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.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Saturday, March 8, 2008
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.
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.
Friday, March 7, 2008
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.
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.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
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.
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.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
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..
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..
Monday, March 3, 2008
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. :(
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. :(
Sunday, March 2, 2008
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....
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....
Saturday, March 1, 2008
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..
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!
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.
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.
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