The night before Maryanto went back to Singapore, we were playing words. There were six of us (I guess) who joined this conversation and I guess all of us were participating that night throwing quotes. In this entry I try to compile all of them into one long dictionary, so that later in the future if someone wants to refer to these quotes they are able to do so. Here it goes, enjoy.

@ 1:23 AM, Onee said:

Keep smilin’
Keep shinin’

Knowin’ you can always count on me
for sure
that’s what friends are for

For Good Times And bad times
I’ll be on your side forever more
That’s what friends are for

@ 1:24 AM, Onee said:

For Good Times And bad times
I’ll be on your side forever more
That’s what friends are for

@ 1:24 AM, Glen said:

good bye my friends, i know u’r gone but i can still feel u here

@ 1:26 AM, Onee said:

And I never thought I’d feel this way
And as far as I’m concerned
I’m glad I got the chance to say
That I do believe I love you

And if I should ever go away
Well then close your eyes and try
To feel the way we do today
And then if you can remember …

Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That’s what friends are for
For good times and bad times

I’ll be on your side forever more
That’s what friends are for

@ 1:24 AM, Glen said:

gotta keep it string before pain turns into fear

@ 1:29 AM, Onee said:

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
Ill come running to see you again.
Oh babe, dont you know that,
Winter spring summer or fall,
Hey now, all youve got to do is call.
Lord, Ill be there, yes I will.
Youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Aint it good to know youve got a friend.
Youve got a friend.

@ 1:29 AM, Maryanto said:

Finding a pearl in ocean might takes few weeks, Drilling a diamond in a cave might take months but Getting friends like you all cost me 20 years!!!

@ 1:29 AM, Peter said:

Friendship is just like a wine glass, If you hold it too hard it’ll break, if you hold it too loose it’s gonna fall down to the floor
If you hold it steadily along with love, you’ll know you wont waste a drop of it
just like friendship, you’ll never miss your friends’ love
So, farewell to My Dear Friend Maryanto
We shall meet sometimes just in the future,,

@ 1:29 AM, Maryanto said:

When I came here, I was lonely and without any friends. However, in a one and half year later, I found friends that I never used to have in my life. I think that is my best gift of this journey and trips…

@ 1:33 AM, Maryanto said:

Love is just like sands, cant hold it too tight or loose else it leave nothing in your hands

@ 1:34 AM, Peter said:

Probably you realize how little friends you have here in Melbourne
But one thing you probably dont realize yet is how much LOVE we share together for a past year or so

@ 1:36 AM, Onee said:

nothing can break us apart, but love will tighten our friendship

@ 1:37 AM, Maryanto said:

One of half years ago, I was questioning myself for what I had done
One of half years ago, I wasnt sure that I will get something that was special in my life..
One of half years ago, I couldnt see that I will be gifted such priceless thing in my life..
One of half years wasnt that short though to be here all along.. Thanks Friends!

@ 1:38 AM, Peter said:

Every final result for each semester probably is very important for us
What important the most, however, is how we share tears and sorrow JUST to achieve that
In the end, together we beat & wipe them all, enjoying every minute we spent along the process

@ 1:39 AM, Glen said:

we laugh and shed tears together
we are friends forever
no regrets to know you
coz u r a great friend and u know it too

@ 1:39 AM, Maryanto said:

A word “mama” took me 1 years to study, A word “dear lover” took me 18 years to learn, but a word “friends” took me 20 years to find it!!!

@ 1:40 AM, Dennis said:

we have to be happy
we shouldn’t be sad
because 1 of our friend
will face his new challenges in his life

@ 1:41 AM, Peter said:

If people out there think they know what is the meaning of friendship, then they should know that “The REAL FRIENDSHIP” does exist here is Melbourne City

@ 1:42 AM, Glen said:

why so sad?
this is not the end
we know that this good bye is bad

but one day we will meet again my friend

coz the good thing comes
when we meet again

@ 1:43 AM, Peter said:

God is just kind the way He is
He give us GOOD BYE, not to separate us
BUT instead giving us time just to realize how COOL we are if we are just together

@ 1:45 AM, Onee said:

di ladang ada sumur
di pasar ada tukang soto
kalo udah sampe singapur
kabarin kita2 yah maryanto !!!!

@ 1:46 AM, Peter said:

It’s not like we are to tear apart our journey book
Instead we are going to write more pages as we Meet again sometime in the future

@ 1:48 AM, Maryanto said:

Clock is ticking, Times are passing by. but here in melbourne, I hold it stop to share this moment to you all!

