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#1227 – The Apprentice and Blue Clay

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The Apprentice

I just found out yesterday that the ninth series of The Apprentice UK was premiered last week with two back to back episodes. As usual, I love this UK version of the series because it is purely business; and I think this season is going to be another interesting season. Anyway, I am quite disappointed that Jaz was fired in the first episode though, even though I did understand the reason behind that decision and she was, indeed, jumping to be the project manager too soon.

Speaking of The Apprentice, the US version is going to have its season finale next week. This year’s season is an All Stars season where the contestants are previously contestants on the previous seasons of The Celebrity Apprentice. It was quite clear from the beginning though that Trace Adkins and Penn Jillette would likely to be the final two. And they were. About this season, I like the fact that they invited Omarosa back; but I was a bit disappointed that she was fired in week five. I think she should have stayed a bit longer as she made the show more interesting.

Back to Red Clay

Anyway, let us switch the topic to one of my favorites now, tennis. As Roland Garros is going to start in less than two weeks ( :shock: ), a lot of clay tennis tournaments have been played where the players are preparing themselves for this second grandslam tournament of the year. One of the biggest one was the Madrid Masters which was held last week. On the side note, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams showed their mastery on clay by winning the title there (defeating Stanislas Wawrinka and Maria Sharapova, respectively, in the final).

But this is now what I want to write here now. I want to make a comment on the color. Last year, I was really aesthetic to find out the organizer decided to make the debut of blue clay as the surface of the tournament. I found blue clay really refreshing and nice on the eyes. However, a lot of top (male) players (read: Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal) were against this blue clay and threatened to boycott the tournament this year if the tournament would still use blue clay. Facing pressure from all directions (including the ATP), the tournament decided to switch back to the traditional red clay for this year’s edition of the tournament.

IMO, it was an unfortunate fate to the blue clay though. This is because the players were against the blue clay last year because it was too slippery. So it had (to have) nothing to do with the color, in my opinion. But they are the players, who actually play on the court, so obviously they are more qualified to assess the situation than me. What I am saying is, to me, it is quite a shame that the color blue is gone from clay tournaments.

Serena Williams won her 50th singles title in Madrid in 2013 on red clay. Yes Serena, you are the number 1 tennis player in the world. Photo credit: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Europe

Serena Williams won her 50th singles title in Madrid in 2013 on red clay. Photo credit: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Europe

Venus Williams playing on blue clay. Photo credit: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Europe

Venus Williams playing on blue clay in Madrid in 2012. Photo credit: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Europe

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The Apprentice

Aku baru tahu kemarin bahwa seri kesembilan dari The Apprentice UK mulai tayang minggu lalu loh dengan dua episode berturutan. Seperti biasanya, aku suka banget dengan versi UK ini karena acaranya benar-benar murni bisnis; dan aku rasa musim ini akan menjadi musim yang menarik lagi. Anyway, aku sedikit kecewa sih Jaz dipecat di episode pertama, walaupun aku mengerti alasan di balik keputusan ini dan dia, memang, memilih untuk menjadi project manager terlalu cepat.

Ngomongin tentang The Apprentice, versi Amerikanya akan mencapai episode final minggu depan. Musim kali ini dari The Apprentice adalah musim All Stars dimana pesertanya adalah peserta dari musim-musim The Celebrity Apprentice yang sebelumnya. Sudah cukup jelas dari awal musim ini bahwa kemungkinan besar Trace Adkins and Penn Jillette akan menjadi dua kandidat terakhir. Dan mereka beneran menjadi dua kandidat terakhir. Tentang musim ini, aku senang sekali ketika mereka mengumumkan bahwa Omarosa akan diundang kembali; tetapi agak kecewa juga ketika ia dipecat di minggu kelima. Menurutku seharusnya ia dipertahankan agak lebih lama karena ia membuat acara ini lebih menarik.

Kembali ke Tanah Liat Merah

Anyway, mari berganti topik ke salah satu topik yang paling kufavoritkan nih, tenis. Karena Roland Garros akan dimulai dalam waktu kurang dari dua minggu ( :shock: ), banyak turnamen tenis di lapangan tanah liat telah diadakan dimana para pemain menggunakan turnamen-turnamen ini sebagai ajang pemanasan untuk mempersiapkan diri di turnamen grandslam kedua tahun ini. Salah satu turnamen terbesarnya adalah Madrid Masters yang diadakan minggu lalu. Catatan samping nih, Rafael Nadal dan Serena Williams menunjukkan kehebatan mereka di tanah liat dengan menjuarai turnamen Madrid itu (dengan mengalahkan Stanislas Wawrinka dan Maria Sharapova, berturutan, di final).

Tapi bukanlah ini yang ingin aku tulis sekarang. Aku hanya ingin membuat komentar mengenai warna. Tahun lalu, aku bahagia banget waktu mengetahui bahwa panitia turnamennya akan mulai menggunakan tanah liat berwarna biru di turnamen ini. Menurutku, tanah liat biru itu sangat menyegarkan dan enak di mata. Namun, banyak pemain top (putra) (baca: Novak Djokovic dan Rafael Nadal) amat menentang tanah liat biru ini dan mengancam akan memboikot turnamen ini tahun ini apabila turnamen masih menggunakan tanah liat biru. Menghadapi tekanan dari segala jurusan (termasuk ATP), turnamennya akhirnya memutuskan untuk kembali ke tanah liat merah tradisional di edisi tahun ini.

IMO, ini hanyalah nasib sial tanah liat biru sih. Ini karena para pemain top menentang tanah liat biru tahun lalu karena tanah liatnya itu terlalu licin. Jadi (seharusnya) tidak ada hubungannya dengan warnanya dong ya, menurutku sih. Tetapi mereka adalah para pemain tenis profesional, yang memang beneran bermain di lapangannya itu, sehingga tentu pendapat mereka lebih bisa dipercaya daripada pendapatku. Hanya saja, yang ingin aku katakan adalah, bagiku, agak sayang juga warna biru hilang dari turnamen tanah liat.

