Chii Papercraft

Almost eleven o’clock tonight, and I haven’t finished my homework. Kinda tired and bored with pile of assignment in my desk, I browse the web and check my yahoo mail. In my surprise, I found a cat in my inbox. Yes, a cat. Not an ardinary cat though, It’s Chii. For you who dont know who Chii is, I suggent you search in Youtube for Chii Sweet Home or Chii New Address. Two anime series starred by her. Or you could also download the anime series from Kubusubs — linked to MU or RS.

This is the printout papercraft. I only have grayscale printer and HVS paper, but think it would be better if it’s printed in buffalo paper of origami paper.

ITB Fair 2010

Hari ini masih ada 4 transistor yang tetap persisten tidak mau saturasi. Akhirnya memutuskan untuk melihat kemeriahan ITB Fair 2010.

Affan Baby Boy

Remember when I tell you about my first snorkling in Belitong it’s because I had to attend my friend wedding? Yesterday, her baby boy is born. Ah, time is moving so fast.

And these are some picture of him when I visited him few hours ago (when I saw a little boy like this, somethings in my heart is tingling… maybe my fatherly instinc has taken it’s toll)

Pop Quiz: Which one is the father?

Living in a Box

At the end of each semester. Every students will face the same thing. A pile of assignments that needs to be done. And since I need to raise some money to eat proper food, I also work for my labs. Unfortunately I’ve been assigned two jobs that requires a lot of time to do it. First is Wimax, I knew that this product is near it’s final stage. Just need a little bit of touch of hardwork for another six months, and I believe that Indonesia will enjoy it’s new wireless system. Second is joint project between ITB and Panasonic Labs Singapore. It also six months project and I have to manage six undergraduate students. And I still have my own assignments.

Works and assignments. That’s why, since the beginning of this year, I pratically living in this 1.5×1.5 square meters of cubicle, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to get the jobs done. Pile of books, notes on the wall, bento box, and another pile of books, two working computer, and if you see under the table, you’ll see two pairs of sandals, two pair of shoes, don’t ask me why I have thwo pairs each. I don’t know.

Cramped Table

But I like it. I love what I’m doing, and some times when I get bored, I just grab my camera and take a walk. Or just take a walk. See things.

Beautiful Spectrum

Kawan, tahukan kalian apa ini?

Spektrum yang cantik

Ini adalah spektrum dari Wimax. Dipancarkan pada frekuensi tengah 2.4GHz, dengan lebar bandwidth 7MHz. Cantik bukan? Indah sekali, membuatku jatuh cinta pada pandangan pertama. Pesonanya membuat semua engineer tergila-gila. Hahaha…

Good White Bad Yellow

I’m two days late for taking my student study card (KSM — Kartu Studi Mahasiswa) for this semester. At eleven sharp, I have come to Pak Ojang asking for it. As usual, he only ask our student number and the taking one block of papers from another pile of papers in front of him. He’s searching for my study card for a while, but to no avail, he couldn’t find it.

Then he took another block of paper that has the same size with student study card but it has a weird yellow color. He asked my name again, and then it magically appear. My yellow student study card. Stumbled and confused, I asked him, “Umm, Pak Ojang, what is wrong with my KSM?”. And then, after short silence, he said, “Boy, you’re in trouble”.

Bad Yellow KSM and Good White KSM

Cokelat Monggo

Seperti yang sudah saya ceritakan di day-in-picture tanggal 31 Oktober, porsi konsumsi terbesar saya adalah untuk membeli buah. Maka, untuk memenuhi prophecy itu, hari ini belanja buah lagi. Kali ini beli buah di ol trusted supermarket Superindo. Tak disangka ketika hendak menuju kasir, mata tertuju pada dua onggok cokelat unik dibungkus dengan kertas cokelat juga dengan tulisan jawa yang familier, Monggo. Setelah dicari-cari di lorong itu ketemulah teman-temannya yang memiliki beberapa varian — dark, praline, dan caramello. Cokelat ini produksi Jogja berkolaborasi dengan Belgian Chocolatier. Paling tidak begitulah yang tertulis di bungkusnya. Karena harganya yang lumayan, maka saya memutuskan beli 2 jenis saja, dark dan praline.

