After Singapore

I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more

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  • Long Weekends Finale: Singapore Trip

    Long Weekends Finale: Singapore Trip

    This is the finale of the long weekends series. As a summary, my last few weekends were quite eventful, and this last trip(s) should end the saga. Prolog It all started back on Sunday morning, 9th of January 2022. It was just a regular Sunday, with me checking my personal e-mails. A surprise e-mail came…

  • Long Weekends Part 5: Pocari Sweat Run

    Long Weekends Part 5: Pocari Sweat Run

    I woke up probably 4AM in the morning. Having prepared everything the day before, it didn’t much of hassle for me before A picked me up at 4.45. A and his wife D drove a car, picked me up in front of my housing complex, and drove us to the Pocari Sweat Run venue. This…

  • Long Weekends Part 4: Pesantren

    Long Weekends Part 4: Pesantren

    My wife drove me to UNPAR that morning. We stopped at McD for me to buy a quick and easy breakfast, and I arrived at UNPAR at 6.30. Some students and other lecturers from International Relations department arrived one by one. This was a Program Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat (some kind of corporate social responsibility) headed…

  • Long Weekends part 3: FLS2N, Family, and Diocese Time

    Long Weekends part 3: FLS2N, Family, and Diocese Time

    Next event was the FLS2N SMK (Festival dan Lomba Seni Siswa Nasional Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan, Art Competition and Festival for Vocational Students). I spent morning time still in Harris Hotel, since I had to participate in student’s defence online. Had a team meeting on lunchtime, then headed to Bogor station for Jakarta-bound commuter line, followed…

  • Long Weekends part 2: NSDC

    Long Weekends part 2: NSDC

    Read part 1 here. A few days before, I made appointment with my former students, W, to meet. He worked in BSD so it was a good chance to meet. Since I had to travel again to Bogor later that week, I asked W to visit us for breakfast in the hotel. We had a…

  • Long Weekends part 1: LDBI

    Long Weekends part 1: LDBI

    It all started on end of June. I and team were responsible for the submission system for national high school students debating championship, which required us to stay in a hotel with the other committees. We were responsible both for the LDBI (Lomba Debat Bahasa Indonesia) and NSDC (National School Debating Championship) competition. The submission…

  • Off-The-Grid Wedding

    Off-The-Grid Wedding

    Saturday morning, I with my family drove to Jakarta. I was about to attend an on-site wedding of a cousin that day. The wedding involves the Tea Pai, a ceremony where the newly wed present cup of tea for their elders. Since my dad decided not to attend the ceremony due to COVID-19 precautions, I…

  • Vocational Schools Art Festival

    Vocational Schools Art Festival

    The Indonesian education ministry has this department called Pusat Prestasi Nasional (Puspresnas, National Achievement Center) that holds various competitions for students in Indonesia. One of their program is the FLS2N SMK (Festival dan Lomba Seni Siswa Nasional untuk Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan). It roughly translates to Art Competition and Festival for Vocational High Schools, though during…

  • Catholicer Seminar Trip

    Time has changed. It has been a long time since I last wrote a longer story (How are you? Have you been reading longer blog posts, lately?). Anyway, I share here my journey to Jakarta, to attend a seminar held by Catholicer, an organization that promotes fusion of technology and Catholic. My department, Teknik Informatika,…

  • Bali Back to Back

    Bali Back to Back

    I had a chance to visit Bali twice within a few months. Lebaran Family Trip First was during the Lebaran holiday, in which I can absolutely say no to all my work. With my wife, son, and mom-in-law, we spent 4 days of colorful vacation in Bali. Considering our 23 months old boy Desmond, we…