Fall Semester

The semester has been going really well so far. I'm working 17 hours a week, building a baja car and taking 5 other engineering classes. I'm overwhelmed looking toward the next few weeks to come. I guess I just have to keep on working hard and try to get this semester over with. I hope that I wont be too tired and become sick. This past 3-4 months I have been sick twice and it's not fun, because i cant do anything at all.
Well I have been talking to Billy a couple of times. I thought the guy has some interest on me, but I think he is not serious anymore. I cant believe he didnt let me know that he was going to have his practice untill 9:30. We agreed to watch movie at 8:30 but when I tried to call him and e-mail him he was not there (ofcourse, he was at his play practice). So at 9:00 I decided to go to Barty's apartment. There, Marcos, Josh and I were playing soccer, which made the downstair people mad and so they called Jen at 11:00 pm. Jen express it this morning that she was so mad and I confess it was me. She might think that I am really stupid for playing soccer in the apt. at 11pm at night.
One more thing that concern me more is system class presentation. I am not looking forward for it. I hate public speaking and I hate the professors. I hope Dr. Cutbirth will have mercy on my soul and give me good grade anyway. Well that's all for now. I think I'm going to take a nap.

Does this e-mail reflect the nerd essence of the writer?

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Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 12:46 PM

To: Jeff Bigelow; Steve Maher; Jim Cutbirth; David Cassel; Jim Elkins; Byron Newberry; Wayne Whaley; Myra Nickerson; Mary Ann Brown; Joe Watson; Bill Ryan; David Waldo; Don Robinson

Cc: Ryan Harms; Luke Watson; Michael Collins; Natasha Hartsock; Alyson Mack; Charles Gregg; Charles Ray; Derek Nuckols; Heather Moore; Jackson Hejl; Jacob Ely; James Baird, Jr. -STUDENT ACCOUNT-; Jay Prock; Jonathan Langford; Joshua Gramling; Kevin Plumlee; Laura Kite; Meilani Rudamaga; Reuben Dodson; Stephen Maddux; Zachary Gladhill

Subject: PEC Solutions - School of Engineering

Importance: High

As many of you may or may not be aware, a certain problem has been identified in the PEC atrium. This problem has a radius of roughly 695,000 km and a surface temperature of approximately 11,000 oF. You are probably asking yourself, "How could I have missed such an atrocity?!? Why wasn’t I informed of this?" Well, luckily for us, this flaming ball of gas is located roughly 93 million miles away (as the crow flies) and the atmosphere of our Earth protects us from some of its most damaging effects. But even with a thick protective covering, we are still forced to scorch and squint when the sun comes shining in the large windows on the east side of the PEC atrium.
The problem is experienced primarily between the hours of 8:00am and 12:00pm. The bright light shining in makes it not only difficult to see in general, it also makes reading your laptop a bear (if you’ve ever tried to read a laptop in broad daylight you know what I’m talking about). In addition, the solar heat gain in the room makes sitting in the direct light uncomfortable as well as adding an unnecessary cooling load on the building’s HVAC system.
A solution was proposed by a small group of senior Mechanical Engineering students. The solution included using club banners from spring sing and suspending them from shower curtain rods in the east side windows. Unfortunately, after the first banner was put up, someone filed a complaint with Myra about the banner being up. It is our thought that the complaint was not due to the existence of some sort of functioning curtain, but due to the fact that it appeared like an advertisement for a single club.
We feel like curtains or some type of tinting on the windows is not too much to ask. Although some might not agree with the idea of having curtains up in the atrium, the majority of those who actually use the atrium feel it is a good idea. Of course funding could be provided by SGA and private donations. We would appreciate the Department Chairs response so that we can develop a solution to this problem.
Possible solutions include:
Blank Curtains
Window Tint
Retraceable Screen
Let’s be creative!

