cause i'm breathing, far away from you..
and every second feels like thousands more without you..
i'm breathing, for this love to live..
believe that one day life will take me there beside you...*
*Anggun - Breathing (Chrysalis).
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
did you know, there's a trademark graveyard ?*
*disclaimer: this writing is absolutely not mine. i found this article in one of WIPO magazine, and i thought the topic was quite interesting and i want to share it to everyone who's interested in IP. this article itself first published in the INTA Bulletin, the biweekly newsletter of the International Trademark Association, and it is written by Timothy J. Lockhart, Willcox & Savage P.C. (US) and member of the INTA Bulletin Features - Policy & Practice Subcommittee. Enjoy :)
cellophane. escalator. zipper. once they were trademarks; now they are not. what happened ? each mark became so popular that people began using it as the generic name for the product it branded - cellulose sheets, powered stairs and sliding fastener in this case - and eventually the mark became the name for that product. in other words, the mark died and was buried in the "trademark graveyard."
that graveyard actually exist - it is called a dictionary, which is where a former mark may officially appear as a generic name. in fact. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (in its 10th edition) gives the derivation of the word as "zipper, a trademark." that dictionary also shows that "thermos," (*yes, i was surprised also reading this :D) a long-time generic in the US for vacuum-insulated containers, was originally a trademark.
but trademark rights may vary country by country, so THERMOS still receives protection as a trademark in some jurisdictions - the UK for example. similarly, Canada still regards YO-YO as a trademark for a brand of the popular spinner-on-a-string, even though a US court declared it a generic term for such toys over 40 years ago.
trademark owners sometimes put their marks on a "health maintenance program," running advertisements to remind the public the marks are not generic names and should not be used as such. xerox corporation's "anti-genericide" ads are perhaps the best known, such as "when you use 'xerox' the way you use 'aspirin', we get a headache."
it humorously makes the point that the company does not want XEROX to become a generic term for photocopiers the way ASPIRIN did for pain relievers. as least in the US - ASPIRIN is still a mark in many places.
anti-genericide ads appear most frequently in publications aimed at writers and editors -Writer's Digest and Editor & Publisher, for instance - giving trademark owners a better chance of keeping generic use of their marks out of print, thereby avoiding the quickest route to the trademark graveyard.
another way to keep marks out of the graveyard is to ensure there is already a generic name for the branded good or service in question, even if the name has to be invented by the trademark owner - which could well be the case with a unique new product. examples include "correction fluid" for liquid WITE-OUT products and "inline skates" for ROLLERBLADE products. in fact, the Wikipedia entry for ROLLERBLADE carefully notes that "rollerblade is a type of inline skate" and that the term is a "registered trademark."
yet another technique for avoiding the graveyard is to consistently use the word "brand" between the mark and the generic name - for example, KLEENEX brand tissues and BAND-AID brand bandages. several of Johnson & Johnson's US registrations for its various BAND-AID trademarks include the word "brand" as part of the mark.
but even a careful owner may not be able to avoid a mark's death by genericide in certain places. although Xerox Corporation has kept XEROX from becoming synonymous with "photocopy" in much of the world, the mark has reportedly become generic in Bulgarian, Portuguese, Romanian and Russian (*is it ?)
Google Inc. seems determined not to let GOOGLE enter the graveyard even though the mark is often used, at least informally, as a generic term for conducting an internet search. in 2006 Merriam-Webster began defining "google" as a verb meaning "to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web," and the Oxford English Dictionary also includes the verb, although capitalized.
perhaps recognising that limited use of a mark as a generic name helps to show the mark's popularity, Google has indicated it does not necessarily object to the use of "google" to mean searches run with its proprietary engine. if use is restricted in that way, the mark is more likely to remain a mark, and a strong one at that.
for example, in the 1970s and 1980s the owner of the LEGO mark conducted a campaign to persuade customers to call its products "LEGO blocks" or "LEGO toys." although they continued to refer to LEGO brand products as "legos," customers did not use the term for competing products. so the LEGO mark has remained alive and well.
ironically, the most popular marks face the greatest threat of entering the trademark graveyard. so, as is the case when goods with a desirable brand are counterfeited, a generic problem is, in one sense, a sign of success. who knew the prospect of burying a mark would have a bright side ?
cellophane. escalator. zipper. once they were trademarks; now they are not. what happened ? each mark became so popular that people began using it as the generic name for the product it branded - cellulose sheets, powered stairs and sliding fastener in this case - and eventually the mark became the name for that product. in other words, the mark died and was buried in the "trademark graveyard."