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#1197 – TAR and TCA

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Two of my favorite reality TV shows are back with their latest season. So here we go…

The Amazing Race (season 22)

The Amazing Race is back! And this season is really exciting because for the third time in the last four seasons, TAR is back to Indonesia! After visiting Yogyakarta in season 19, then Surabaya in season 21, now they visit Bali. And the Bali episode is this week’s (this Sunday’s) episode! :D

The Bali episode was, indeed, a very exciting episode though. Not only because it was in Bali, but also what actually happened on the race due to the twist. So, Jessica and John possessed an Express Pass because of winning the first leg in Bora-Bora (btw, I just knew from the race that Bora-Bora was actually a very beautiful place!). With this Express Pass, they could actually skip any one task they wanted. A nice advantage, no? Especially if they were in a neck to neck situation at the bottom of the pack.

And that was exactly the position they found themselves on in Bali. They were among the last teams in the race. In fact, they were the last team, but they did not realize that. So they were reluctant in using the Express Pass, and ended up not using it, and ended up being the last time to check in at the pit stop, and unfortunately it was an elimination leg. So they were eliminated, while still on possession of an unused Express Pass. Well, in a hindsight it was quite silly because they were numerous opportunities where they could exercise the Pass and moved ahead; especially the last roadblock where they could just skip it and go directly to the pit stop. Ay yey yey, and then they got eliminated.

In an interview they explained that they thought a team was behind them. So they decided not to use the Express Pass (and so they could save it for later use). Okay, then it was just the case of making the wrong decision. They risked it, and things did not work their way.

The Celebrity Apprentice (season 6)

The Celebrity Apprentice is also back with its sixth season (thirteenth so far for The Apprentice series). And this season is an “All-Star” season where the candidates are from the previous seasons. And guess what? Omarosa is back! Hahaha :lol: . Yess! I always love Omarosa. I mean, she knows how to make good TV. Okay, this is going to be an interesting season…

Btw, in this week’s episode, Omarosa was the project manager and she won! It was her first victory as a PM in the three seasons she participated in!

BAHASA INDONESIA

Dua dari acara TV reality show favoritku kembali dengan musim terbarunya mereka nih. Jadi, mari kita mulai saja…

The Amazing Race (musim 22)

The Amazing Race mulai tayang lagi! Dan musim ini adalah musim yang menarik loh karena untuk ketiga kalinya dari empat musim terakhir, TAR kembali berkunjung ke Indonesia! Setelah mengunjungi Yogyakarta di musim 19, lalu Surabaya di musim 21, kini mereka mengunjungi Bali. Nah, episode Bali ini adalah episode minggu ini (Minggu lalu) loh! :D

Episode Bali ini ternyata, memang, sebuah episode yang seru. Bukan hanya karena setting-nya di Bali sih, tetapi memang apa yang terjadi di race-nya akibat beberapa twist yang ada. Jadi, Jessica dan John memiliki sebuah Express Pass karena memenangi babak pertama di Bora-Bora (btw, aku baru tahu melalui acara ini loh bahwa Bora-Bora itu ternyata adalah tempat yang indah banget ya!). Dengan Express Pass ini, mereka berhak untuk melompati satu tugas apa pun yang mereka mau. Sebuah keuntungan yang lumayan banget kan? Apalagi kalau mereka berada dalam posisi kejar-kejaran yang ketat di belakang.

Dan inilah posisi mereka di Bali. Mereka adalah salah satu tim yang posisinya paling belakang. Malahan, mereka berada di posisi terakhir loh, tetapi mereka tidak menyadarinya. Jadilah mereka merasa ragu untuk menggunakan Express Pass atau tidak, dan akhirnya memutuskan untuk tidak memakainya, dan akhirnya beneran menjadi tim yang paling terakhir check-in di pit stop, dan malangnya babak ini adalah babak eliminasi. Jadilah mereka tereliminasi, dengan sebuah Express Pass yang tak terpakai di tangan mereka. Yah, melihat ke belakang sih ini agak konyol ya karena ada banyak kesempatan dimana mereka bisa menggunakan Pass itu dan memajukan posisi mereka; yang terbaik mungkin di roadblock yang merupakan tugas terakhir dimana mereka bisa melompatinya dan langsung masuk ke pit stop. Ay yey yey, dan akhirnya mereka beneran tereliminasi deh.

Di wawancara mereka menjelaskan bahwa mereka mengira ada satu tim yang berada di belakang mereka. Makanya mereka tidak menggunakan Express Pass itu (jadi kan bisa disimpan buat nanti-nanti). Oke, jadi ini hanyalah sebuah kasus salah mengambil keputusan yah. Mereka mengambil risiko, dan nasib tidak berpihak pada mereka.

The Celebrity Apprentice (musim 6)

The Celebrity Apprentice juga kembali loh dengan musim keenamnya (ketiga-belas untuk seri The Apprentice secara keseluruhan). Dan musim ini adalah musim “All-Star” dimana kandidatnya adalah kandidat-kandidat dari musim-musim yang lalu. Dan apa yang menarik? Omarosa kembali loh! Hahaha :lol: . Yess! Aku suka deh sama Omarosa. Maksudku, dia mengerti gitu bagaimana caranya membuat acara TV menjadi menarik. Oke, sepertinya musim ini akan menjadi musim yang seru juga…

Btw, di episode minggu ini, Omarosa menjadi project manager-nya dan ia menang! Ini adalah kemenangannya sebagai PM di tiga musim yang ia ikuti!

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#1188 – Surprise from “Friends”

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Friends has always been my favorite sitcom, ALWAYS! And this show, in my opinion, possesses one thing that is needed to be called a great TV-show, that a lot of others cannot even come close. To me, it is its simplicity and closeness to daily life that makes boredom never arise every time I re-watch any of its episodes. Even though I already know the story line and some of the jokes, they never get old! I still laugh at a lot of them, or at least smile :D .

Ten seasons were produced, and I have watched ALL of its 236 episodes. As I said, they never get old and sometimes I still like to re-watch some of them while having my breakfast or dinner at home :) . And that is what I also did yesterday while having my dinner; and then I found a surprise.

