have a chance to really apply the knowledge into real-world project. Yeah, I used some tools before, such as: MapInfo. But, it's really a simple case, not even representation of real case.

To be involved in this project is actually one of my goal for this semester. I have few reasons for that. First, I could get MC060 title by doing the project. Second, I want to apply what I already learnt before to complete a real-world project.

Then, this is the last semester of mine to be here. I really want to enjoy life and do my best for every single thing. Hope that I could learn a lot by doing this project.

The first thing that I should do right now is knowing more about tools that would be used in the project, since it will use a lot of unusual tools for development.

That is the thing that I should accomplish in this 2 weeks.
Jia You!! Fight!!

Mar 11, 08 - First Presentation in English

Today would be the first presentation of Post Graduate Project that I present.

It's a bit nervous, since I just know about presentation's material in few days. It's really a new stuff for me. It's about Rational Unified Process which is one of software development methodologies.

I'm nervous since I think everyone there would already know about that before. But, still I have to present it. The presentation is in the day break time, around 12 PM.

I think the presentation takes about 15 minutes since I have about 30 slides to cover. And it's the most common method for current development.

I know that I do some mistakes there, such as: bad pronounciation, nervous, bad eye contact, etc. It's a new thing for me to present something in English.

I try to involve someone in the presentation, but it turns out that no one insterested to be involved. And I also point out something, but still can't be that good.

Must try harder to be a better presenter. Hope that I could become the one to present the group to the client. Even though, I don't hope to do it every weeks.

But, first thing is whether I'm still in the project or not. I really like to be involved in a project, but I don't know which projects would be offered to me. Hope that I could get the one that I want.

Be Happy. Be the Best!

Capek Hidup!

Seorang pria mendatangi Sang Master, "Guru, saya sudah bosan hidup. Sudah jenuh betul. Rumah tangga saya berantakan. Usaha saya kacau. Apapun yang saya lakukan selalu berantakan. Saya ingin mati."

Sang Master tersenyum, "Oh, kamu sakit."
"Tidak Master, saya tidak sakit. Saya sehat. Hanya jenuh dengan kehidupan. Itu sebabnya saya ingin mati."

Seolah-olah tidak mendengar pembelaannya, sang Master meneruskan, "Kamu sakit. Dan penyakitmu itu sebutannya, 'Alergi Hidup'. Ya, kamu alergi terhadap kehidupan."

Banyak sekali di antara kita yang alergi terhadap kehidupan. Kemudian, tanpa disadari kita melakukan hal-hal yang bertentangan dengan norma kehidupan. Hidup ini berjalan terus. Sungai kehidupan mengalir terus, tetapi kita menginginkan status-quo. Kita berhenti di tempat, kita tidak ikut mengalir. Itu sebabnya kita jatuh sakit. Kita mengundang penyakit. Resistensi kita, penolakan kita untuk ikut mengalir bersama kehidupan membuat kita sakit.

Yang namanya usaha, pasti ada pasang-surutnya. Dalam hal berumah-tangga, bentrokan-bentrokan kecil itu memang wajar, lumrah. Persahabatan pun tidak selalu langgeng, tidak abadi. Apa sih yang langgeng, yang abadi dalam hidup ini? Kita tidak menyadari sifat kehidupan. Kita ingin mempertahankan suatu keadaan. Kemudian kita gagal, kecewa dan menderita.

"Penyakitmu itu bisa disembuhkan, asal kamu ingin sembuh dan bersedia mengikuti petunjukku." demikian sang Master.

"Tidak Guru, tidak. Saya sudah betul-betul jenuh. Tidak, saya tidak ingin hidup." pria itu menolak tawaran sang guru.

"Jadi kamu tidak ingin sembuh. Kamu betul-betul ingin mati?"
"Ya, memang saya sudah bosan hidup."

"Baik, besok sore kamu akan mati. Ambillah botol obat ini. Setengah botol diminum malam ini, setengah botol lagi besok sore jam enam, dan jam delapan malam kau akan mati dengan tenang."