@ 1:49 AM, Maryanto said:

ada papi ada mami
klo mami masak pasti di dapor
hie teman jgn lupakan kami
jika engkau sudah jadi orang sukses di singapor

@ 1:52 AM, Onee said:

hari imlek bawa berkah
apalagi banyak ampaonya
taun 2012 maryanto nikah
kita tunggu aja undangannya

This is just a compilation of the quotes we had that night, so if you like them and planning to use it as an inspiration to make a new, the credit will go to all of us.

Love and Cheers From Melbourne

~Peter Suryaatmaja Foeng

Last week, I celebrated my 22nd Birthday. It was a total surprise, I have no idea at all, and a lot of funny things happened that day. This post will tell the story about what happened on 17/07/2009 and 18/07/2009. I’ll try to describe the story using section; as you guys read a bold heading across the entry that means another scene which separates the previous section to the next. The story is somehow going to be long enough, so you guys can grab a snack while reading the whole entry. I hope you guys enjoy the story and put some comments if necessary.

17-07-2009 (11.00 PM)

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It was the treat time. Cika completely lost the bet coz the final mark of Web Server and Web Technology of the four of us was less than hers. In my opinion this bet was kinda silly and aimed for silly people just like us; but anyway, I didn’t care as long as I got treated from her and my menu for that night was “Belgian Waffle” (topped with Banana and some hot chocolate). It is my favourite menu everytime I come to Max Brenner. So, we had agreed to come at around 11.00 PM and my plan was to spend that night with them (Maryanto, Cika, Onee, Dennis, and Glen) by having a little chit-chat just before my Birthday. I was dissapointed because by the time I arrived they didn’t have any spirits at all (just like they were going to die…no offense but it was true). I asked them why, but none of them giving me a satisfying answer. Again, I did’t care too much coz I was still aiming for Belgian Waffle so that other thing couldn’t distract me much. I took couple of shots of Maryanto for the scrapbook project (this is gonna be another story on another entry). There was no chit-chat at all there in my opinion and we were there for just around 15-20 minutes or so and Onee couldn’t stay long coz she needed to catch the train. So, Onee was going home and the rest was going home as well just after we took couples of shots (again they were for Mary’s scrapbook) in front of the state library.

18-07-2009 (00.00 AM to Midnight)

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At a second I thought I would be doomed that night, it was my birthday and everyone was going home and I was lonely and spending the rest of the night with my housemates. Glen told me he was going to my apartment to grab some files probably movies or games, so I waited for him to get ready in front of this apartment building. That night was damn cold with the wind blew at a moderate rate. While waiting for him, I took out my camera and produced some couple night shots and the result was very satisfying and I love all the photos that were taken that night; they are just beautiful though the noise level is somehow high (ISO 1600). Around 15 minutes or so, He was ready and We went to my apartment while having a very wierd chit-chat that night talking about Harry Potter the latest movie and some other stuffs. When I was just in front of the state library, Evan (my housemate) called me and asking where was I. This was the time when I noticed something fishy was going on. If you wanna know part of the phone conversations, I outline them just below (I just couldn’t remember the exact words but it is 90% similar. Anyway it is in Indonesia).

Evan: Pet, dimana loe?

Peter: Hah?? (bingung…) gw di depan Australia Post negh, 1 blok lage gw sampe koq. Knapa van?

Evan: Ngak gpp. ini koq gag ada sapa2x yagh dirumah? pada kemana semua yagh? taw ngak loe?

Peter: (lolz…?????? tambah bingung…soalnya harusnya ada Indra, Edwald, Yoko, and Kentung; masa mereka semua pergi…lagean setaw gw mereka gag ada rencana maw kemana2….????bingung) Wadugh, gw gag taw tuh van, gw soalnya kan pergi ke Max Brenner and tadi mereka masi ada koq di rumah. Emangnya loe sendiri darimana? bukan-nya loe jg udagh pulang tadi?

Evan: hah? Oh ngak, gw barusan pergi ke rumah temen and baru aja pulang trus liad gag ada orang di rumah.

Peter: (bingung lage….Evan pergi malem2 trus pas pulang gag ada orang di rumah, ikudan bingung ada apa sebenernya) Hmmm….gag taw gw mah van, nanti degh gw udagh deket negh udagh di lampu merah post office.

If you read the above conversation, you’ll know how fishy it sounds. Evan was home just before I went to Max B; when I went to Max B, he also went to his friends’ house and by the time he came back home, no one was there. That time I didn’t care much and still thinking “damn, I am gonna be doomed tonight”, but anyway I got a bottle of wine I just bought after I finished working so my plan was “Playing Ragnarok Online with the housemates and Enjoying the wine for celebrating my birthday”. I realized it was totally a very PATHETIC idea and silly of me.