So last night I was watching the third episode of season 8, The One Where Rachel Tells Ross. To remind you a little bit, it is the episode where Rachel tells Ross she is pregnant and Monica and Chandler leave for their honeymoon. Then I got a surprise. Well, it was a surprise for me, at least; because there is good possibility that some of you already know the surprise so it is not really a surprise for you.

Anyway, so, I found out that there was a deleted scene in that episode!! :shock: And I got the chance to watch it for the first time!! :shock:  It was really exciting even though it was just a little over four minutes!! I mean, to be able to watch a “new” scene from Friends after all this time, it was like a Christmas present! Totally unexpected!

This scene was deleted because it involved Chandler joking with the security at the airport and this episode was to be aired about two weeks after 9/11 in 2001. In light of that, the director decided to replace the scene; and that is how we got the story line where Monica and Chandler are behind another couple who are also on their honeymoon and keep getting free luxurious stuffs while Monica and Chandler can’t because they are a little bit “too late”.

Btw, apparently this deleted scene is available on Youtube as well. So here we go, enjoy:

BAHASA INDONESIA

Friends adalah salah satu sitcom yang paling aku sukai. Dan acara TV ini, menurutku, memiliki satu karakteristik yang sangat dibutuhkan sebuah acara untuk dapat dibilang sebagai acara TV yang bagus banget, yang mana karakteristik ini sangat jarang sekali dimiliki oleh acara-acara TV lainnya. Bagiku, ini adalah kesederhanaannya dan kedekatannya dengan kehidupan sehari-hari sehingga tidak pernah muncul rasa bosan setiap kali aku menonton ulang episode-episodenya. Walaupun aku sudah tahu jalan ceritanya dan juga bercandaan-bercandaannya, mereka masih lucu loh! Aku masih bisa tertawa di banyak adegan, atau setidaknya tersenyum :D .

Sepuluh musim diproduksi, dan aku sudah menonton SEMUA episodenya yang berjumlah 236 itu. Dan seperti yang kubilang, nggak pernah bosan deh dan kadang-kadang aku suka menonton ulang beberapa episode sambil makan pagi atau makan malam di rumah :) . Dan inilah yang kulakukan kemarin ketika makan malam; yang mana kemudian aku mendapatkan sebuah kejutan.

Jadi, tadi malam aku menonton episode ketiga musim 8, The One Where Rachel Tells Ross. Untuk sedikit mengingatkan, ini adalah episode dimana Rachel memberi-tahu Ross bahwa ia hamil dan Monica dan Chandler berangkat ke acara bulan madu mereka. Lalu aku mendapatkan sebuah kejutan. Yah, ini adalah kejutan untukku sih, setidaknya ya; karena rasanya ada kemungkinan bahwa pada sudah tahu deh sama kejutan ini jadi ini bukanlah kejutan bagi yang sudah tahu dong ya.

Anyway, jadi, aku baru tahu bahwa ada adegan yang dihapus dong dari episode ini!! :shock: Dan aku mendapat kesempatan untuk menontonnya untuk pertama kalinya!! :shock:  Wah, rasanya seru banget walaupun adegannya cuma sekitar empat menit saja!! Maksudku, bisa menonton adegan “baru” dari Friends setelah selama ini, rasanya kayak mendapatkan hadiah Natal gitu! Benar-benar nggak disangka-sangka!

Adegan ini dihapus karena menceritakan tentang Chandler yang bercanda dengan petugas keamanan di bandara dan episode ini dijadwalkan untuk tayang dua minggu setelah peristiwa 9/11 di tahun 2001 itu. Untuk menghormati para korban 9/11, sutradaranya memutuskan untuk mengganti adegannya; dan inilah bagaimana kita akhirnya mendapatkan cerita dimana Monica dan Chandler berada di belakang pasangan lain yang juga lagi berbulan-madu dan terus mendapatkan hadiah-hadiah mewah sementara Monica dan Chandler tidak karena mereka sedikit “terlambat”.

Btw, ternyata adegan yang dihapus ini ada di Youtube juga loh. Aku taruh di atas ya, selamat menikmati.

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#1132 – Fall Season, Yay!

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No, I am not going to write about the weather or climate now. That topic is for later use when I have no other idea or inspiration to write :P , or when the weather or climate is really worth writing, huahaha :lol: . So, now that it is already October, I am excited for one thing (well, several actually ;) ): new seasons of several TV-shows (that I like, obviously) start!! Yay!!

Well, all of them premiered last week actually, and unfortunately I missed the premieres (except for one show) so I watched them a little bit with a delay. That is why I have been doing quite a catch-up marathon earlier this week. Only some episodes so it was not that much. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have had enough time as I am currently really busy at work, hahaha :lol: .

So, what are these shows? Well, actually, same old same old: How I Met Your Mother season 8, Two and A Half Men season 10, The Big Bang Theory season 6, and The Amazing Race season 21. As for South Park, well, I have been doing some marathons on its previous seasons, so I am taking it one episode at a time, hahaha.

Anyway, based on their premieres, in my opinion, How I Met Your Mother really stood out. I felt like it was being straight-forward in its premiere, which was a really good thing for me, that I got the impression we are really close to finally get the revelation of Ted’s wife identity. But well, we will see. Either way, I am good as this show is legen, wait for it, dary!! :D

TAR 21 also looks promising to me. The casts, so far, looked good (for a good show). I recognized one of them, Ryan, as being a former candidate on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, a spin-off show of The Apprentice. Beside, I heard some info a few months ago that this season of TAR visited Indonesia, again!! After visiting Yogyakarta two seasons ago (the first time the US version of TAR visited Indonesia), they were visiting Surabaya (and the surrounding, like Madura) this season.

So, yeah, I am really glad that now a lot of new episodes of TV shows are back on the wheel as it means: more entertainment! :)

BAHASA INDONESIA

Enggak kok, aku nggak akan menulis tentang cuaca atau iklim deh sekarang. Topik itu mah untuk nanti saja ketika aku nggak ada ide atau inspirasi untuk ditulis :P , atau untuk ketika memang cuaca dan iklim beneran pas penting untuk ditulis gitu, huahaha :lol: . Jadi, sekarang kan sudah bulan Oktober, aku excited akan satu hal (eh, beberapa sih sebenarnya ;) ): musim-musim baru dari beberapa acara TV (yang aku suka, tentunya) akhirnya mulai tayang juga!! Yay!!