Giliran dia menjadi bingung. Setiap Master yang ia datangi selama ini selalu berupaya untuk memberikannya semangat untuk hidup. Yang satu ini aneh. Ia bahkan menawarkan racun. Tetapi, karena ia memang sudah
betul-betul jenuh, ia menerimanya dengan senang hati. Pulang kerumah, ilangsung menghabiskan setengah botol racun yang disebut "obat" oleh Master edan itu. Dan, ia merasakan ketenangan sebagaimana tidak pernah ia rasakan sebelumnya.

Begitu rileks, begitu santai!
Tinggal 1 malam, 1 hari, dan ia akan mati. Ia akan terbebaskan dari segala macam masalah. Malam itu, ia memutuskan untuk makan malam bersama keluarga di restoran Jepang. Sesuatu yang sudah tidak pernah ia lakukan selama beberapa tahun terakhir. Pikir-pikir malam terakhir, ia ingin meninggalkan kenangan manis. Sambil makan, ia bersenda gurau. Suasananya santai banget!

Sebelum tidur, ia mencium bibir istrinya dan membisiki di kupingnya, "Sayang, aku mencintaimu" .
Karena malam itu adalah malam terakhir, ia ingin meninggalkan kenangan manis!
Esoknya bangun tidur, ia membuka jendela kamar dan melihat ke luar. Tiupan angin pagi menyegarkan tubuhnya. Dan ia tergoda untuk melakukan jalan pagi.

Pulang kerumah setengah jam kemudian, ia menemukan istrinya masih tertidur. Tanpa membangunkannya, ia masuk dapur dan membuat 2 cangkir kopi. Satu untuk dirinya, satu lagi untuk istrinya. Karena pagi itu adalah pagi terakhir,ia ingin meninggalkan kenangan manis!

Sang istripun merasa aneh sekali Selama ini, mungkin aku salah. "Maafkan aku, sayang."

Di kantor, ia menyapa setiap orang, bersalaman dengan setiap orang. Stafnya pun bingung, "Hari ini, Boss kita kok aneh ya?"
Dan sikap mereka pun langsung berubah. Mereka pun menjadi lembut. Karena siang itu adalah siang terakhir, ia ingin meninggalkan kenangan manis!

Tiba-tiba, segala sesuatu di sekitarnya berubah. Ia menjadi ramah dan lebih toleran, bahkan apresiatif terhadap pendapat-pendapat yang berbeda.
Tiba-tiba hidup menjadi indah. Ia mulai menikmatinya. Pulang kerumah jam 5 sore, ia menemukan istri tercinta menungguinya di beranda depan.

Kali ini justru sang istri yang memberikan ciuman kepadanya, "Sayang, sekali lagi aku minta maaf, kalau selama ini aku selalu merepotkan kamu." Anak-anak pun tidak ingin ketinggalan, "Pi, maafkan kami semua. Selama ini, Papi selalu stres karena perilaku kami."

Tiba-tiba, sungai kehidupannya mengalir kembali. Tiba-tiba, hidup menjadi sangat indah. Ia mengurungkan niatnya untuk bunuh diri. Tetapi bagaimana dengan setengah botol yang sudah ia minum, sore sebelumnya?

Ia mendatangi sang Guru lagi. Melihat wajah pria itu, rupanya sang Guru langsung mengetahui apa yang
telah terjadi, "Buang saja botol itu. Isinya air biasa. Kau sudah sembuh, Apa bila kau hidup dalam kekinian, apabila kau hidup dengan kesadaran bahwa maut dapat menjemputmu kapan saja, maka kau akan menikmati
setiap detik kehidupan.

Leburkan egomu, keangkuhanmu, kesombonganmu. Jadilah lembut, selembut air. Dan mengalirlah bersama sungai kehidupan. Kau tidak akan jenuh, tidak akan bosan. Kau akan merasa hidup. Itulah rahasia kehidupan. Itulah kunci kebahagiaan. Itulah jalan menuju ketenangan."

Pria itu mengucapkan terima kasih dan menyalami Sang Guru, lalu pulang ke rumah, untuk mengulangi pengalaman malam sebelumnya. Konon, ia masih mengalir terus. Ia tidak pernah lupa hidup dalam kekinian.
Itulah sebabnya, ia selalu bahagia, selalu tenang, selalu HIDUP!!!

