DONCASTER 47 Base Camp...

Thank God for Doncaster 47 Base Camp...

From RANTHERxtra...My Story

No matter how efficient you thought the arrangements were made between UNSW, AusAID, and "their contractor" ADS in Jakarta, I managed to arrive in Sydney with no place to stay.

In comes the friends from Doncaster 47 Base Camp...(Anton, Irfan, Andika). I was invited to stay there temporarily...I almost overstayed my welcome staying there for a month.

Now the Base Camp has a new interior with a new Base Camp manager, Aji

UNSW AusAID-INDO BBQ Winter 08

Yes....it's that time again when AusAID Scholarship Recipients from Indonesia at UNSW gathers to have a social BBQ. The event is also held to "officially-sort of" welcome new students to UNSW. The date: Saturday, 30 August 2008 and the location: Coogee Beach.

It started well with Valen, Arif, Mike and myself arriving early (around 9 AM) at the beach to reserve the BBQ place for our group. Around 15 minutes later came the Doncaster team: Aji, Adhi, Zahid and Didi (guest from Timor Leste)

Where's the meat???
Silvi, in charge of the meat for BBQ, arrived a bit late so the early arrivals have to settle with crinkle cut french fries reheated on the BBQ thingie....

Photos courtesy of Adhi and Aji (thanks bros)

From BBQ Winter 08 - Coogee

Fortunately, Silvi arrived soon enough and we had a fun day...

From BBQ Winter 08 - Coogee

The usual round grass meeting

From BBQ Winter 08 - Coogee

And the compulsory group photo

From BBQ Winter 08 - Coogee

Next year I'll be back home so no more BBQ for me...

MERDEKA !!!!

Now this should be on 17 August but it has been busy couple of weeks...
Anyway how did you celebrate Hari Kemerdekaan Indonesia (our Independence Day)?
Flag raising ceremony? Nice but (no offense)....boring!

Guess what....we went to see the "INDONESIA BISA" concert by Ahmad Dani and his gank (Dewa 19, Dewi-Dewi, The Rock Indonesia, Mulan). And there is Jessica Mauboy (Runner-up of Australian Idol happens to be half Indonesian). The concert was held at the one and only....my university UNSW

Check-out the promo of this concert


Hiduplah INDONESIA RAYA!

Another Code to Crack

So this is another code that you can crack....Crack this to reveal who I am

01001000 01000101 01001110 01000100 01010010 01001001 01001011 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010010 01001001 01001011

Good luck!

In the spirit of the 2008 Beijing Olympics...

Ni Hao...


Everyone must have enjoyed the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics...I loved it!

I've just found out how my name can be written in Chinese from a uni friend and also from Google Translate. So here it is: 亨德里克 or 亨里克

So what's yours?

That's Me in QR Code

Have a look at the following image. That's a QR Code that if you can decode will tell you something about me.



What on earth is QR code, I hear you ask? It's a 2 dimensional bar code created by a Japanese corporation. It can be decoded from specially made software. See the explanation in Wikipedia.

So....have you cracked the code? Let me know...

My university is...

Not that I own it or anything but...UNSW is my current university. By the end of 2008, hopefully you will be looking at a proud owner of a new tail to my name, MEngSc (Master of Engineering Science)...Nice, don't you think so? (ha....ha....ha)



And to be exact, I am in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. (You would hope that the School has a better looking website...oh well...)

Pics of my campus coming up soon...

[Update] Here are some pics of my uni
"Unbreakable" clock

Quad Building

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Find me here...

33°54'15.89"S 151°13'31.01"E

More about me....if you are familiar with maps then you should know what the strange numbers and letters mean. Yes....they are the coordinates to my current geographical address in the world. I've told you that I am in Australia and to be exact in Sydney.


A nice photo by my friend Anton Rahmadi

You can see where I live (my current "geo-address", I made up this word)...

Download Google Earth or use Google Map Australia. But you already know about this right? Use the "geo-address in one of these Google creations. Don't forget to check out the StreetView feature.

Good luck....do you know where I am?

Blogging...What's the point?

Hey...do you have a blog?

A friend asked this question on our way to attend the Indonesia Day Celebration at Paul Keating Park, Bankstown (NSW).

Oh...just in case you haven't noticed, yes....this my first post in this blog. I am Indonesian and currently living in Sydney, Australia.

Back to the question...I have several other blogs but none of them serves like a diary, or something similar. So this blog is (hopefully) a way for my family and friends to keep up with my activities (or lack of sometimes) around the world.