that graveyard actually exist - it is called a dictionary, which is where a former mark may officially appear as a generic name. in fact. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (in its 10th edition) gives the derivation of the word as "zipper, a trademark." that dictionary also shows that "thermos," (*yes, i was surprised also reading this :D) a long-time generic in the US for vacuum-insulated containers, was originally a trademark.
but trademark rights may vary country by country, so THERMOS still receives protection as a trademark in some jurisdictions - the UK for example. similarly, Canada still regards YO-YO as a trademark for a brand of the popular spinner-on-a-string, even though a US court declared it a generic term for such toys over 40 years ago.
trademark owners sometimes put their marks on a "health maintenance program," running advertisements to remind the public the marks are not generic names and should not be used as such. xerox corporation's "anti-genericide" ads are perhaps the best known, such as "when you use 'xerox' the way you use 'aspirin', we get a headache."
it humorously makes the point that the company does not want XEROX to become a generic term for photocopiers the way ASPIRIN did for pain relievers. as least in the US - ASPIRIN is still a mark in many places.
anti-genericide ads appear most frequently in publications aimed at writers and editors -Writer's Digest and Editor & Publisher, for instance - giving trademark owners a better chance of keeping generic use of their marks out of print, thereby avoiding the quickest route to the trademark graveyard.
another way to keep marks out of the graveyard is to ensure there is already a generic name for the branded good or service in question, even if the name has to be invented by the trademark owner - which could well be the case with a unique new product. examples include "correction fluid" for liquid WITE-OUT products and "inline skates" for ROLLERBLADE products. in fact, the Wikipedia entry for ROLLERBLADE carefully notes that "rollerblade is a type of inline skate" and that the term is a "registered trademark."
yet another technique for avoiding the graveyard is to consistently use the word "brand" between the mark and the generic name - for example, KLEENEX brand tissues and BAND-AID brand bandages. several of Johnson & Johnson's US registrations for its various BAND-AID trademarks include the word "brand" as part of the mark.
but even a careful owner may not be able to avoid a mark's death by genericide in certain places. although Xerox Corporation has kept XEROX from becoming synonymous with "photocopy" in much of the world, the mark has reportedly become generic in Bulgarian, Portuguese, Romanian and Russian (*is it ?)
Google Inc. seems determined not to let GOOGLE enter the graveyard even though the mark is often used, at least informally, as a generic term for conducting an internet search. in 2006 Merriam-Webster began defining "google" as a verb meaning "to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web," and the Oxford English Dictionary also includes the verb, although capitalized.
perhaps recognising that limited use of a mark as a generic name helps to show the mark's popularity, Google has indicated it does not necessarily object to the use of "google" to mean searches run with its proprietary engine. if use is restricted in that way, the mark is more likely to remain a mark, and a strong one at that.
for example, in the 1970s and 1980s the owner of the LEGO mark conducted a campaign to persuade customers to call its products "LEGO blocks" or "LEGO toys." although they continued to refer to LEGO brand products as "legos," customers did not use the term for competing products. so the LEGO mark has remained alive and well.
ironically, the most popular marks face the greatest threat of entering the trademark graveyard. so, as is the case when goods with a desirable brand are counterfeited, a generic problem is, in one sense, a sign of success. who knew the prospect of burying a mark would have a bright side ?
Sunday, March 07, 2010
awake.
sometimes, i found the solemness of my day at the end of the night..so quiet,,just me and my mind.
might be that that caused me got awaken in the middle of the night, not only once, but several times...kinda like it though.
-time for bubbling around-
just want to let you know, i don't feel any passion with my work lately. you know what i should do with it ? sighhh...
seems my life hasn't move since i got back from wonderland...either work nor love. sh*t.
probably there's something wrong with me.
do you think it's wrong if i want more ? guess not.
now all of my things leads to nowhere..
damn.
*ps. you know how many times he dissapointed me ?? many times. countless. so sick of it. makes me appreciate my B more..
might be that that caused me got awaken in the middle of the night, not only once, but several times...kinda like it though.
-time for bubbling around-
just want to let you know, i don't feel any passion with my work lately. you know what i should do with it ? sighhh...
seems my life hasn't move since i got back from wonderland...either work nor love. sh*t.
probably there's something wrong with me.
do you think it's wrong if i want more ? guess not.
now all of my things leads to nowhere..
damn.
