Here we go again… this time it`s snowboarding :D

Hi dudes…..

Finally, this is the 30th 😀 I managed to reach my target before the end of this year :p hehehhee….

Three days ago, I and my Indonesian friends in Tokyo were having a ski and snowboarding trip to Hakuba Sanosaka. The place was really close to Hakuba Goryu, the last ski place which I went to with my labmates. However, this time, we got 40 people in Total 😀 Amazing isn`t it? 🙂 Most of them are first timer for ski or snowboarding. I went along since I was thinking of trying snowboarding. I want to know which one is easier for me. In addition, going with other Indonesia fellows will be an exciting trip too… since at least it will be much easier to communicate :p hehehhehe….

Learning ski from the expert :)

Hi dudes 🙂

Well… I`ve put it up this story for quite sometimes already. So, I guess its time for me to get this one online before the new year 🙂 (my target this year is to get at least 30 posts before the new year and this one will be the 29th 😀 yay… )

So.. basically, me and my friends (Hibinosan, Namatamesan, Uchidasan, and Yoshikawasan) from Yoshino lab were going to a place in Nagano prefecture, Hakuba Goryu. It was done with a sole purpose, skiing 😀 heheheh… Since we don`t have winter in Indonesia, I was asking my friends to take me there and teach me how to ski. Afterall, this will be my first time to see the snow and also to know what it feels like to ski 😀 (well, I did go to snow city in Singapore and Malaysia, but those two can`t be taken as snow, right?)

Around one week before we went out for Hakuba Goryu, Hibinosan and See took me to Jimbocho to buy a few additional equipments for skiing. I guess the most importan thing is the leg and butt protector. Sad to be said, they were completely confident that I am going to fall down, a lot!!! Sighh… and even more sad, I did feel the same way too :p hehhehe…. I wasn`t very confident that I am going to pull this off unscratched. So, I kept in mind to bear it like a man. Afterall, I have to be able to ski since I need that to teach someone next year 😀

Back to my oldself

Wow… I am getting pretty busy lately. Especially since the year is coming to its end. Quoting from my boss, “Complete everything that you’ve planned before the year end. or else… you’ll be finished!!”. Heheheh… he didn’t actually say that. But for me, it seems better if I take it that way. I need more pressure to keep myself running my engine 😀

But, personally, this kind of working load is really what I need now. Especially since I really miss someone in Indonesia, I need to keep myself busy. It helps me to keep my head clear all the time.

Indonesian TV streaming: SCTV, RCTI, AnTV, and MetroTV

Hi dudes 😀

Well.. this one will be a short post. I really need to post this one since there were a lot of people having trouble using the “indline” tool. Well.. I really have no trouble using it, so up to now, I am still wondering why does it occured to you. Anyway, I am not going to explain the way to solve your problems using “Indline”. Instead, I am going to give you another way to do it. Much easier way of course, with more channels to choose from 😀 Sweeeeetttt… 🙂 right?

Industrial visit to Makino

Hi dudes 🙂

Hmm… have any you heard about this company named Makino? Well… I`m quite sure that those whose field is related with Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing have heard about them. Its one of the well-known company for metal cutting and manufacturing technology. They produced machining tools like Milling, EDM, Wire EDM, manufacturing software, etc. Well, I have no intention at all to advertise on them (except it they are willing to pay for it… cough…coughhh…. :p )

So… what happen is, our lab members, along with other Tokodai Bachelor students, were having a chance to visit the company on Monday (2007/10/29). Well… Of course, I was also invited 😀 I was really excited since its a good opportunity for me to see how they actually build the machine. Especially since I was using some of their machine during my study, and some of them were giving me troubles due to its complexity :p hehehhe…. So, thats why I was hoping that I can learn a lot during this visit 🙂 Which I really did 😀

Koudaisai pictures

Hi dudes… 😀

Well.. these are the pictures taken during tokodai festival. Since I can`t send it to the mailing list due to the size, and I also failed in uploading the file to the hosting website, I decided to put it in my blog instead. So… enjoy 🙂

`Merah Putih` in the heart of Tokyo

Hallo again… 😀

Last week, Tokodai, the university in which I do my study now, held a festival for two days. Starting from saturday and continued to sunday. It seems that this is one of the annual activity in Tokodai campus. Unfortunately, I didn`t know about this until one of my Indonesian friend told me about it. Well… although the whole campus was actually filled with the announcement of this fest, I have no clue at all since they all written in Japanese Kanji 😦 Too bad that I`m still bad at reading kanji, not to mention understanding the meaning 😥 Anyway, this is another matter which I have to conquer in order to survive in Tokyo 😀 wish me luck, k? 🙂