Eh, sebenarnya semuanya mulai tayangnya minggu lalu sih, dan sayangnya aku kelewatan gitu (kecuali untuk satu acara) jadi ya aku menontonnya agak dengan delay gitu deh. Makanya awal minggu ini aku melakukan maraton kecil untuk mengejar ketertinggalan gitu. Toh hanya beberapa episode saja jadi nggak terlalu banyak. Kalau enggak, nggak cukup deh waktunya karena kan aku saat ini amat sibuk di kantor, hahaha :lol: .

Jadi, sebenarnya acara apa saja sih? Yah, sebenarnya ya same old same old aja kok: How I Met Your Mother musim 8, Two and A Half Men musim 10, The Big Bang Theory musim 6, dan The Amazing Race musim 21. Kalau South Park sih, hmm, sejauh ini aku baru melakukan maraton menonton beberapa episode musim-musim terdahulunya deh, jadi ya satu satu gitu, hahaha.

Anyway, berdasarkan premiernya, menurutku, How I Met Your Mother amat menonjol deh. Aku merasa episode pertamanya tanpa basa-basi dan tanpa ba bi bu, yang mana menurutku oke banget ya, sehingga aku mendapatkan impresi kalau kita ini sudah amat dekat untuk akhirnya mendapatkan pengungkapan identitas istrinya Ted. Ah, tapi kita lihat saja deh. Toh dekat atau tidak, aku juga nggak masalah karena acara ini kan legen, wait for it, dary!! :D

TAR 21 juga nampak cukup menjanjikan. Kontestannya, sejauh ini, nampak oke (untuk membuat acara TV yang seru). Aku mengenali salah satunya, Ryan, sebagai salah satu mantan kandidat acara The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, sebuah acara spin-off The Apprentice. Di samping itu, beberapa bulan yang lalu aku mendengar desas-desus kalau musim kali ini dari TAR mengunjungi Indonesia, lagi loh!! Setelah mengunjungi Yogyakarta dua musim lalu (pertama kalinya TAR versi Amerika berkunjung ke Indonesia), kini mereka mengunjungi Surabaya (dan sekitarnya, kayak Madura gitu) musim ini.

Jadi, ya gitu deh, senang deh rasanya banyak episode-episode baru dari TV show favoritku karena ini berarti: ada hiburan lebih banyak lagi! :)

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#1017 – New Week

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This week is sort of “special” in a few ways:

TV Shows Are Back!

Some of my favorite TV shows are back from their winter hiatus this week. This really excites me as it means that I have more options for entertainment now, haha :P How I Met Your Mother and Two and A Half Men have been back since last week though (but not airing this week :( ), but The Big Bang Theory is back this week. Ah, and not to forget, Desperate Housewives, hahaha :)

Back To Work

Normal weeks are back in TU Delft. All activities are back to normal in the campus starting this week, even though this week is the last week for all classes in TU Delft this quarter as next week will be the white week and the two weeks after that will be the exam weeks. This does not really affect me though as I am not taking any more classes, haha. Well, except that I have a part-time job as a student-assistant now which means that I have to handle two more classes (one tomorrow and another one on Friday, though on Friday I will only have to oversee an exam that will be held in my class). My tennis lesson this quarter will also end this week.

One Week Before the Australian Open

Well, well, I know, this is quite lame as the Australian Open will just start next week. But what is exciting about this week is that in a week like this, it is very fun to make a prediction for the tournament. This week shall provide the latest update for the tournament regarding the state and performance of each of the player. As for me, well, now it is still too soon to make a prediction. So, just wait for it! I will make one later on this week, probably by Saturday :)

Anyway, talking about Australian Open, there was a bad news yesterday. Venus Williams has announced her withdrawal from the tournament. She stated that she was not ready yet to return to competitive tennis (though she was very close to being ready). Well, though disappointing as it means that the women’s field just lost one strong contender (even though she is ranked #100 this week; but with the Williams sisters, ranking means nothing), this decision was quite foreseeable and understandable. Her decision to withdraw from Auckland, which was held last week, meant that she would not have had any competitive matches under her belt coming to the AO, if she had decided to play AO, since her withdrawal from the US Open in September 2011. This would not, obviously, sufficiently prepare her game for this big tournament, even for Williams’ standard. She stated in her website that she is still aiming to come back to the circuit in February; but I do hope that she will really be back by March in the tournament in Miami :) . We will see.

BAHASA INDONESIA

Minggu ini tuh “spesial” dalam beberapa arti loh:

Kembalinya Acara-Acara TV!

Beberapa acara TV favoritku akhirnya kembali dari hiatus musim dinginnya mereka. Ini membuatku bersemangat karena artinya jadi makin banyak deh pilihan hiburannya, haha :P How I Met Your Mother dan Two and A Half Men sudah mulai tayang dari minggu lalu sih sebenarnya (tapi minggu ini malah nggak tayang :( ), tapi The Big Bang Theory kan baru kembali minggu ini. Ah, dan juga satu lagi, Desperate Housewives, hahaha :)

Kembali Ke Kerjaan

Minggu-minggu normal kembali di TU Delft. Semua aktivitas kembali ke normal di kampus mulai minggu ini, walau sebenarnya minggu ini itu adalah minggu terakhir dari kegiatan belajar-mengajar kuarter ini di TU Delft sih soalnya minggu depan kan sudah minggu putih gitu dan dua minggu setelahnya adalah minggu ujian. Ini nggak terlalu berefek kepadaku sih soalnya kan aku nggak ngambil kelas lagi, haha. Ya, tapi karena aku ada kerjaan paruh waktu sebagai student assistant disini, jadilah artinya masih ada dua kelas yang harus aku pegang minggu ini (satu kelas besok ini dan satu lagi Jumat nanti, walau di kelas hari Jumat nanti aku cuma tinggal mengawasi ujian yang akan diadakan di kelas ini sih). Les tenisku kuarter ini juga akan berakhir minggu ini.