-The Engineering Students

the road trip
Starting the 22nd of August, Erin and I made our long journey from the flat land oklahoma to the beautiful land of new England. The drive took us about 28 hours total. 15 hours from Oklahoma To Ohio and 13 hrs from ohio to massachusset (hum I'm wondering if I spelled the states right). Oklahoma seem to not wanting Erin and I to leave. When we left at 5 in the morning it was pouring as if the sky just let it's faucets run full force. not untill we reached Tulsa that the road can be seen again. I didnt know how Erin can drive in that weather, but I know I'm alive and save right now. lol. well at to the bad begining, Erin and I was out late the night before. we were suppose to start driving at 5 but we were still out with Peter, Cherry, Eri, and Bartola watching "the Pacifier" until around 2 in the morning. When Erin and I get to Ohio at night of the 22nd, we were so dead that the beauty of Colombus, Ohio at night did not even strike us. We colapse at one of Erin's relative's home. We didnt even get to meet our host, because we arived when they were still out with some friends and left when they were still asleep. We were asleep from 10 at night untill what we thought was 6 oclock oklahoma time. little did we know my cell phone, is smarter than the user. It has change it's self to eastern time. so the next day erin and I got up at the same time as we did before, but we felt a lot better since we got a lot more sleep. We continued our trip and got to massachusset just in time for dinner. Well, we were looking for lisence plate to see how many state will we found. I only expect about half or if anything about 30s but I was wrong. we got 43 states out of the 50 states we even get one canadian state. I told Erin boldly that I dont expect to see a New Mexico lisence plate... and an hour later a car prove it wrong. grrrrrr... hihihihi... well driving through all this state made me realize how I miss New England and the trees and the mountain. I also realize that pensilvania is such a beautiful state.
Erin and I are so proud of our self that we drove across US without getting lost once.. well, we cant be really proud about this because we only stayed in the high way. well I guess that's all I am going to write about this. I'm tired and should be in bed by now... good night everyone.

Graduation

Erin's and Peter's Graduation

Today Erin and Peter graduate. Erin graduated with 4.0 and peter got a most outstanding international MBA student award or something which are cool. Both of them made me so proud. Oh one more thing I want to comment, FINALLLLLYYYY Peter let us take a picture of him. After all three years he never let anyone take his picture and today he even smile for the picture which is awsome. Now I have a really good picture of him and I can show it to the world. :) hiihihihihi.....

Eri and Erin

Eri and Erin
The twins if I must say. They are so cute. Eri got her blouse yesterday at the chinese market and Erin got hers from Cherry. It look almost the same which are so cool. We have to drag Eri to take the picture.

Easter and Trip

Above was the pictures from easter and trip to Lubbock.
I think I had writen about easter now I will write about the trip to Lubbock, Texas. It was fun, I got to hang out with Melissa, Heather, Laura, James, Collin, Chase and Dr. Cutbirth. Heather, Melissa and I got to watch movies and play cards on the way down and back. The conference was good, except it's a little poorly planned. We find out that many Texas tech student didn't know how to operates any thing. It took them hours to get ready for everything, but they still did a good job. I had a stupid moment there. I was ask by Dr. Cutbirth about what I was thinking about the presentations and I was just coppying melissa's answer. "what was I thinking!!!!" That was embarashing... lol Other than that I had fun. I got to go to the hot tub for 15 minutes... which was really relaxing

Biblical Financiers

Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible?
A. Noah. He was floating his stock while everyoneelse was in liquidation.

Q. Who was the greatest female financier in the Bible?
A. Pharaoh's daughter. She went down to the bankof the Nile and drew out a little prophet.

You know you've been in College too long when:

You consider McDonald's "real food."
You actually like doing laundry at home.
4:00 AM is still early on the weekends.
It starts getting late on the weeknights.
Two miles is not too far to walk for a party.
You wear dirty socks three times in a row and think nothing of it.
You'd rather clean than study.
Half the time you don't wake up in your own bed and it seems normal. Computer Solitaire is more than a game it's a way of life.
You schedule your classes around sleep habits and soaps.
You know the pizza boy by name.
You go to sleep when it's light and get up when it's dark.
You live for getting mail. (E-mail included)
Looking out the window is a form of entertainment.
Prank phone calls become funny again.
Wal-Mart is the coolest store.
World War III could take place and you'd be clueless.
You start thinking and sounding like your roommate.
Blacklights and highlighters are the coolest things on earth.
Rearranging your room is your favorite pastime.
You find out milk crates have so many uses.
The weekend lasts from Thursday to Sunday. (or Wednesday morning to Tuesday night)

You Know You're Indonesian When...

Your stomach growls when you don't eat rice for a day.

You believe kecap ABC could turn bad cooking to gourmet food.

You talk during a movie.

You eat fried rice in the morning.

You don't think Jim Carrey is funny.

You think Onky Alexander is a hunk.

You think Rhoma Irama is kampungan.

You carry a 16 oz. jar of sambal to where ever you travel.

You think dangdut is stupid, but listen to it anyways, because you are homesick.