So… the festival, which is called koudaisai (correct me if I`m wrong), has some kind of similarity with what we have in my campus in Indonesia. All the campus clubs and communities were joining and opened their stands. However, they were all opening either food, merchandise or games stand. Unlike what we have in Indonesia, where we advertise our clubs or communities for recruitment of new members, they only focused on gaining profit for their clubs by selling food, merchandise, or games. It seemed to me that they have another way of getting new members, other than using this opportunity. notes: I`m still trying to find out how they actually recruit new members since maybe… just maybe… we can apply the method in Indonesia 😀

So… as part of the tokodai communities, Indonesian students were also joining the fest, including me of course 🙂 The students, led by Budi, opened up an Indonesian food stand. And since the festival also have a performance contest, not to miss the chance, our students decided to take part on it. They came up with Saman Dance for the performance 🙂 Way to go guys… and gals…. 😀

My first Game, Hit, Walk, and Strike Out after 3 years

Hi again dudes 🙂

A few weeks ago, just a few days after my arrival in Tokyo, I met this gentleman, Sennari-san. It was happening when I was having a problem with the TV remote control and the phone line in my room. That was the time when I decided to call the front desk, asking for help. So… Sennari-san came up and helped me with the remote and phone. While he was checking on the problematic gadgets, I was checking on him…. err…. no.. no.. wrong sentence!! :p hehehe… I was curious with his left hand since his pinky was wrapped up with bandages.

Well… as a kind and considerate human being… 😀 I asked him what happen to his hand. To my surprise, he told me that his finger was injured when he was playing baseball. Ehhh…. what a coincidence!! I was spending my days finding a person who plays baseball and here he was, standing in front of me. What a surprise!! I said 😀 After that we talked about his team and I asked him whether I can play in his team or not. And then… he gave me another surprised. He was actually looking for a player, especially players from European and American country. It seems to me that he is building an international team 😀 Way to go Senna-san!!!

Behold!!!…. wiku is back… :D

Hallo dudes… 😀

Wow.. its great to say hallo to you again after my long vacation from blogging. Well… as you all know, I was unable to get a good internet connection during the last three-four months. Thats the reason why I haven`t updated my blog for quite some time. But, lets forget about that for now. Because now, I can finally continue what I have left before.

During my long vacation from the internet… I have written quite a few posts to be uploaded into my blog after I get back. However… (usually, something started with however means bad news… 😥 )… I can`t access it for now 😦 This is because my hard disk, which I have brought from my country, can not be accessed with my laptop. Arghh.. I feel like throwing it into the garbage bin and burn it!!! Unfortunately/fortunately, I can`t do that 🙄 This is because today is Saturday, and harddisk (metal) dumping is on Wednesday at my place  hehehhehe….

Well… anyway, forget the corny joke 😀 I can`t access my harddisk because the SATA to USB converter which I got from Indonesia doesn`t seem to be compatible with the electricity in Tokyo (50 Hz/110 V)… sighh… 😦 Although the AC adapter did say that the voltage range is from 100 V to 240 V, still… it doesn`t work. The adapter kept giving me the strange noises like `enggggg… cekk….chekkk…. enggggg` 🙄 I don`t know whether I was cheated by the manufacturer, or the adapter itself was spoiled when I brought it from Indonesia. Anyway, the gist of this long and useless story is that I can`t upload my so called `prepared posts` for now. I think I have to go and look for another converter over here, or buy an external hard disk casing.

While waiting for the `prepared post`, I just want to greet you guys again with this post. Some of you may miss me, some of you may hate me, or some of you may even unaware of my very existence. But… nevertheless… it is my great honour to say that I`m back  I hope that this post will be the new starter point for my blog

ただいま。。。。。

Terribly sorry, dudes :(

Howdy ……

Wew, it has been three weeks since I update my blog 😦  So sorry guys. I am still working on something now. So, I am afraid that I can’t answer your comments nor posting articles for awhile. Well, at least for another two weeks until I finally settle down from all of my holiday trip 🙂

So…. farewell…. and wish me luck, will you? 😀