*ps. you know how many times he dissapointed me ?? many times. countless. so sick of it. makes me appreciate my B more..
Friday, December 18, 2009
dejection.
I feel sad, i feel bad...when i thought i have someone whom i can rely on, who caress me, whom i can share my life with, he's dissapeared...
Everyday communicate, then now suddenly stopped..
I know its only for a day, but he really didn't reply any of my messages...also in the ym, i know he's there, but he didn't say anything to me...
What did i do wrong ? if i'm wrong, please tell me what is wrong...please don't make me hanging on the moment like this...it hurts me...i'm so tired with this crap...just give me a prove that you mean it...
Everyday communicate, then now suddenly stopped..
I know its only for a day, but he really didn't reply any of my messages...also in the ym, i know he's there, but he didn't say anything to me...
What did i do wrong ? if i'm wrong, please tell me what is wrong...please don't make me hanging on the moment like this...it hurts me...i'm so tired with this crap...just give me a prove that you mean it...
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
word of the day.
smitten:
'affected by something overwhelming.' (the freedictionary.com)
'Completely in love Obsessed Defensive Passionate In need of Pad Thai and/or calamari.' (wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
errr...???
'affected by something overwhelming.' (the freedictionary.com)
'Completely in love Obsessed Defensive Passionate In need of Pad Thai and/or calamari.' (wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
errr...???
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
back.
hello.
sorry it took so long to write again here...
just wake up from my dreams..one year of wonderful, sad, happy memories. last year probably will not be able to be repeated anymore..all those fun, those first time experiences,,,will miss that moment.
have to face the reality again now: the traffic, the mess, the fear, the work, the real life.
can i just stay there for more longer? can't i just stop the time and not moving forward ? ...
i wish the time could stop exactly before my b'day came...apparently this year was the most bittersweet bday i've ever had...
ever since that day, my life has changed.
the pain was too painful.
well..life must go on, and that's what i'm trying to do now. i just hope the good things, better than this year's achievement will come for me.
i really blessed by Allah SWT. thats all i can tell. when i asked, my Allah is listening...that i realised.
what happen to me and him was also involved God's interference and also because of my prayers...God really IS answer my prayers...though it's not answered as i wanted to..
i know God will never give any burden that cannot be bear by us human..i know that God believe that i will survive with all those things that came simultaneously to me..i know that God know that i will be strong enough to face this..and i thank You for that, o my dear Allah.
back on this phase again...days without worthy works, i believe soon changes will come. i dunno when, but i know it will come. i just need to keep this spirit up. need to fill out my mind, need to find opportunities, everything i can get.
for my friends, lots of things has changed during my one year absent here. the marriage, the birth, the loss,,,
for you all, i congratulate the good changes and i mourn for the bad things that had happened.
here, i'm trying to make a better me. i'm trying to be honest with myself.
in the last month of my stay there in the dream, i cried a lot. people always think that i was very happy. well i'm not. believe me.
i felt very lonely, even though i was in the crowd. that's what happen when you hide the tears just for yourself. the fact that actually i'm a spoiled brat makes it worse. i know i'm good, but hey, nobody's perfect right ? i ain't perfect either. that's for sure.
ah...love sucks. i don't know whether i wanna feel it again or not...it hurts so bad when you couldn't get what you expected..the worst of the worst !
among my friends, for the love life i probably the one who really left behind... i think i need a savior here..
like smallvile shout:
somebody saaaveeeee meeeeee !!!!
haha (a bitter laugh that is.)
may my future days will be much more brighter, more happier than those days in my dreams...(Bismillah..)
sorry it took so long to write again here...
just wake up from my dreams..one year of wonderful, sad, happy memories. last year probably will not be able to be repeated anymore..all those fun, those first time experiences,,,will miss that moment.
have to face the reality again now: the traffic, the mess, the fear, the work, the real life.
can i just stay there for more longer? can't i just stop the time and not moving forward ? ...
i wish the time could stop exactly before my b'day came...apparently this year was the most bittersweet bday i've ever had...
ever since that day, my life has changed.
the pain was too painful.
well..life must go on, and that's what i'm trying to do now. i just hope the good things, better than this year's achievement will come for me.
i really blessed by Allah SWT. thats all i can tell. when i asked, my Allah is listening...that i realised.
what happen to me and him was also involved God's interference and also because of my prayers...God really IS answer my prayers...though it's not answered as i wanted to..