Satu Minggu Sebelum Australian Open

Ya ya ya, ini agak garing memang karena Australian Open kan baru mulainya minggu depan. Tapi yang menarik dengan minggu ini adalah di minggu kayak gini ini, kegiatan membuat prediksi turnamennya itu sangat menarik. Sepanjang minggu ini, update-update terbaru tentang kondisi dan performa masing-masing pemain juga seharusnya akan tersedia. Untukku, yah, kalau sekarang masih agak terlalu awal ya buat membuat prediksi. Jadi ditunggu aja deh! Aku akan menuliskan prediksiku di akhir minggu ini, mudah-mudahan sih sebelum Sabtu gitu ya :)

Ngomong-ngomong, ngomongin tentang Australian Open, ada berita buruk deh kemarin. Venus Williams mengumumkan ketidak-ikutsertaannya dalam turnamen ini. Ia menyatakan bahwa ia masih belum cukup siap untuk kembali ke tenis kompetitif (walau ia juga mengatakan sebenarnya ia sudah nyaris siap sih). Yah, walau mengecewakan karena ini berarti bagian putrinya kehilangan seorang pemain kuat (walau rankingnya hanya ranking 100 sih minggu ini; tapi ranking itu bukanlah indikasi apa-apa bagi Williams bersaudara deh), keputusan ini sebenarnya lumayan mudah terprediksi dan dapat dimaklumi. Keputusannya untuk mundur dari turnamen di Auckland, yang diadakan minggu lali, artinya ia jadi tidak memiliki persiapan pertandingan kompetitif sama sekali masuk ke AO, kalau ia masih ikutan AO ya, semenjak mundurnya ia dari US Open September 2011 lalu. Ini, jelaslah, bukan persiapan yang ideal untuk turnamen besar seperti ini, bahkan bagi standarnya Williams. Ia menyatakan di website-nya bahwa ia menargetkan untuk kembali bermain di sirkuit profesional Februari nanti sih; tapi aku sih berharapnya ia bakal sudah pulih lagi di bulan Maret nanti untuk berpartisipasi di turnamen di Miami :) . Yah, we will see deh.

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#1005 – Free Books, Dutch Course, and TV Shows

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Free Books

So, effective from last November, the library in my faculty was shut down because the university wanted to cut some expenses in this recession time. And apparently, they did not think that the existence of a library in my faculty was important enough to still be retained. Anyway, not that now we do not have library anymore in the university. No. We still have the one and only central library and I do not think TU Delft will ever even think of shutting down this central library – whose cony architecture has sort of become one symbol of TU Delft in a way. Btw, FYI, before this closure, there were five libraries in the whole university, kinda quite a lot, no? :D

Anyway, so, apparently they also did not have enough space to store all the books from the closed library. And guess what they did? Giving all the books and collections away for FREE to all students and staffs!! :shock: Well, of course not like they had staffs standing somewhere and giving random books away to random passing-by strangers. No. But interested students and staffs should come to the library in two predetermined sessions to pick up any books they liked. Also, to be fair to all students and staffs, each person could only take 10 books maximum. Plus, all people who came got free hot chocolate or coffee and some cookies, muahahahaha :lol:

See, a super rare golden opportunity, right??? And because they announced they would open two sessions (both were this week), one in Tuesday noon and another one in Thursday noon, last week I said to myself to come to the library on Tuesday noon. Of course: as early as possible as it was first-come-first-serve basis. So, the earlier you came, the wider array of available books you could take for free. And then, last Tuesday, I FORGOT to come by at the library!!!  Daammnn!!!! How could I do that?? But I calmed myself down saying it was still fine as there was still one more session on Thursday noon, even though it meant that the range of available books would have been reduced probably significantly.

So, this Thursday, I came to the library to pick up some books. I forced myself to not forget this one last opportunity, hahaha :) And of course because we were allowed to take maximum of 10 books, I planned to go back home with 10 books, muahahaha  . One thing, because this library was formerly my faculty’s library, the books they were giving away were also closely related to the faculty: they were books about mathematics, computer science, and electrical engineering; even though some magazines like National Geographic were also available. But of course I did not want to take the magazines as it seemed to be like wasting this opportunity if I only took magazines, right? hahaha :)

Anyway, after spending like one hour in the crowded library (it was, without question, a very popular event among students and staffs) and both my arms were killing me after carrying ten books of my choice (10 books were quite heavy! I tell you this!! Look at the picture below, the books were huge), I had finalized my choice of those ten books. As expected, some books that I was initially looking for had been taken away; but I still managed to get some good books though in my opinion.

End of Dutch Course

This Thursday my second level (Elementary II) Dutch Course also ended. Finally! It was quite a relief! Well, you know, I have been extremely busy this quarter, and now I am very happy that I am able to finish this Dutch course  – which I must say “very demanding” in term of time consumed – that I started. And I passed this level also, , which means that I can continue to the third level (Intermediate I).

If you asked me three months ago whether I planned to continue to the third level next semester or not, I probably would have said ‘yes’. However, now, after knowing how demanding it really is and how frustrating it is to have to prepare myself for the course while I am also extremely busy with other things from campus, which I should prioritize more than this Dutch course for now, I will answer ‘no’. I mean, I definitely really want to continue to the third level. However, I don’t think it will be wise for me to do that next semester, the semester where I must focus on my thesis, right? ;) So, I plan to take the third level probably after I graduate, hmmm.

The Amazing Race 19 and Young Apprentice

Anyway, earlier this week, the newest season of two of my most favorite reality shows came to an end. The Amazing Race 19 ended beautifully (for me) as my favorite team: Ernie and Cindy won the race. Quite a different story for Young Apprentice, I was not that excited to see the final as the two finalists were just okay for me. I mean, I still think Harry H. should have been in the final, even though I also think Zara deserved to be there as well (and she did). Anyway, after James’ and Zara’s performances in the final task, I think James should have won. He impressed me with his idea of the game he developed, which frankly I thought was trash at first, hahaha. But in the end, Lord Sugar picked Zara as the winner, hmmm.

