The Sun and The Moon

I’ve been listening to two singers lately. With a special reason that I don’t want to share.

The Sun

This singer is truly awesome. Not only singer, but also a great music writer. I like his name, which is a bit conservative, but deeply meaningful. His name means the rising of the sun. The appearance of hope.

He is, no other than, Katon Bagaskara.

The Moon

Often called as the pair of the sun, moon symbolizes beauty, and light in the darkness of no-sun state. This band possesses the other name of the moon. Visibly mellow, with distinguished voice of its vocalist. Beautiful songs, strike-to-the-point messages.

I present to you, La Luna.

Tempat Istimewa

Apa tempat yang paling istimewa menurutmu?

Tempat sampah. Dipenuhi dengan kertas kusut, makanan busuk, kondom bekas, muntahan bau, dan plastik sobek, tapi tetap diam dan tak pernah mengeluh.

Attending the 3rd IWA-ASPIRE Conference

The 3rd IWA-ASPIRE Conference

Taipei International Convention Centre [TICC], Oct 18-22

Day 1: Welcome Reception; Taipei Water Park

Day 2: Opening Ceremony and Conference; TICC

Day 3: Conference; TICC

Day 4: Conference; TICC

Day 4: Gala Dinner; The Grand Hotel Taipei

Am I Okay?

Someone said to me, not far from now:

You are not okay. Your body is telling you that you are definitely not in a good condition.

Thanks. I need to remind myself.

Miss Purple’s Box: Desperation

Do you ever feel depressed?? Why is it so easy to you to give such an advice to people?

—XY, somewhere over the rainbow

Hey, of course I ever feel in such desperation. That is the art of being human. Or I might add, the art of being women. Women remember every single thing. Every single pain. And that really devastating, in the wrong time. I am not the one who are free from every stressful moment. Absolutely not.

I am good in deviating. I mean, as a woman, every single impulse coming in my head, it will effect almost everything [see how this is very different for men]. And truly, I am easily irritated. To overcome such emotional explosion – whether it is euphoria or despair- I need to think of something else. Seek an ordinary thing to keep the euphoria, or find  a solace to cheer up myself.

Like what I am doing now. Writing. Hide in the middle of the coming dawn. Just to comfort my mind. I am not giving advice to people, I simply answer what they asked. And listen. Not just to hear. That is the hardest part.

And at this very moment, I need someone to console me.

When I now the story will be a fairy tale. And I get to live within it.

Quod me non necat, me confirmat,
Miss Purple
(misspurplesbox@gmail.com)

what did i do in these past few days?

A bit lazy to write. Oh well, not lazy, I’m just too tired, and no idea jumped out of my head. Or my mind had been occupied nastily by several lab analyses.

So I had to do analyses for a certain chemical concentration measurement [even if I tell you, you might not understand ]. Before that, I needed to obtain a permission to operate the instrument I used, which is, IC [Ion Chromatography]. A permission is given when you pass the instrument operation test. Okay, and I passed .

Next step is the analysis. It is pretty simple, oh well don’t believe me too much hahaha. We just need to be extra careful in the operation. And not to mention to be passion also. So, each [EACH] sample needs roughly 23 minutes to be completely analyzed. And I had been ordered to analyze 25 samples, done in duplicates mean 50 samples. Plus 9 calibration standard solutions it became 59. And obligation to use DI water before and after the samples finally made the total of 61.

So, 61 times 23 minutes equals to 1403 minutes, that is approximately 24 hours. It is nice to be in the lab all the night you know . Oh well, I can really enjoy it now.

Other analyses needed to be performed, so I have been spending much time in the lab lately. Making term paper, planning the experiments, talking with lab mates, Skype-ing with friends. Awesome.

I love to be here!

Hemat Listrik

Tadi malam [tadi pagi tepatnya], sebelum tidur, saya memperhatikan kebiasaan saya di dorm. Ini adalah hal-hal yang paling sering saya lakukan sebelum tidur: memperhatikan siapa yang masih online di messenger list, sign out messenger, ke kamar mandi, mematikan laptop, mematikan switch stop kontak di bawah meja, mematikan lampu meja.

Tidak ada yang istimewa. Tapi jujur, saya senang dengan kebiasaan saya mematikan peralatan elektronik sebelum tidur. Kenapa? Karena meski cuma sedikit, saya berhemat listrik.

Sebenarnya itu sudah kebiasaan di rumah, untuk mematikan segala peralatan elektronik bila tidak digunakan. Ayah dan ibu di rumah seringkali menegur saya, karena saya ini memang pada dasarnya kalau sudah tidak peduli, jadi pelupa. Misalnya, saya suka nonton DVD [Conan the series terutama], dan ketika saya capek menonton, ingin tidur, tapi masih ingin melanjutkan untuk menonton, saya sering tidak mematikan televisi dan dvd player-nya secara total, alias hanya menekan tombol stop pada remote. Dan inilah yang dikatakan ayah dan ibu,”Mbok ya kalo dvd-ne ra ditonton tivi karo player-e dipateni to ndhuk, eman-eman listrike.” Yang kalau diterjemahkan kira-kira: kalau dvd-nya tidak ditonton, televisi dan playernya dimatikan ya nak, daripada listriknya terbuang percuma.

Begitulah. Di rumah, segala peralatan elektronik yang tidak dipakai selalu dimatikan. Di saat tidur, lampu yang menyala hanya lampu di luar rumah. Terakhir saya pulang, dengan kebiasaan online dan online, ayah dan ibu juga berkomentar,”Nek ora dinggo ki dipateni to ya.”, yang intinya menegur saya untuk mematikan semua peralatan listrik jika tidak dipakai.

Ketika mengamati daftar messenger saya tadi malam, saya memperhatikan satu pola yang sama [terutama untuk sesama teman di sini, di NTUST, atau juga teman-teman yang berada di luar negeri dan sekolah]. Tidur atau pergi pun tidak mematikan messenger, dan artinya tidak mematikan laptop/komputer. Jelas-jelas di statusnya ditulis tidur, take a rest, pergi. Jelas-jelas idle for 5 hours, 10 hours. Tidakkah kita sempat mematikannya jika tidak dipakai? Ada saatnya saya lupa mematikan laptop atau komputer, tapi tidak sampai segitunya tidur pun tetap dinyalakan. Due to the matter of what? self-pride?

Come on. Wake up, friends. We live in the world with limited energy resources. Let us start with something simple.

Yuk, sama-sama hemat listrik