Chocolate Monggo, Dark dan Praline

Baru nyobain yang dark. Dang, rasa cokelatnya nendang. Pahit bercampur dengan manis. Bittersweet indeed. Cokelatnya langsung lumer di mulut. Memang enak, pantas harganya lumayan… mahal. Hehehe.

Setelah googling sebentar, ternyata cokelat ini cukup terkenal dan bisa menjadi alternatif oleh-oleh dari Jogja disamping kaos Dagadu dan bakpia pathok. Untuk lebih jelasnya bisa dilihat di sini.

Melihat Merapi

Libur lebaran kemarin, seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya dan seperti beberapa puluh juta penduduk Indonesia lainnya, saya melakoni ritual mudik. Pulang ke Boyolali, sebuah kota kecil, teramat kecil bahkan, di kaki gunung Merbabu-Merapi. Jika anda ingin menuju Solo dari arah Semarang, pasti akan melewati kota ini, setidaknya sampai jalan tol JogloSemar selesai dibangun. Mungkin setelah jalan tol itu selesai, Boyolali akan semakin menyusut dan menjadi kota yang terlupakan.

Satu hal yang menarik dari Boyolali adalah kedua gunung itu, Merbabu dan Merapi. Gunung Merbabu sudah lama sekali hibernate, letusan terakhir terjadi tahun 1797, berbeda sekali dengan saudara seperguruannya Merapi, yang sering kali meler mengeluarkan lava panas dan menjadi headline berita dimana-mana. Gunung Merbabu juga menjadi salah satu gunung favorit untuk didaki, jalur pendakian biasanya dimulai dari Kopeng dan turun lewat Selo.

Karena tamu yang berkunjung sudah mulai sepi, dan acara silaturahmi ke tetangga dan saudara sudah selesai, maka saya memutuskan untuk mengenal lebih dekat kedua gunung itu dari sebuah daerah yang disebut dengan Selo. Dinamakan demikian karena tempat itu berada diantara (disela-sela) gunung Merapi dan Merbabu (mungkin loh ya, ini cuma dugaan saja, hehehe).

Puncak 4km
September 23, 2009, Nikon Coolpix 5100, f/4.9 1/621s at 17mm

Selo masih berada didalam kabupaten Boyolali. Perjalanan kesana sangat mudah karena aspal yang mulus, berkah dari kunjungan presiden Megawati kala masih berkuasa. Makanya, sering-seringlah minta presiden berkunjung ke daerah-daerah supaya jalan yang boncel-boncel diperbaiki. Jalur ini juga merupakan jalur alternatif ke Magelang untuk mengunjungi candi Borobudur apabila anda lebih suka hawa dingin dan jalan berkelok-kelok naik-turun dengan pemandangan indah di kiri-kanan, daripada berpanas-panas lewat Klaten dan Jogjakarta. Namun harus berhati-hati, salah sedikit, kendaraan bisa terbang ke jurang.

Night Picture

Night picture requires a lot of patience. Patience to not using high iso. Patience to set up your gear so that it wont wobble or shake on long exposure. Patience to hold up yourself on cold night. Patience to imagine framing your picture, because neither the viewfinder nor live view will give you the possible result. Patience to return and start all over again to get it perfect.

I’m not a seasoned photographer or talented amateur. I just want to share my story when taking night picture. It’s not about the technical stuff. You just have to go out there and feel your surrounding. Learning trough experience is the best way to learn something.

Dago hill at night

This picture was taken yesterday. On the fourth floor balcony of my office building, I saw that tonight was an unusual night. The sky is clear, the moon is taking it’s full shape, no clouds even though this is November — a rainy season in Indonesia. It’s just beautiful. My eyes was fixated to the beauty of Dago hill that night. I want to capture the layers of hill and those colorful lights. Even though It’s already night, the sky still have color because of the moon. Also, the lights from street below illuminate the trees in the foreground. Guess I’m lucky to get this picture.

Visitor 1000

Wow, I didn’t realize it until just now. I’ve got more than a thousand visits.

Yeah I know it’s small compared to others blog. But when I’m thinking that a thousand time people are willing to spend their time to read some gibberish of mine, and even gives comment, then it’s awesome.

Thank you, it means a lot to me.