i know God will never give any burden that cannot be bear by us human..i know that God believe that i will survive with all those things that came simultaneously to me..i know that God know that i will be strong enough to face this..and i thank You for that, o my dear Allah.
back on this phase again...days without worthy works, i believe soon changes will come. i dunno when, but i know it will come. i just need to keep this spirit up. need to fill out my mind, need to find opportunities, everything i can get.
for my friends, lots of things has changed during my one year absent here. the marriage, the birth, the loss,,,
for you all, i congratulate the good changes and i mourn for the bad things that had happened.
here, i'm trying to make a better me. i'm trying to be honest with myself.
in the last month of my stay there in the dream, i cried a lot. people always think that i was very happy. well i'm not. believe me.
i felt very lonely, even though i was in the crowd. that's what happen when you hide the tears just for yourself. the fact that actually i'm a spoiled brat makes it worse. i know i'm good, but hey, nobody's perfect right ? i ain't perfect either. that's for sure.
ah...love sucks. i don't know whether i wanna feel it again or not...it hurts so bad when you couldn't get what you expected..the worst of the worst !
among my friends, for the love life i probably the one who really left behind... i think i need a savior here..
like smallvile shout:
somebody saaaveeeee meeeeee !!!!
haha (a bitter laugh that is.)
may my future days will be much more brighter, more happier than those days in my dreams...(Bismillah..)
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Friday, May 08, 2009
an ache.
it's not gonna work...the relation that i expected to come will never be happened..:(
i need to stop, real soon..otherwise it will hurt me more..
so fucking sad now...help,,, anyone.
i need to stop, real soon..otherwise it will hurt me more..
so fucking sad now...help,,, anyone.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
thesis oh thesis..... :(
why am i so lazy in doing the thesis...??
sighhhh....even the outline i haven't finished yet...what should i do..
and its only 4 months left...ahhhhh...
i'd rather go sitting on the sun on my balcony than study..
ps.
im goin on A CRUISE real sooonnn !!! yeeyyyyy.....
well...it's not really exactly "cruisin", i only will visiting a friend of mine who work on the cruise ( i will meet lolik mama ewooyyyy, Insya Allah, in Rotterdam !!)..but still exciting though.. imagining that the set will be like love boat (remember the old tv series?? lol...too much..haha)
hopefully we will be able to meet...can't wait...x)
sighhhh....even the outline i haven't finished yet...what should i do..
and its only 4 months left...ahhhhh...
i'd rather go sitting on the sun on my balcony than study..
ps.
im goin on A CRUISE real sooonnn !!! yeeyyyyy.....
well...it's not really exactly "cruisin", i only will visiting a friend of mine who work on the cruise ( i will meet lolik mama ewooyyyy, Insya Allah, in Rotterdam !!)..but still exciting though.. imagining that the set will be like love boat (remember the old tv series?? lol...too much..haha)
hopefully we will be able to meet...can't wait...x)
Sunday, April 12, 2009
my gosh...i almost forgot that i have a blog :p
sorry my dear blog, i have abandoned you for months...im a bit busy with my stuff...study, paper, exams, travel, living life...
as for the record, this is my 8th months in tilburg since i arrived..wow...already that long i'm here...many things happened..sweet, sour, happy, sad...lost love, find one..
and now..nowadays im riding a rollercoaster !! yes, a rollercoaster of life...being attracted..flirting and get flirted....silly things...ahhhhh....i like it ! and it makes me loose appetite to study...lol..stupid.
you see...i met this one person, a guy (well of course a guy you idiot ! :p)..we've been dating for two times..he's belgian.
he lives in a city nearby my place... in the city of antwerp, for the exact. he just had a skii accident two months a go, and now he's getting better. why i like him ? i dunno...but i just find myself that i felt comfortable being with him...i dunno about him, but i do really like him..
hoaaaa....this is big....why its big ?
my first time of being so attracted with a guy after the break up..that's why..
the problem is..he just broke up with his 9-year of relation two years a go..i dunno whether he is ready for another relation or not...and this situation makes me sad..
well...i'm hoping on him..maybe i will have another relation, a serious one...i dunno why (again..expectation...)...
geezz...what's good in him that makes me expected this much?? for foreigner, he's not that handsome (not that bad either:)), but i see the sincerity in him..(though he told me that once he cheated his girlfriend at the beginning of their relationship...)