Students picking free books at the old EWI library

Students picking free books at the old EWI library

Books that I picked from the library. I think I got some good books there...

A stack of books that I took this Thursday from the library. They were (as one) heavy!!

BAHASA INDONESIA

Buku Gratis

Jadi, efektif mulai November tahun lalu, perpustakaan di fakultasku resmi ditutup karena universitas ingin memotong beberapa pengeluaran di masa resesi ini. Dan ternyata, mereka merasa bahwa keberadaan perpustakaan di fakultasku itu tidaklah terlalu penting. Eh, tapi ini bukan berarti jadi nggak ada perpustakaan di kampus gitu ya. Enggak banget. Masih ada perpustakaan keren kok yang aku rasa nggak akan pernah deh terbesit pikiran di benak petinggi TU Delft untuk menutupnya: perpustakaan pusat (central library) – yang arsitektur kerucutnya telah menjadi salah satu simbol kebanggan TU Delft. Btw, FYI nih, sebelum penutupan ini, ada lima perpustakaan loh di kampus ini, lumayan banyak kan? :D

Ngomong-ngomong, ternyata, mereka juga tidak memiliki tempat untuk menampung buku-buku yang dulunya jadi koleksi perpustakaan yang ditutup ini. Dan lalu apa yang mereka lakukan? Yang mereka lakukan adalah: membagikan buku-buku dan koleksi-koleksi itu DENGAN GRATIS ke semua mahasiswa dan staff! :shock:   Yah, tentu saja ya bukan berarti terus mereka ada staff yang berdiri dimana gitu membagi-bagikan buku secara acak ke setiap orang yang lewat. Tentu tidak. Tapi, mahasiswa dan staff yang tertarik bisa datang ke perpustakaan itu pada dua sesi yang telah ditentukan untuk mengambil buku apa pun yang mereka suka. Dan juga, supaya adil bagi semua mahasiswa dan staff, setiap orang hanya boleh mengambil maksimal 10 buku aja. Plus, semua yang datang juga dikasih minuman coklat hangat atau kopi dan kue gratis loh, muahahahaha :lol:

Nah, ini beneran kesempatan emas yang super langka kan??? Dan karena mereka membuka dua sesi (dua-duanya minggu ini), satu di hari Selasa siang dan satunya di hari Kamis siang, minggu lalu aku berkata pada diriku untuk datang pas hari Selasanya. Tentu saja dong seawal mungkin soalnya sistemnya kan siapa-cepat-dia-dapat gitu. Jadi, kalau datang makin awal, pilihan buku yang tersedia juga makin luas dan banyak kan. Dan lalu, Selasa kemarin, aku LUPA dong buat mampir di perpustakaannya!!  Siaaaall!!!! Kok bisa sih kelupaan gitu?? Ah, tapi aku kemudian menenangkan diriku dengan berkata bahwa toh masih ada satu sesi lagi di hari Kamis, walau ini berarti pilihan buku yang tersedia tentunya bakal lebih sedikit sih.

Jadilah Kamis ini aku pergi ke perpustakaannya untuk mengambil beberapa buku. Tentu saja aku memaksa diriku untuk tidak melupakan kesempatan terakhir ini, hahaha :) Dan tentu saja karena kami hanya diperbolehkan mengambil maksimal 10 buku, aku berencana untuk tidak pulang sebelum mendapatkan 10 buku, muahahaha  O iya, dan karena perpustakaan ini dulunya perpustakaan fakultas, buku-buku yang ada juga buku-buku yang berhubungan dengan fakultas ya: seperti tentang matematika, ilmu komputer, dan teknik elektro; walau ada juga beberapa majalah kayak National Geographic gitu sih. Tapi aku nggak mau dong mengambil majalah kayak gitu. Rugi banget lah kalau kesempatan ini malah dipakai cuma buat mengambil majalah (yang harganya paling berapa doank), ya nggak? hahaha :)

Lalu, setelah menghabiskan waktu satu jam di perpustakaan yang ramai itu (pembagian buku ini, tentu saja, merupakan event yang sangat populer bagi mahasiswa dan staff) dan kedua lenganku sudah capek banget setelah membawa sepuluh buku (10 buku itu berat banget loh! Percaya deh!! Liat aja gambarnya di atas, bukunya gede-gede, hahaha :D ), akhirnya aku sudah memilah sepuluh buku pilihanku. Seperti yang sudah kuduga, beberapa buku yang aku incar sudah diambil orang lain; tapi aku masih mendapatkan beberapa buku yang bagus sih menurutku.

Akhir Kelas bahasa Belanda

Kamis ini, kelas bahasa Belanda level duaku (Elementary II) juga berakhir. Akhirnya!  Agak lega nih aku! Yah, tahulah, aku kan kuarter ini sudah sibuk banget gitu ya, dan tentu sekarang aku senang banget dong akhirnya aku berhasil menyelesaikan kelas bahasa Belanda ini – yang harus aku katakan “sangat demanding” dalam hal waktu yang harus aku alokasikan untuknya – yang aku mulai. Dan aku lulus loh, , yang artinya aku bisa melanjutkan ke level tiga (Intermediate I).

Kalau pada bertanya kepadaku tiga bulan lalu mengenai apakah aku berencana melajutkan ke level tiga semester depan atau tidak, mungkin aku akan menjawabnya dengan ‘ya’. Namun, sekarang, setelah bener-bener merasakan bagaimana demanding kursus ini dan bagaimana stress-nya untuk harus mempersiapkan diriku untuk kursus ini ketika aku juga sangat sibuk dengan hal-hal lain dari kampus, yang harus aku prioritaskan lebih tinggi daripada kelas bahasa Belanda ini untuk sekarang kan, aku akan menjawabnya dengan ‘tidak’. Maksudku, tentu saja aku sebenarnya ingin banget untuk langsung melanjutkan ke level tiga gitu ya. Namun, aku rasa bukanlah keputusan yang bijak andaikata aku langsung mengambilnya semester depan, semester dimana aku harus fokus kepada tesisku, ya kan? ;) Jadi, rencanaku sih aku akan mengambil level tiganya mungkin setelah lulus nanti deh, hmmm.

