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I will be (at last officially) on hiatus this summer.

I will go for a trip and it is very unlikely that I will have the chance to post here. I will do so if I can, but in the mean time, until next time! (unintentional rhyme)

After a few sleepless nights (few? yes! see the title, please), here I am, again in the nearest cyber cafe from my studio at Thessaloniki, Greece. I have just submitted an assignment very close to the deadline. What’s more is that the assignment is the only assignment of the module, and the module is a coursework module. So, to cut this unintelligible story short, to pass the module I would have to succeed in doing the assignment, the only assignment. See the importance of this assignment? Continue reading →

Well, here I am, in Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονικη), Greece. I am tempted to write some more Greek letters, but not now (not that I know how to do it).

I am writing this from a lavish Internet cafe (very comfortable chair!) down at Egnatia street since I can’t get access to the Internet from my studio. After spending two nights here, first few impressions of this city are: vandalism, big (wild?) dogs, and small studio. More details and other first impressions after the jump. Continue reading →

Update: Some of pictures are now available, if you want more, please comment

• Bus ticket to Reading Station from Whiteknights bus stop: £1.50
• 5 days return ticket Reading-London-Reading (with Young Person Railcard): £13.80
• 2 1-day travelcards (off peak, with Young Person Railcard): £9.60
• 1 night for 4 bed en-suite room (2 bunk beds) at Piccadilly Backpacker Hostel: £28
• London souvenirs (I shouldn’t tell this, but…): £5.98 in total
• Admission ticket for London Walks: Jack The Ripper Haunts (student price): £5
• Bus ticket to Sports Park, The University of Reading from Reading Station: £1.50

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Kind readers, sorry for not updating this blog for quite some time now. So without further ado, here is a quick recap about what I have done in UK. Continue reading →

I know it’s a little bit late. But I guess it’s better late than never.

On Thursday night, after iftar on The University of Reading’s Muslim Centre, I was told that there was a possibility to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday. Because not all of us agreed about what day we should celebrate the Eid, I decided to have my sahur the next morning and come to the centre (look, I’m using British spelling here!) to see if there’s an Eid prayer there. And guess what, there was an Eid prayer. Continue reading →

To sum up my first week at Reading, UK, I’ll give you the highlights:

• Enjoying night life (involving bollywood dancing and alcohol)
• Met a Minister
• Had an injection
• Lost in the town centre, lost in the town suburb
• Fire

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After a series of goodbyes and see-you-agains, I want to share a bit of my next journey. I am selected as an Erasmus Mundus scholarship awardee in the MSc in Network and e-Business Centred Computing MSc in Network and e-Business Centred Computing (new website) program. Excited, is a feeling I am currently having. Nervous and scared a bit, since this journey I will be having is on the other side of the globe. But I want this, I want to make myself more “global”, and God gave me this.

In this program, I will study in three universities, namely:

• University of Reading, United Kingdom
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain

A journey recorded in the Internet of a previous student of this program can be found in http://europeadventure.ca. He is a Canadian he seems to be a great programmer and student (managed to be at the top of his class). I am an Indonesian and forgetting how to code. But I’ll take my chances.

Now, I’m packed and ready to go (OK, not perfectly, but just a little bit more preparation). So, kind readers, see you from the other side of the globe (actually, other third of the globe, but that’s if you really have to know).

My first ever motor vehicle. I used this motor cycle for only a year or so. For a year, traveling 3733.8 km is not far, but I enjoyed it. And yet it’s time to let it go. Thanks for accompanying me. My favorite moments including: a late ride (at around midnight) through Pasupati by myself, sometime closing my eyes (for a brief moment, it’s scary).

I have a home in Bandung, at Jl Cisitu Indah IV/20. For a little more than six years I live there, but now, it’s time to say:

Goodbye, and see you all again