he said something that makes me a bit dissapointed...he said it's a bit hard for us to have a relation, bcos we had so many differences...but then again he said we could have a relation, if we try to push as hard as we can...but then, when it's not working, it will make us feel very tired...
next week we plan to date again..this time he will visit me (again :p)..hopefully we will have another wonderful date, and there will be another date after that, and after that, and after that....:)
and maybe a relation after that.....:D
boy oh boooyyy.....expected too much heiiiii.....hahaha
well, anyway...enough for the update...next time i will write something else again here !
bye for now dear blog...see you soon ;)
ps.
next week someone asking me to have a dinner with him (not the belgian guy, another guy asked me to)..i said yes, but i'm still not sure with this...we'll see..
oh, btw by this end of the month, my bosses will come and drop by to my place, while i will go to switzerland for study trip..hope it will be a joyous trip !!
will let you know soon also...:)
well,,,bye for now (again) !!
sorry my dear blog, i have abandoned you for months...im a bit busy with my stuff...study, paper, exams, travel, living life...
as for the record, this is my 8th months in tilburg since i arrived..wow...already that long i'm here...many things happened..sweet, sour, happy, sad...lost love, find one..
and now..nowadays im riding a rollercoaster !! yes, a rollercoaster of life...being attracted..flirting and get flirted....silly things...ahhhhh....i like it ! and it makes me loose appetite to study...lol..stupid.
you see...i met this one person, a guy (well of course a guy you idiot ! :p)..we've been dating for two times..he's belgian.
he lives in a city nearby my place... in the city of antwerp, for the exact. he just had a skii accident two months a go, and now he's getting better. why i like him ? i dunno...but i just find myself that i felt comfortable being with him...i dunno about him, but i do really like him..
hoaaaa....this is big....why its big ?
my first time of being so attracted with a guy after the break up..that's why..
the problem is..he just broke up with his 9-year of relation two years a go..i dunno whether he is ready for another relation or not...and this situation makes me sad..
well...i'm hoping on him..maybe i will have another relation, a serious one...i dunno why (again..expectation...)...
geezz...what's good in him that makes me expected this much?? for foreigner, he's not that handsome (not that bad either:)), but i see the sincerity in him..(though he told me that once he cheated his girlfriend at the beginning of their relationship...)
he said something that makes me a bit dissapointed...he said it's a bit hard for us to have a relation, bcos we had so many differences...but then again he said we could have a relation, if we try to push as hard as we can...but then, when it's not working, it will make us feel very tired...
next week we plan to date again..this time he will visit me (again :p)..hopefully we will have another wonderful date, and there will be another date after that, and after that, and after that....:)
and maybe a relation after that.....:D
boy oh boooyyy.....expected too much heiiiii.....hahaha
well, anyway...enough for the update...next time i will write something else again here !
bye for now dear blog...see you soon ;)
ps.
next week someone asking me to have a dinner with him (not the belgian guy, another guy asked me to)..i said yes, but i'm still not sure with this...we'll see..
oh, btw by this end of the month, my bosses will come and drop by to my place, while i will go to switzerland for study trip..hope it will be a joyous trip !!
will let you know soon also...:)
well,,,bye for now (again) !!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Monday, December 08, 2008
greetings from pau!
ollaa people...
now am in Pau, france...at my friend's place (kekee), with my mates.
two days a go we went to spain (san sebastian), and yesterday went to lourdes, fra. this feet were so freakin' tireddddd....jalan terus bo...
tomorrow will go back to tilburg, via brussels.
sorry for this very short short update....abis ga enak bo...numpang koneksinya..hihi..
nanti yah...after i arrived at tilburg i will make an update...;)
au revoir...!!
now am in Pau, france...at my friend's place (kekee), with my mates.
two days a go we went to spain (san sebastian), and yesterday went to lourdes, fra. this feet were so freakin' tireddddd....jalan terus bo...
tomorrow will go back to tilburg, via brussels.
sorry for this very short short update....abis ga enak bo...numpang koneksinya..hihi..
nanti yah...after i arrived at tilburg i will make an update...;)
au revoir...!!