You are willing to travel 25 miles to buy tahu and tempe.

You are "Dreaming of a WARM Christmas".

Your local McDonald's serves rice and sambal.

You think Supermi is a staple food.

You have ever tried passing a Rp 50 coin as a quarter in a US vending machine/pay phone.

You have ever successfully bribed a police officer.

You have ever successfully bribed a customs officer.

Your drivers license claims you are 5 years older then you really are.

You have ever legally bought pirated software.

You have ever been forced to memorize UUD'45.

You have bought something from a barefooted street peddler.

You have ever eaten something sold off a cart on wheels.

You realized that money is everything before you were six.

The first thing that comes to mind when hearing the word "Jakarta" is "macet".

Someone you know has ever ridden on top of a train.

Your daily commute includes thinking up new ways to ride the city bus for free.

You don't mind people being late.

You think standing in line is a waste of time.

You have tried every Monday of your youth trying to avoid upacara bendera.

You have used a mosquito repellant that looks like a coil and is lit on one end.

You use the terms "Ni yee", "-lah" and "Ih, jijay" on daily basis

You know what Pancasila is, what it means and know it by heart.

Your daily conversation may include enactments of TV commercials.

Your whole class has ever cheated on a test, and gotten away with it.

You have ever spent the night before an exam looking for someone who sells the questions.

You like the smell of terasi.

You think the Thomas Cup is equal to the Super Bowl.

You can name a manufacturer of shuttlecocks/badminton birdies.

You have a 16' satellite dish hidden in your back yard.

You have ever ridden in a motor vehicle with three wheels.

You miss your maid during laundry day.

Your clothing has brand names printed on it that is visible from 50' away.

You attend weddings only until you are done eating.

You have attended weddings that you are not invited to.

You go to McDonald's to get your weekly supply of ketchup, salt, pepper and napkins.

You know more than one music group that stole the tune of Cranberries' "Zombie".

You have a can of Baygon on your kitchen table.

You make major decisions based on gengsi.

You take advantage of Wal-Mart's 30 days money-back-guarantee to "borrow" home appliances.

Someone in your family has extra pockets in his outfit to hide cookies from the all-you-can-eat bar.

When watching TV you regularly find that all the channels broadcast the same thing.

You know more than 10 acronyms/abbreviations.

You set the ring tone of your cell phone as loud as possible.

You spend your weekends at an expensive five star hotel near your house.

You have one of those gigantic 5000 watts stereo system even though you can't turn it as loud as you can since you live in a crowded neighborhood.

Your Toyota Kijang is packed with bull bar, fog lights, roof rail, car alarm, expensive car audio, gold plated emblems, tail light "protector", racing steering wheels, sports muffler, lowered suspension, 17 inch wheels with expensive tires, etc. Yet you find them not gaul enough.

You are able to squeeze 15 passengers in your Toyota Kijang.
If you're rich, you buy a huge 50.000 dollars imported SUV and demands it to run minimal 12 kilometers with a liter of gas.

You refuse to buy unleaded gas for your imported car even though it costs less than 20 cents a liter.

You have your drivers license at the age of 14.

You got it without any driving tests.

You are unfamiliar with electric stove.

You are even more unfamiliar with microwave ovens.

If you're a student, your main purpose in life is to succeed in UMPTN and get into a Universitas Negeri.

If you've graduated from college, your main purpose in life is to find an easy job with big salary at a foreign company even if you have to stay unemployed for five years to find one.

If you finally got a job, your main purpose in life is now to get a wife/husband that's rich, from a "good" family, and the most importantly good looking in order to memperbaiki keturunan.

You're proud to be Indonesian - and you pass these jokes on to all your Indonesian friends!

good Insight to think about...

Sorry for those who are english reader. This article is in Indonesian. I like this article a lot, that's why I post it here.

Insinyur lawan Koki

Rudy Habibie n Rudy Chaerudin, sukses mana?