Hidup? bukanlah merupakan suatu beban yang harus dipikul? tapi merupakan suatu anugrah untuk dinikmati

Mar 10, 08 - Moomba Festival

Today is Labour Day in Victoria, and also the last day of Moomba Festival.

I plan to go to the festival with some of my friends. We plan to meet at 6 PM, but it turns out with no one except me. In the end, everyone gather up at almost 7 PM.

Then, some of us plan to have dinner first before going to festival, since it's not much choice there. We eat Indian food in Flinders Lane. I eat something veggie and it's quite nice, also it's cheap.

We reached the festival (in Yarra's bank) at almost 8 PM. But, the sky is not really completely dark. It's still quite nice. We could see the place quite clear.

There are a lot of fun amusement thing there. But, I don't try that since it's expensive. There is one to throw you up to the sky using some spring mechanism and that costs you $30.

Then we walk to the other bank of Yarra River, The Birrarung Marr, where there's a lot of challanging game, such as: throwing into cans, throw balls, put a basketball in, etc. There are also some easy game that you just have to catch some 'fish' and 'croc' then add up all the number.

We stop at few places there and have a look.

At 9.30 PM, we watch the fireshow, that's the last one for this year. It's nice and run for 10 minutes. The place is really packed and luckily, we already have a place about 5 minutes before the show.

After the show, I take time to play two games but win none. The first one is to throw ball into, likely, a wall and the ball must drop into a basket below it. The second one is basketball one. It's quite hard, then.

Yeah, we go home at 10 PM something, since they already have to close everything. So, there's no more games that you could play.

It's such a good festival for me. This could be the last festival that I attend in Melbourne, since it's already autumn.

Going forward to see this in the forthcoming year.

Mar 08, 08 - Course Changes

Hm.. Right now, I'm in front of computer to check some other courses that are possible to take this semester.

I found some interesting courses, but I still wonder which one I should choose.

I think I would definitely to drop Enterprise Architecture course, since I can't understand the speech from one of the lecturer. He is Indian but I believe that he already live in Australie for quite some time. But, still, I can't understand what he said.

And I think I drop Usability Analysis, because it clashes with my other course, System Architecture. And I already form a group in System Architecture.

Regarding my last choice, Object-Oriented Software Design, I think I would drop this subject also. Simply just because, I haven't form any group yet, and I think it's better for me to take Foundation Distributed Computing which using C language which run in the same time.

I already found one better choice which is Artificial Intelligence which also using C as the programming language. Since I already learnt about that before and it's a quite interesting topic, I believe that I would take this course.

So, I already have System Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, and Foundation Distributed Computing in my choice. I still have to choose one more subject.

Mar 07, 08 - Can't Decide

I still can't decide about what I should choose this semester.

In one side, if I choose courses, I believe that I should change my choice since it's too hard for me to do 4 courses with each of those has group assignments. That means I have 4 different groups for 4 different courses that must submit the assignment in almost in the same time.

I think I want to check more about the other course that I could take this semester. Since it's not a good choice to end up with that choices.

For the project, I think I'm a bit fed up since the 'manager' hasn't decided about the team yet. It's really a bit upset for me since yesterday she said that she will decided about the group today.

So, here I am, it's still unsure for all. I'm stress overall. I get a lot of pressure from different side. It's really a bad day for me.

It also would be a long weekend for me, but just get a couple of days to decide everything by now. So sad of me.

Mar 06, 08 - The Busy Week.

It's been a busy week for me.

As you know, I haven't decided for my study this semester. I'm still in the middle whether to choose doing project or courses.

This week, I do everything (project and courses) that means I have twice loads as much as I should do. It's really tiring.

For the project, I already know about what project that I'm offered by the moment, even though, I don't know in deep about the project. I like one of the 3 offered projects.

The project included GIS and mobile thing. I'm quite interested in something unique rather than a normal common thing. The other two are not really interesting for me. One just about CMS, which I really don't want to do this project. The last one is about a normal company website with some unique feature; it's just about a normal website that you could see online.

If I'm offered the GIS one, for sure, I will take the project. Even though, this is the hardest project of all. If I'm offered the website one, then I'll think about it, included team member, the scope, etc.

About the courses, I believe that if I do the courses this semester, it would be harder than do the project. I just realised that every single course need a group assignment. It would be a doom. Hehe..