Monday, December 01, 2008
tight upcoming schedule..hhh.
duh duh duh...tomorrow i will have final exam for contracts and ict...huhu...
hope everything will be okay, and i can answer all the questions...(amien..)..
and after that...will have the 2nd tutorial for cybercrime (which, btw, the materials i haven't read..arggh)...
and then will have a Saint Nicholas party which is held by the TILT...(yeyy...free drinks and meals and a chance to meet T**..haha...but then a bit sad...will be missing all my classmates here.. :( )
(btw, i browse a bit and found this cute saint nicholas image...hehe..)
and the next morning (on 4th), will go to Brussels airport, to have a flight to Pau, Aquitaine, fra,,,,huhu...will be dealt with my fear of flying again...hope the weather will be good..
bismillahirrohmanirrohiim....mudah-mudahan cuacanya bagus, mudah-mudahan penerbangannya lancar, dan mudah-mudahan selamat sampai tujuan dan selamat tiba d Tilburg lagi...amiin...
ps.
hopefully i can visit Spain also during my stay in Pau...:p
hope everything will be okay, and i can answer all the questions...(amien..)..
and after that...will have the 2nd tutorial for cybercrime (which, btw, the materials i haven't read..arggh)...
and then will have a Saint Nicholas party which is held by the TILT...(yeyy...free drinks and meals and a chance to meet T**..haha...but then a bit sad...will be missing all my classmates here.. :( )
(btw, i browse a bit and found this cute saint nicholas image...hehe..)and the next morning (on 4th), will go to Brussels airport, to have a flight to Pau, Aquitaine, fra,,,,huhu...will be dealt with my fear of flying again...hope the weather will be good..
bismillahirrohmanirrohiim....mudah-mudahan cuacanya bagus, mudah-mudahan penerbangannya lancar, dan mudah-mudahan selamat sampai tujuan dan selamat tiba d Tilburg lagi...amiin...
ps.
hopefully i can visit Spain also during my stay in Pau...:p
Friday, November 28, 2008
"Dan ketika pada suatu malam, dia bilang bahwa dia mencintai saya, dan saya balas dengan perkataan yang kurang lebih sama, itu sudah cukup. Apa yang kami punya sudah cukup membuat kami lengkap. Tak perlu kami membuat hubungan ini makin nyata dengan pertemuan. Tidak usah. Apa yang kami punya sudah sangat membahagiakan. Buat saya, dia adalah nyata. Bagi dia, saya adalah nyata. Apa yang kami miliki adalah nyata. Ketika sudah berlalu dua tahun dan kami masih menyimpan cinta itu dalam hati, biarlah seperti ini. Di sinilah kami, berada pada dua jalan berbeda, kembali pada cubicle kami masing-masing. Dia, yang dinanti oleh seorang perempuan yang menggendong seorang anak, dan saya, yang dinanti oleh seseorang di ujung jalan itu.."*
and i thought it was only me who experienced this...thanks for sharing mba..
*taken from Dewi Lestari's blog (Dee Idea)
and i thought it was only me who experienced this...thanks for sharing mba..
*taken from Dewi Lestari's blog (Dee Idea)
Saturday, November 22, 2008
the first snow.
courtesy of. s.k. (hihi..sori kang, gw ga moto soale, jd ngopy punya lo deh..hehe)
the snow came to Tilburg... :)
though it's not long, i really love it..
Allah SWT has made everything looks beautiful in its own way...
thank you MY LORD for giving me this opportunity to see another one of your beautiful creations. Alhamdulillah..
ps.
now, get back to study...:(
this tuesday will have another exam, wish me luck !
Thursday, November 20, 2008
news from T 'village'..:)
wow...been a while since i wrote my last post...umm..like...2 months a go???
actually i really wanted to write daily, bcos i need to practise my writing skill (man...my english is just sucks...:( ), and just need to have a place where i can put all of my memories there..
BUT.....after i arrived here, i didn't have a chance to fulfill the plan, bcos of the difficult tasks that i need to work on (assignments, papers, EXAM!! huh.), but also bcos of my lazy head..hehe..
today i just want to write...dunno what i'm going to write now, but i want to update my deary blog...:)...i missed this blog...(aww...sentimental me...)
o ya...this sunday, the weather forecast predict that the snow will fall here in tilburg...
soo excited, yet a bit anxious with the cold....:p
but my friend said that it will be a wet snow, and not a dry snow (don't know what's the diffferent anyway...)
he said that the snow will melt down after they fall to the ground.
so...no snowballs, no snowman now... :(
anywaaayyy....have to tell ya something..planning to celebrate the change of year in italy ;)
already have the ticket, but you know what? we still haven't book any room there..hahahaha....maan...dunno what will happen...but hopefully we will be fine..:)
and now, going to do another task here...have to make a peer review for my (very special) fellow mate... *wink..
c ya within few days....(hopefully..:))
actually i really wanted to write daily, bcos i need to practise my writing skill (man...my english is just sucks...:( ), and just need to have a place where i can put all of my memories there..