The Amazing Race 19 dan Young Apprentice

Anyway, awal minggu ini, musim terbaru dari dua reality show favoritku berakhir. The Amazing Race 19 berakhir dengan keren (untukku) karena tim favoritku, Ernie dan Cindy, menang. Agak berbeda dengan Young Apprentice, aku nggak terlalu bersemangat nonton finalnya karena aku kurang sreg dengan finalisnya. Maksudku, aku masih merasa Harry H. seharusnya masuk final deh, walau Zara juga lumayan berhak sih di final (dan dia memang masuk final). Ngomong-ngomong, setelah melihat performanya James dan Zara di final, aku rasa James-lah yang seharusnya menang. Ia membuatku kagum dengan idenya akan game yang ia kembangkan, yang awalnya aku kira idenya jelek banget tuh, hahaha. Eh, tapi akhirnya Lord Sugar malah memilih Zara sebagai pemenangnya, hmmm. Ya udah deh.

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#974 – Exam, Mayday, and Rain

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Oral Exam

On Thusday, I had an oral examination for one project I worked on last September. My teammate and I worked really hard in that project by (we think) covering more areas and discussions than required. In the end it all paid off though. We did well in the oral exam and we got good grades. I myself got a 9, a grade that is (based on my experience) extremely hard to get in TU Delft btw, haha :D :cool: . The thing that makes me even happier is that this course relates really close to my thesis project! :) I guess I am on the right track then! :cool:

Air Crash Investigation (Mayday)

As I mentioned this time, many new seasons of TV-shows were premiered this September, and one of them was a documentary show called Air Crash Investigation (Mayday). Well, actually this show did not really follow the “trend” though as the season was premiered back in August. But it doesn’t matter anyway.

Anyway, so, earlier this week I decided to watch the first episode of the eleventh season (the new season) of this show. The episode was about a quite recent airplane accident, the TAM Airlines flight 3054, which occurred in 2007 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Well, I will not make any comment about the accident here as that is not the reason why I am writing this now; but I really need to say something about the show itself.

Somehow, I felt (and still do) that this episode was (one of) the worst episode(s) ever!! I mean, it was not like an episode of a series that had been running for eleven seasons!! It seemed that they took a lot of (not just one! :shock: ) steps back in term of the quality of the documentary. Why do I say so? Glad you ask. Well, I have several reasons for that:

(1) The pace of the episode was quite off. Well, it was true that there was still a story that they followed, but they could have wrapped it up in a way that (some) causes of the accident were a mystery in the beginning. One (key) cause had been revealed since the beginning of the show, which was only one of the two reverse-thrusters worked on the plane. I think it would have been better if they kept this fact until mid-show. But anyway, this might not matter so much as me and the producer might have different ideas about it. So, let’s move on to the second problem:

(note: but don’t worry. Aerospace technicians have already thought about the (worst scenario for) reverse-thrusters. Actually, even with only one thrusters working, it would still not matter. This accident happened due to combination of many incidents that occurred at the same time, for example: rain, short and not-ideal runway for landing during rain, and also pilot error.)

(2) Too many disturbing unrealistic small details. By this, I mean some unrealistic details that they put on the episode. They were not necessarily wrong, but they were not realistic either. Okay, it might not be important for some, but they kinda bothered me :P . For example: it was super obvious that they shot the scene where the two (or more) investigators investigated the runway in a studio. However, to me, there were several disturbing details on the “runway”; and those were the runway markings. First of all, the markings did not look like real markings (there should be more “lines” involved); the “35 L” sign in the “runway” was definitely “too small” and did not look like the real one; and the “35 L” sign did not seem to line up with the center line of the runway! I mean, cmon, you could have done much better than that!

(3) And (to me) the worst one: too many (small) errors! Two of those:

- I think I heard the narrator saying: “… [the reverse thrusters] to initiate acceleration“. Reverse thrusters to initiate acceleration? :roll:

- In one of the final scenes where they illustrated how it looked from the cockpit during the accident, when the plane was overrunning the end of the runway, it was clear that the sign on the runway was 35 L. HOWEVER, it was also stated that the plane landed at runway 35 L, which meant that that sign on the other end of the runway (which the plane overran) should be 17 R, NOT 35 L!! I mean, cmon!

Well, there were other drawbacks like the actors, etc, but that is none of my concerns, hmmm. I really wish they would have done much better in the upcoming episodes…

Weather

These past two weeks until like three days ago, we had had wonderful weather here in the Netherlands. Well, “wonderful” in the standard of Dutch weather, this is important to note btw, :lol: . However, starting two days ago, it all turned around! :( Well, I do not mind the cold (or even snow actually; but at this point of the year, it would have been quite worrying if it snowed now though, haha :lol: ), but I absolutely hate the: RAIN!! :( I mean, I do not like rain as it means that I will be pretty much trapped indoors. When it is snowing, I still can do things outdoor as I will not get wet. But during rain, well, I will try to avoid being outside as much as I possibly can. And guess what, the forecast says that it will be raining during this weekend and it will continue until early next week. :( And this made me cancel my plan to go to Den Haag today :(

Well, I guess I have to say: “Good bye summer! See you next year.”

BAHASA INDONESIA

Ujian Lisan

Kamis lalu, aku ada satu ujian lisan tentang satu proyek yang aku kerjakan September lalu. Aku dan rekan setimku bener-bener mengerjakan tugas ini dengan kerja keras dan (kami rasa) kami meng-cover lebih banyak area dan pembahasan dari yang diminta. Akhirnya itu semua terbayar sih. Kami dapat hasil yang oke di ujian lisannya. Aku dapat 9 loh, sebuah nilai yang (berdasarkan pengalaman) susah sekali didapat di TU Delft, haha :D :cool: . Hal yang membuatku makin senang adalah kelas ini tuh berhubungan sangat erat dengan materi tesisku nanti! :) Aku rasa aku sudah berada di jalur yang benar deh! :cool:

Air Crash Investigation (Mayday)

Seperti yang aku sebutkan waktu ini, banyak musim baru dari acara-acara TV yang mulai tayang September kemarin, dan salah satunya adalah acara dokumenter berjudul Air Crash Investigation (Mayday). Eh, tapi sebenarnya acara ini nggak ngikutin “tren” itu sih soalnya penayangan episode barunya kan di bulan Agustus. Ah, tapi nggak masalah lah itu.