18-07-2009 (~ 00.30 AM)

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Me and Glen arrived at my apartment. Again, I sighed…(lolz, becoz I was doomed). When I entered my apartment, it was very dark coz all the lights were turned off and there was a Birthday cake on the dining table. It was a total blast and didn’t care enough who brought me this cake but seconds later everyone was there including Onee (I thought she was going home coz she through the station already) and I was kinda blown away. Onee, Cika, Dennis, Glen, Yoko, Evan, Indrie and her sista, Edwald, Indra, and Maryanto was there, couldn’t say a word and I could throw away my silly idea of spending the night by playing RO and having a glass of wine.

18-07-2009 (00.30 AM till drop)

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The birthday cake is blackforest and everyone told me to make a wish before slicing it up. My wishes aree…..they are secret though xD. I sliced the cake and giving the 1st special slice to Onee for some reasons . I think the slices were just enough for everyone and I opened up the wine for everyone. Evan took couple of pictures of us altogether; again it was fun and it was a blast. The surprise didn’t stop there, they had another plan which to make me up so that I looked like Joker….this is very funny, I just couldn’t resist what they had done to me…I was looking the pictures from Evan’s camera, I was so ugly and thanks everyone for making me looked like that xD. I probably won’t upload the photos anyway…

Cika, Onee, Indrie and her sista decided to go home earlier than the rest of my friends,,,I thought they were having speaking exam the next day CMIIW. The make up was just wet anyway and I should get rid of them or otherwise the make up itself would be all over my bed that night. It took me 3 showers to actually get rid of the make up. The boys were playing magic with Yoko, while I was busy replying all the wishes from my facebook account.

Again, I’d like to thank everyone for taking part of throwing this surprise b’day for me. Last year, I was celebrating my birthday in Sydney; Sylvia, Enrico, and My sister Inge was also throwing me a surprise b’day; some of the pictures could be found here. Anyway, I’d also like to thank everyone for the b’day wishes and it wasn’t that meaningful without the wishes. Some of the photos from this 22nd B’Day surprise are still being processed because 90% are over exposed probably it’ll take some time to fix though.This is the end of this entry and hopefully whoever reads my story will enjoy it anyway; I know it’s a long story but writing this entry gives all the memory back again.

some random pics from the album:

Thanks everyone and Cheerz from Melbourne.

~Peter Suryaatmaja Foeng

Today, the result for semester 1 is released for all RMIT students including my program: Master of Computing (MC062). The result is as expected, except for 1 subject which I predicted to get “CREDIT (CR)” because I was blown away by the final exam. Previous semester (and now I can officially as my previous semester) I took four subjects, which were as following:

• Web Server and Web Technology (WSWT)
• Internet Industry Project (IIP)
• Web Services
• Document Markup Language (DML)

In this entry, I’ll make a recap on how I prepared the exam and the result I got for each of the subject. FYI, I have no exam for IIP (I won’t discuss this subject in this entry), so the marking is based on the project I’ve done for the whole semester.

Let’s start with DML. The exam format has been predicted coz my “head tutor” had told us merely the breakdown of the sections. The first section is multiple choice and the rest of the sections were “coding” type of questions. For the coding part I’ve prepared myself by doing a lot of exercise from the past exam or question from the internet. Basically what I’ve done is creating the schema for a given XML (XSD & DTD), creating a stylesheet to produce a particular result in the form of HTML from a particular XML, and practicing some xquery syntax and stuffs. I spent roughly “three days” from 1 o’clock till 9 o’clock in the evening to study in the computer lab; it was very tiring and I kinda forced myself a lil bit too hard for this. The reason being was 90% of the exam was “coding”, so the need to memorize some syntax is necessary because they don’t provide the documentation for us to see during the exam. I got “HD” for this subject. In my opinion, this subject is pretty easy and the assignment is a bit “too easy”. The first assignment can be done in 1 hour time and the second assignment can be done in roughly 6 hours (which was my working time) after they release it. The second assignment took longer because that time, I haven’t got basic understanding about stylesheet and stuff; so”Google” is my only best friend.

The second exam was WSWT. This exam was the hardest ever exam I have taken in my life. The exam format was simple: 50 multiple choice questions and some simple short answer questions for the second part. It seems easy but it was possible for a question to have multiple answers as well and for each question you answer wrong, you’ll have a penalty of 1 mark deduction. This was the trick and the idea was for us not to guess a random answer. I feared a lot already just before the exam. My mom said “I lose already before I’m actually go to the battle field”. The result was only “DI”, which is unexpected because I’ve predicted that I’ll get “CR” for this subject. I screwed the exam pretty bad and I know it by the time I left the exam room. The preparation was not good as well because the night before the actually exam I still levelled my creator in Ragnarok Online. I knew how screw this exam was going to be. But, getting “DI” is pleasently satisfying for me.