BUT.....after i arrived here, i didn't have a chance to fulfill the plan, bcos of the difficult tasks that i need to work on (assignments, papers, EXAM!! huh.), but also bcos of my lazy head..hehe..
today i just want to write...dunno what i'm going to write now, but i want to update my deary blog...:)...i missed this blog...(aww...sentimental me...)
o ya...this sunday, the weather forecast predict that the snow will fall here in tilburg...
soo excited, yet a bit anxious with the cold....:p
but my friend said that it will be a wet snow, and not a dry snow (don't know what's the diffferent anyway...)
he said that the snow will melt down after they fall to the ground.
so...no snowballs, no snowman now... :(
anywaaayyy....have to tell ya something..planning to celebrate the change of year in italy ;)
already have the ticket, but you know what? we still haven't book any room there..hahahaha....maan...dunno what will happen...but hopefully we will be fine..:)
and now, going to do another task here...have to make a peer review for my (very special) fellow mate... *wink..
c ya within few days....(hopefully..:))
Friday, August 22, 2008
tiLburg, here I come.
hmm...after my arrival here, I didn't get any chance to update my blog until now..so...lemme give you my story...and the first thing of all...my flight.so...finally, the time has come. on 21st of august i went to the airport with my familie..
a bit sad, but rili don't wanna make them even sad more, coz actually this is my first time living far far away from home for quite a long period of time (well...my one month trip cannot be counted as a long stay rite? hehe).
me and other scholar awardees from Depkominfo gathered at the airport at 4 pm, we had to check in in groups (untuk menghindari excess baggage nih...hehe), n took a plane (which i think not a comfortable flight...huh..) with the route of Jakarta - KL for about 2 hours. after that, we changed our plane headed to schiphol, ams. well..at least this flight was better..(btw, they served nasi lemak during the flight...hehe...ada2 ajah...)
btw, in this flight (kL-ams) we gathered with stuned awardees that came with other plane from jakarta (yippiee...had friends to go to tilburg now!)
well...the flight from kL to ams took about 12 hours of time..n we arrived at schiphol at 7 a.m., 22nd of august.
from there, we separated into groups based on the destination city. I was headed to tilburg with my other friends (stef, ruth, robin, and mas manshur) by train. You know.....it's very hard for me to take that luggages of mine due to the size...hahaha...but anyway, thanks God that i have fellows that willing to help me..:)...thanks guys...
we stopped at tilburg central station, and there we found some blue jersey guys n gals from the uni who gathered there to pick us (not just for us, but for every international students, i meant..).
from the station they took us to the university using van, managed everything there, from the registration to the housing. after i got my room key, they took me to the house where i will be lived here (which located at antillenplein, 5046 DC). there i met new friends..good ones (..^_^..)...one came from china (dirk!), and one from thailand (kate!)
BUT.....haha...surprise surprise...i got a room in the attic!! gee....i never expected that my room would be located in the attic...:(
well, actually i have nothing wrong with the house...but..staying in the attic?? it's just not fit for me...
so...after negotiating with the housing agency and the university (with a bit of a lie..:p), finally i can manage to move to a room in an apartment which located not too far with the university, and the most important thing....it's a "normal" room..hehe..(btw, i have my own balcony...yeyy..!)
the apt is located at Tobias Asserlaan, 5042 Tilburg (yeah...in the same street with KBRI, but different city..hehe)
nooww....wanna see my university? i will show you.. :)
i really like the campus, even though it's not located in a big city (well...compare to rotterdam or ams..), but the campus is sooo nice..
surrounded by trees, it's just perfect place to study...:)
there there....don't you think the place really nice..? :D
ok..now i have to prepare for the study...previous indonesian' students which taken the same program with me said that the grade here is a bit difficult...so, have to be prepared for this..and i really don't want average score for my grades, i want the "goooood" one...so that i won't dissapoint everyone...:)
bye for now...;)
there there....don't you think the place really nice..? :D
ok..now i have to prepare for the study...previous indonesian' students which taken the same program with me said that the grade here is a bit difficult...so, have to be prepared for this..and i really don't want average score for my grades, i want the "goooood" one...so that i won't dissapoint everyone...:)
bye for now...;)
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