Who is Zilko?

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Zilko was born 24 years ago in the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He spent his first eighteen years of his life in his birthcity. Then, he moved to Bandung to continue his study in a college. He went to Parahyangan University, studying in the Department of Mathematics. Seven semesters later, he graduated and was entitled of the title Bachelor of Science in mathematics, with cum laude predicate. Four months later, he decided to leave the city of Bandung to move on with his life.

After graduating, he made a very big decision in his life, by taking an opportunity he had dreamed since he was a kid, and at that time the opportunity was widely open. He decided to take the Risk & Environmental Modelling scholarship that was awarded to him from Technische Universiteit Delft, in the Netherlands. Because of that, August 2010 was a historic month for him. He left Indonesia and moved to the Netherlands. It was the first time he ever stepped on the soil of Europe.

Two years later, in August 2012, he graduated from the Master programme from TU Delft, thus entitling him the titles ‘Ingenieur‘ (Ir) and Master of Science (M.Sc) in Applied Mathematics. He graduated from the Master programme also with cum laude predicate.

A few months before his Master graduation, he was offered an opportunity for a PhD position, also in TU Delft. He decided to grab it. Currently, he lives in the town of Delft, the Netherlands, to pursue his dream by conducting a PhD Research in the field of Applied Mathematics in TU Delft, under the Risk Analysis group.

Blogging

This blog is actually his second main blog. He has been blogging since March 2005, mainly in Blogger. In April 2011 he came to a decision to close his long-used Blogger blog. His motivation of moving can be read here. So, blogging is not really a new thing for him

His main purpose from blogging is to record his life. Even small unimportant moments, he wants to record them. So that those small piece of memories (and the big ones of course) are not faded away as time goes by. He also wants to share a bit his experience to the world. And all of that can be done through this blog.

BAHASA INDONESIA

Zilko dilahirkan 24 tahun yang lalu di kota Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Delapan belas tahun pertama hidupnya ia habiskan di kota kelahirannya itu. Lalu, ia berpindah ke kota Bandung untuk melanjutkan pendidikannya di jenjang perguruan tinggi. Ia berkuliah di Universitas Parahyangan, mengambil jurusan matematika. Tujuh semester kemudian, ia lulus dan berhak mendapatkan gelar Sarjana Sains dan lulus dengan predikat cum laude. Empat bulan kemudian, ia meninggalkan kota Bandung untuk meneruskan hidupnya.

Setelah lulus, ia mengambil keputusan yang sangat besar dalam hidupnya, mengambil sebuah kesempatan yang sudah ia impikan semenjak dahulu, dan waktu itu kesempatan itu terbuka sangat lebar. Ia memutuskan untuk menerima beasiswa penuh Risk & Environmental Modelling yang diberikan kepadanya oleh Technische Universiteit Delft, di Belanda. Maka dari itu, bulan Agustus 2010 adalah momen yang bersejarah baginya. Ia meninggalkan Indonesia dan berpindah ke Belanda. Waktu itu adalah kali pertamanya ia menginjakkan kaki di tanah Eropa.

Dua tahun kemudian, di bulan Agustus 2012, ia lulus dari program S2 di TU Delft sehingga ia berhak menyandang gelar ‘Ingenieur‘ (Ir) dan ‘Master of Science‘ (M.Sc) di bidang matematika terapan. Ia juga lulus dari program S2 ini dengan predikat cum laude.

Beberapa bulan sebelum ia lulus dari program S2, ia mendapatkan tawaran untuk sebuah posisi PhD (S3), juga di TU Delft. Ia memutuskan untuk mengambilnya. Saat ini, ia tinggal di kota kecil Delft, di Belanda, untuk mengejar impiannya dengan melakukan riset PhD (S3) di bidang Matematika Terapan di TU Delft, di bawah grup Risk Analysis.

Nge-blog

Blog ini sebenarnya blog utamanya yang kedua. Ia sudah nge-blog semenjak Maret 2005, terutama di Bloger. Di bulan April 2011, ia memutuskan untuk menutup blog Blogger lamanya yang telah dipakai selama enam tahun. Motivasinya bisa dibaca disini. Jadi, nge-blog bukanlah hal yang terlalu baru baginya

Tujuan utama dirinya nge-blog adalah untuk merekam jejak hidupnya. Momen-momen kecil yang kadang tidak penting, ingin ia rekam pula disini. Supaya momen-momen kecil itu (apalagi yang besar ) tidak terlupakan dan terhapus oleh roda waktu. Ia juga ingin sedikit berbagi pengalaman yang ia rasakan kepada dunia. Semua itu bisa ia lakukan melalui media blog ini.