The last exam was Web Services. This exam was the last one for me and most of my friends had finished their exam earlier, so I’m kinda lazy already with the last but considering that my housemate, Evan, said that “his previous exam was pretty hard” I need to do enough preparation so that the result was not that bad. 3 days was enough because most of the stuffs was about memorizing and I only needed to gain a little understanding before I can expand it in the actually exam. For this exam, I got a lot of help from my friends explaining different concepts and ideas that might come up in the exam. Thanks to Maryanto for his explanation about “2-tier architecture” and Dennis & Evan for explanation about “Encryption and Web Security stuffs”. By the time I walked out from the exam room, I knew that 90% of the questions I got them correct and the rest are just two or three things which I was not sure about. The last day just before the exam, we studied together along with Glen and Ryan, pretty much we talked about other stuffs instead of discussing what might come up in the exam. “HD” is a sweet ending for this subject along with AUD $600 prize we (the team consists of me, Ryan, and Glen) got for presenting “the best Architecture solution” for the second assignment.

This semester exam was bitter sweet. For me there were sadness, madness, and happiness as well. I was sad because I didn’t do well in WSWT exam, I was mad because I kept on complaning why WSWT exam format should be like that, and I was happy because I’ve done extremely good in the other two exams beside WSWT. I couldn’t stop thanking God for His grace and bless so that this semester was done with a good closing at the end. I also couldn’t stop thanking my family and friends for all the supports during the exam period; it was a tight and hard but it didn’t stop me ever to stop working and pushing even more harder.

In the end, cheers to all of us. Let’s celebrate the day waiting for more surprises next semester.

Warm regards,

Peter Suryaatmaja Foeng~

The last couple of weeks in case you happened to read or hear from the news, the world is now facing a global pandemic of swine flu. It is shocking and terrifying because until now there is no cure to this disease just yet. The flu is known to be originated from Mexico, but in my opinion the validity of this fact has not been confirmed as the disease is spreading too fast in reality. Australia is also facing the reality that large numbers of people who reside here have been infected with this disease. How is it growing? Is it true that now Australia is dangerous country to visit? or this is just a rumour? I’m no expert at describing how the situation is really happening here but I’ll try to share what I’ve read and heard from our local news, in case that there is a mistake please do correct it by posting your comment.

Singapore is the first country to give a travel warning to its citizen for coming to Australia. This fact states that it is already not safe to travel to Australia. I don’t what really happens in another state of Australia, but in Victoria the case is growing quiet fastly. Another states such as New South Wales (NSW), Brisbane, etc once gave a warning not to travel to any part of Victoria. At this point, I don’t have any idea whether it is really safe to travel to Victoria, however if you decide to travel to Australia you just need to believe nothing bad is going to happen; you don’t have to be panicking. I can’t deny the fact that thousands of people are now infected and several deaths caused by this swine flu have been confirmed. In my opinion, you don’t to worry and you can still enjoy your winter holiday here in Victoria.

You guys, probably wondering what on earth I am daring to say this. Well, again I am no expert to any of this medical thing; one thing for sure that I know ’swine flu’ is just another type of flu just like ‘bird flu’ (well yeah, logically speaking the name says what the disease is or otherwise the name wouldn’t be flu). I know that you guys roughly know what to do in order not to get caught in flu.

Stay healthy all the time!

Some of us are in holiday or semester break period, the temptation not to sleep early is very strong coz usually we got no time to do activity beyond the normal sleeping time, some of us have lecture/school in the morning or afternoon; but now we do have more time. Sleeping “in the morning” could affect our immunity system to flu, we are more susceptible to flu that way. To prevent such thing to happen, drinking Vitamin C beverages surely help (I am no expert but experience does not lie). Sleep earlier whenever possible. To those in winter season, check your daily outfit; I don’t think tripel-ing your clothes at this period would do you any harm rather than getting yourself cold.

The point is in my opinion is safe to travel to Australia regarding the fact as I have mentioned above (thousands are infected and couples death are confirmed). You have to stay alert and stay healthly all the time! You know what to do, the same thing here. People don’t need to worry; the world is suffering and better yet medical scientists are working to find “a perfect cure” to this disease and it’s about time before they find it out.

p.s: in case you want to confirm what I’ve written please do post a comment and I’d gladly make necessary changes

Happy Holiday and Cheerz from Melbourne,,,