I'm a bit worried about the course at the moment, since I haven't decided yet, it means that hard for me to make a group. It's just not fair if suddenly I leave the group.

So, next week would be the hard week for me. I should decide whether to be still in the project or to do the courses. To certain extent, I really want to do the project to boost my resume. But, if I'm not happy with the project, it's useless to be involved there.

Hope that I get the best result of all.

Mar 04, 08 - Flowers

Today, simply I don't have anything to do.

I don't have any course to attend. Actually, I just have to google for articles about RUP. And I think I should read it and make some notes over it.

In the afternoon, I decide to have a walk to Coles South Melbourne. It's about 15 minutes walk from my apartment.

I just have a look at Coles, one of the biggest chain of supermarket in Australia. But, then, I decide to buy frozen spring rolls and garlic bread. Yeah, actually, I want to buy garlic bread. But end up also with the rolls. The supermarket has quite a complete range of products.

The price offered here is quite reasonable. Some are cheaper than in the city. I just realise that the price is different between the store, even though they are from the same chain.

In the same building, I see a stall that sold fresh flowers. It's really nice to smell them.

The one that makes me a bit slow down is about the flowers and its price. The price is quite reasonable for Aussie. For a bunch of roses, it varies from $6 to $15 depends on the flowers and container.

The price is just about your lunch price. And you get a dozen of roses. But, then let's we compare in Indonesia.

I believe that it's not that easy to find a stall that sell fresh flower in Indonesia, even in a shopping mall. In Australia, almost in every corner, you could see a stall that sell flowers. Some are even open 24 hours or could deliver the flowers for you.

For the price, let's say that you buy the $6 one, then it's just around your lunch price. So, if you skip one of your lunch, it's already paid off. In Indonesia, I ever bought a rose (one, not a dozen) that cost around AUD 1.20. I can't compare it to anything, since the price in Indonesia varies greatly. If you eat in the mall, it's just half of your lunch. But, if you eat in the side, it's just your lunch.
But, you could see the diffrent here, one and one dozen. That's the different.

Yeah, in Indonesian culture, it could be that flower is something that far far away. Not a daily need.

I like flowers. It shows something great. Hope that I could have some plants in my home later on. Hehe..

Mar 03, 08 - The First Day in Campus

Today is the my first study day this year in RMIT University. It's been a very long time ago since the last lecture. I recall that It's almost 5 months ago. Huh, a very long time.

I join the project meeting and a course today. As you know, I'm still struggling whether to take project or courses.

The project that is presented today is not interesting. The presentation is carried out by the company that sponsors the project. It's a mobile application program that not use a big scale of database. So, it's not interesting for me.

I still wait for another presentation by different company that should be held by the end of this week, since we should start the project by early of next week. Hope that the offerec project would be suit me more than this one. I still want to involve in a project rather than in courses.

In the evening, I join a lecture, System Architecture. The lecturers and tutors are great. They are all practitioner from a big company, IBM. They know about what they talk about. They are amazing.
The class is also great, you meet a lot of executives there. 20 percent are full-time worker and part-time student. It makes the class more alive, since they are more critical.

But, in the other hand, it makes that the expectation is really high. I'm a bit sceptical that I could do my best in this lecture.

So, here I am, still confuse about what I should take in this semester. I really want to be involved in a project. But, it's no point if I can't enjoy the process or the project is really far out of my reach.

I'm confused.. Please come the day that I could decide something. It's really not long anymore. :(

Mar 02, 08 - Thai Festival

I recall another interesting side of this city today. I like the festivals, yeah festivals, not festival.

This city is really a multi-cultural city. People come from different nation, different culture, different background. It makes this city is really interesting.

Almost every weekend, there is one or two event will be held in this city. Melbourne is the host of Australian F1 Grand Prix, Australia Open tennis tournament, etc. Most of the cultural event will be held here, in Melbourne.

Today, I go to Thai Cultural and Food Festival held in Federation Square. The festival is realy crowded, not like Indonesia Festival that is held last year in Docklands. I just look around in the food stalls area. The weather is really hot and I sweet a lot.

It's really not a good choice. We just there for around 40 minutes since the weather is really unfriendly and we see nothing exciting. The festival is really crowded and there's a section for alcohol, may be that's why a lot of people want to see this festival.

