English Bulldog

I want to have a dog so badly, particularly an English Bulldog. Those weird face along with those wrinkles are so adorable. I find their behaviour very amusing too. I need a dog that is not so active, looks funny and not so big. That’s so English Bulldog.

I asked about how much does it cost to have one as my pet. That was at a pet shop. They said it could cost Rp. 30 million. Wow! I’ve heard once or twice that English Bulldog is quite expensive, but I’d never expect that it could cost that much. How can I spend that serious amount of money on a dog? If I have those money, I’d buy a house instead. LOL

Well, maybe that price is labeled to those champion ones. I don’t really need that kind of English Bulldog. I won’t enroll them in a competition or something like that, so I hope I can get an English Bulldog with less quality and (of course) less price.

Anyone want to sell a Bulldog (or give me one for free)?

Happy Valentine and Chinese New Year

Happy Valentine’s day and happy Chinese new year for those who celebrate…

Annoying Calls from A Learning Institution

About a year ago, I contacted a learning institution in Bandung to ask about a class that I wished to attend. As I expected, they gave me everything that I need to know (and also every kind of promotion that they had). At the end of the conversation, they asked me my phone number. Although I was hesitated, I gave them the number.

Lately, I realized that my hesitation came true. At least once a month, I kept receiving calls from the learning institution asking me whether I want to enroll their upcoming class or not. “No, thanks”, I said once, twice, the third times and so on and so forth. No matter what reason I gave them, they kept calling me to ask the particular question. Although they only asked about the particular class that I asked them before, I still think that they were way too aggressive.

Driven by the boredom for their calls, I told them that I’m not in Bandung anymore. I had moved to another city, and there is too little chance that I would come back to Bandung. At that time, I was called by a woman. Two or three days later, I received the same call, but from a different person. My answer handn’t changed.

I’ve been wondering, if they have a database about future enrollers (phone numbers and class that one wished to enroll), why don’t they have a data that tells them about “answers record”? If they have that kind of database, I think they won’t have to bother calling everyone repetitively. Won’t that save them some money from the reduced calls? Or maybe, they do have the database, but they have some kind of “aggression standard” in their place so that the most aggressive callers will be given a reward? I know that they need to keep people coming, but isn’t there any better way to do that? That’s really annoying.

Chapter III

Well, here I am now, on the 3rd chapter of my theses. This time, I need my programming skills. It has been evaporated a while ago, but since I happened to teach some scripts in the recent days, I thought I’ve gained my confidence back in me. Although the programming language is somewhat new to me, I think it is just a matter of time for me to cope all that up. I need to be as positive as I can be.

Okay then, since this is the new phase, I need to make some preparation, beginning with choosing the right programming language for me. At the moment I have two candidates on hand, WEKA and Java, but I think I’ll choose Java instead (at least, for now). I don’t like to call for help from others (since others might not like to be called for help as well), so this might be a tough one to deal with. Well, at least I have Google to help me with. I think that’s enough for now…

Chapter II

I met my lecturer this afternoon to discuss my theses. I thought I could ask something that I couldn’t understand about my topic, but apparently, he said that I’ve completed chapter II. Then I hesitated to ask. LOL. Actually I’ve got to add some minor things, but oh well.. Here I am now. Slowly but surely, I step up. Hopefully, I can speed up so that I can finish sooner rather than later.

For now, I think that I can have a coffee break. My head is very heavy, maybe because the accumulation of stress and lack of sleep recently. Maybe tomorrow I can continue the work. Hopefully, I will step a lot further tomorrow. Hopefully…

Happy New Year 2010

Happy New Year 2010.

May all our dreams come true this year and may all of us will always be blessed.

Good Bye, Gus Dur…

My deepest condolences to a person that acted as a leader that unite all of the differences and also the 4th President of  the Republic of Indonesia, Gus Dur. May all of his thougths and dedication be inspired by every single person in the world, and may his soul rests in peace.

Relearning High Shool Subjects

For the sake of my theses, I got to relearn basic mathematical and physical equations such as matrices and vectors. Searching through the Internet, turns out those lessons are available in high school curriculum. But of course… Lame.

I might need those in the advance. I won’t write them in my report, but only to support my knowledge so that I can provide logical answers whenever anyone asks me to defend my research. Such basic knowledge certainly will strengthen the foundation, and if I’m lucky enough, I can modify one or two equations to develop the research.

So I thought, why need to be discouraged to relearn such high school subjects? Every subject is related one another in math and physics, so there’s no way I can fix advanced equations without knowing the basic ones. Right? So, do I need to call my high school teacher now? Where is he now, I wonder?

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

May peace be with us all

Amen

Exhausted…

I feel very exhausted in the last couple of days. Maybe that’s because I don’t have enough time to sleep. Moreover, I have to do things that demand more energy than I used to be. Such a pity indeed, but I think I really need to deal with my stamina. How can I get so spirited without having enough time to sleep? Can fruits and morning exercises help? Well, I don’t think so. I tried those methods already. Maybe I should give more time to sleep.

Someone told me that he can sleep at maximum of 4 hours a day. To make things more unbelievable, he has done it for years! Wow. He said it’s just a matter of habit. Well, I’ve tried as good as I could, but I always felt like I got someone knocking my head with a hammer all the time. Should I try more seriously? Hmmm… Well, maybe time management is the answer. I must get enough sleep, but also get enough time to do all my work. I got to do everything efficiently. Maybe that’s what I’m going to do from now on…