Jadi, beberapa hari yang lalu aku memutuskan untuk menonton episode pertama dari musim ke-sebelasnya (musim terbaru nih) dari acara ini. Materi episodenya adalah tentang sebuah kecelakaan pesawat yang cukup baru, yaitu kecelakaan TAM Airlines penerbangan 3054, yang terjadi tahun 2007 di Sao Paulo, Brazil. Aku nggak akan menulis apa pun tentang kecelakaannya karena bukan itu motivasiku menulis kali ini; tapi aku ingin menulis sedikit tentang acara dokumenternya itu sendiri deh.

Entah mengapa, aku (masih) merasa bahwa episode kali ini tuh (salah satu) episode terburuk yang pernah ada!! Maksudku, episode ini tuh nggak kayak episode sebuah acara yang sudah tayang sebelas musim gitu!! Sepertinya mereka mengalami banyak (nggak cuma sedikit! :shock: ) kemunduran deh dalam hal kualitas. Mengapa? Ya, aku ada beberapa alasan untuk itu:

(1) Alur episodenya agak kacau. Yah, memang benar sih masih ada semacam alur utama yang mereka ikuti, hanya saja aku merasa mereka sebenarnya bisa membuatnya lebih baik dengan cara membuat (beberapa) penyebab kecelakaan itu (masih) misteri di awal episode. Nah, ini malah satu penyebab (utama) kecelakaannya udah disebutkan di awal, yaitu hanya satu dari dua reverse-thrusters yang nggak rusak di pesawat itu. Padahal kan akan lebih seru kalau setidaknya info ini disimpan sampai pertengahan episode yah. Ya tapi ini nggak masalah juga sih, soalnya mungkin aku dan sutradaranya punya pendapat yang berbeda aja tentang hal ini. Jadi, mari kita berpindah ke poin berikutnya:

(note: jangan takut lah. Para teknisi penerbangan sudah memperkirakan (kemungkinan buruk) tentang reverse-thrusters itu koq. Sebenarnya walau cuma satu aja yang bekerja juga nggak masalah koq. Kecelakaan ini terjadi karena kombinasi banyak hal yg terjadi bersamaan, termasuk di antaranya hujan, landasan pacu bandara yg pendek dan tidak ideal untuk kondisi pendaratan di kala hujan, plus kesalahan di pihak pilotnya.)

(2) Terlalu banyak detail kecil yang nggak realistik. Maksudku dengan ini tuh detail-detail kecil tak realistis yang berada di episode itu gitu. Oke, memang mungkin detail ini nggak penting ya buat banyak orang, tapi koq bagiku tuh kesannya “mengganggu” aja gitu :P . Contohnya: jelas sekali adegan dimana dua (ato lebih) petugas investigasi menginvestigasi bandara itu direkam di dalam studio. Nah, disini ada beberapa detail tentang “landasan pacu”-nya yang mengganggu; dan semuanya terkait dengan marka-marka di landasan pacunya itu. Pertama-tama, marka-markanya itu nggak kayak marka yang sebenarnya gitu (harusnya ada lebih banyak dan “rame” garisnya); marka “35 L” di “landasan pacu”-nya itu juga kecil banget dan nggak kayak yang sebenarnya; dan marka “35 L” itu kayak posisinya miring gitu dari garis tengah landasan pacunya! Maksudku, ayolah, ini musim ke-11 gitu. Harusnya bisa jauh lebih baik dari ini lah!

(3) Dan (untukku) yang terburuk: terlalu banyak kesalahan-kesalahan (kecil)! Dua di antaranya:

- Aku dengar naratornya berkata: “… [the reverse thrusters] to initiate acceleration“. Reverse thrusters untuk memulai akselerasi? :roll:

- Di satu adegan akhir ketika mereka mengilustrasikan bagaimana kecelakaan ini terlihat dari kokpit ketika kecelakaan ini terjadi, ketika pesawatnya overrunning landasan pacunya, terlihat jelas marka di landasan pacunya itu 35 L. PADAHAL, disebutkan juga kalau pesawat itu mendaratnya di landasan pacu 35 L, yang artinya marka di ujung satunya dari landasan pacu itu (dimana pesawatnya overrunning) adalah 17 R kan, BUKAN 35 L!! Aduduh!

Yah, ada juga beberapa kekurangan lain kayak aktornya, dll. Tapi itu nggak penting lah untukku, hmm. Mudah-mudahan di episode berikutnya mereka lebih baik deh …

Cuaca

Anyway, dua minggu belakangan ini sampai sekitar tiga hari yang lalu, di Belanda cuacanya oke loh. Eh, “oke” untuk standar cuaca Belanda yah, ini penting untuk disebutkan, :lol: . Namun, mulai dua hari yang lalu, semuanya berubah deh! :( Yah, aku nggak masalah sih sama cuaca dingin (bahkan salju juga nggak papa deh; Eh, tapi kalo beneran bersalju di tanggal-tanggal sekarang ya serem juga ya, haha :lol: ), tapi aku bener-bener nggak suka sama yang namanya: HUJAN!! :( Maksudku, aku nggak suka hujan soalnya hujan berarti aku cuma bisa berdiam di dalam ruangan aja deh. Kalo bersalju, masih oke lah kalo mau keluar ruangan, kan nggak bakalan basah juga. Tapi kalo hujan, yah, aku akan mencoba untuk bertahan di dalam ruangan sejauh yang aku mampu deh. Dan ternyata saudara-saudara, menurut ramalan cuaca, di Belanda ini bakal hujan deh sepanjang wiken dan ini kemungkinan akan berlanjut sampai awal minggu depan. :( Ya udah akhirnya rencanaku ke Den Haag hari ini batal deh :( .

Sepertinya aku harus berkata: “Selamat tinggal musim panas! Sampai bertemu tahun depan.”

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