Yeah, Moomba Festival is coming soon. I hope that I could take a better glance of the festival this time.
Moomba....

Mar 01, 08 - My Unfulfilled Plan

Actually, I already plan to be back home, even though the time is really different.

I planned to go back to Indonesia, maybe after I'm 30s. That's the case if I think that I can't move up the ladder in the company over here.

I know that, even, if you work as a staff here, you still could afford an appropriate living. But, it's a bit funny if you can't do more and more by the time.

The other reason is I want to give my family a better living. Supposed that you earn more here (around 60-80K/year) but you must know that everything is far more expensive here. If you could earn around half of that and live in Indonesia, it would be far more better than to live here.

It's also would be easier for mother and baby to live in Indonesia. At least, you could hire a maid, use a traditional tampon rather than use the factory-made one, etc. So, I always to think to be back there when everything heats up, except: if I could get a very big income (which is really hard to find).

The only thing why I want to be here is because it could be an easier life. You could go anywhere at night, stroll in the park, walk in the city, lay down in the beach, cycling the woods, etc. But, to be live here forever is still a big question.

So, I just leave all of this plan to be unfulfilled. I would be back there in few months time. To show my girlfriend that I'm serious about her. To keep my promise to her. To start a new beginning. To show that love is not just about the good thing but also sacrifice.

Hope that she wouldn't mind that I wrote this. Wkwk..

Mar 01, 08 - Don't Mind about Friendster

Today, I'm really surprised when I opened my email. I got two email from Friendster staff. One of the email is just a confirmation email about what I already report to admins. The other one is the reply from Friendster admin himself.

This is the email that I got from Friendster Support:

"Hello Mitra,
Thank you for contacting Friendster Support.
Regarding your concern, please read below:
What proof of your claims do you have?
We need you to substantiate your claims or we may suspend your account for turning in false reports. If you do not respond to this request we will suspend your account.
If there is anything else we can assist you with, please let us know.

Regards,
Friendster Support"


I report someone's account before that when we open his account, it will direct you to another page that as if you already sign out from Friendster and asking you for your email and password. The page is a bit rough, but if you don't see it carefully, you could just put it in your password.

I just wonder for such a big name like Friendster, they could just threat me to suspend my account rather than to check the account that I already mention to them. It's such a bad experience using Friendster. After this stage, I don't want to give it a damn again about Friendster.

And in my opinion, I believe that Facebook is far more ahead than Friendster, but for certain countries that have a bad connection (Indonesia included), people will still choose Friendster just because it offers faster load than Facebook. Yeah, just wait till every countries have a good connection and let's see what Friendster will do.

Until now, I haven't got any reply again from Friendster regarding this issue. I just want to let everyone know, if suddenly my account has been suspended, that's not because I show them one bad account and they threat to suspend my account in return.

From this experience, I understand that as a client of free website, you can't hope more than what they offer. And it's better to close your eyes rather than to complain about their service.

Happy Days, Friends!

Feb 29, 2008 - My Walk

Today, as walk up to the city, I really think about a few things.

This is a lovely city. I like this nice place, not too much but enough. I know that I was quite strugling last year to make myself happy to be here. And then, after I'm happy to be here, I decided to leave every single thing here.

I know that it's another big sacrifice from me. The one that asks me to be back there is my mum. But, I know that I could say yes because of someone else.

Yes, it's because of my darling, someone that I love. Without her, I believe that I don't want to be back there. I could say that it's one of the biggest bet in my life. I love this place, I like the situation. Even though, I don't know how long I could stand to be here.

I promise few things for her before she accepted me as her boyfriend. And I always hope that everything could become true. Even though, I know that she is not really sure about all of this. I know that from both side, we have a lot of pressure.

But, I believe that nothing is impossible. And I will fight, I will do my best to fulfill our wish, to show to everyone that we could stand up.

If, in the end, everything is messed up, I still will regard this as the way that I should lead to show her that love needs sacrifice, understanding, tolerance, etc.
Right now, I just want to feel about Melbourne. To take every single good thing. To fill my mind about good memory of Melbourne. Hope that everything will be as I plan before.

I love you, Dar.