Saya ingat waktu di SMA dulu, kami (murid) harusmenjalani test IQ untukpenjurusan. Sekolah saya menetapkan bahwa murid2dengan IQ tinggi bisamasukke jurusan IPA/Science. Murid dengan IQ sedanghanya bisa masuk jurusanSosial dan yang paling rendah IQnya hanyadiijinkan untuk masuk ke jurusanBahasa.Aturan di sekolah saya ternyata berlawanan denganaturan dari SMA swastaterkenal di Yogyakarta yang mengarahkan anak-anakyang ber IQ paling tinggijustru ke jurusan Bahasa.Sewaktu saya diskusi dengan Romo Mangun Wijaya(Alm) tentang kurikulumsekolah, Beliau mengatakan bahwa pendidikan diIndonesia masih mewarisi"budaya" kolonial Belanda.Menurut beliau, seharusnya anak-anak yangkecerdasannya tinggi seharusnyadiarahkan untuk masuk jurusan Sosial supaya dimasa mendatang akan lahirekonom, hakim, jaksa, pengacara, polisi, diplomat,duta besar, politisi dsbyang hebat2. Tetapi rupanya hal itu tidakdikehendaki oleh penguasa(Belanda). Belanda menginginkan anak-anak yangcerdas tidak memikirkanmasalah2 sosial politik. Mereka cukup diarahkanuntuk menjadi tenagaahli/scientist,arsitektur, ahli computer, ahlimatematika, dokter, dsb yangasyik dengan science di labolatorium (pokoknyayang nggak membahayakanposisi penguasa). Saya nggak tahu persis yangbenar Romo Mangun Wijaya ataupemerintah Belanda. Hanya saja waktu itu saya yangkuliah ambil jurusanKurikulum jadi patah semangat karena kayaknyakurikulum di Indonesia inihampir tidak ada hubungannya dengan kehidupan yangakan dijalani orangsetelah keluar dari sekolah.Kita bisa lihat, Insinyur yang menjadi politisibahkan memimpin parlemen,kemudian dokter (umum) bisa menjadi kepala Dinas P& K atau tenagamarketing, sarjana theologia yang jadi pengusaha,dsb. Sampai saat ini,masih banyak orang tua dan masyarakat yangberanggapan bahwa anak yanghebatadalah anak yang nilai matematika dan science-nyamenonjol. Paradigmaberpikir orang tua/masyarakat ini sangatmempengaruhi konsep anak tentangkesuksesan. Bulan Juni 2003 yang lalu, lembagatempat saya bekerjamengadakan seminar anak-anak.Di depan 800-an anak, Kak Seto Mulyadi (Si Komo)menunjukkan 5 Rudy.Yang pertama Rudy Habibie (BJ Habibie) yanggenius, pintar bikin pesawatdanbisa menjadi presiden.Yang kedua: Rudy Hartono yang pernah beberapamenjadi juara bulu tangkiskelas dunia.Yang ketiga: Rudy Salam yang suka main sinetron di TVYang keempat: Rudy Hadisuarno yang ahli di bidangkecantikan dan punyabanyak salon kecantikan di beberapa kota.Yang kelima: Rudy Choirudin yang jago masak dansering tampil memandu acaramemasak di TV.Sewaktu Kak Seto bertanya "Rudy yang mana yangpaling sukses menurutkalian?" Hampir semua anak menjawab "Rudy Habibie"Sewaktu ditanyakan"Mengapa, kalian bilang bahwa yang paling suksesRudy Habibie?"Anak-anakpun menjawab "Karena bisa membuat pesawatterbang, bisa menjadipresiden, dsb"Sewaktu Kak Seto menanyakan "Rudy yang mana yangpaling tidak sukses?"Hampir seluruh anak menjawab "Rudy Choirudin"Ketika ditanyakan "Mengapakalian mengatakan bahwa Rudy Choirudin bukan orangyang sukses?"Anak-anakpun menjawab "Karena Rudy Choirudin hanyabisa memasak"Memang begitulah pola pikir dan pola asuh dalamkeluarga dan masyarakatIndonesia pada umumnya yang masih menilaikesuksesan orang dari karya-karyabesar yang dihasilkannya. Masyarakat kita banyakyang belum bisa melihatkesuksesan adalah pengembangan talenta secaraoptimal sehingga bisadimanfaatkan dalam kehidupan yang dijalaninyadengan "enjoy".Banyak masyarakat kita yang beranggapan bahwa IQadalah segala-galanya.Padahal kenyataannya EQ, SQ dan faktor2 lain jugasangat menentukan.Dalam seminar tsb Kak Seto hanya ingin merubahparagidma berpikir anak-anak(dan juga orang tua/keluarga). Anak-anak dan orangtua harus menyadari danmensyukuri setiap talenta yang diberikan olehTuhan. Bila talenta tersebutdikembangkan dengan baik, maka kita bisa mencapaikesuksesan di"bidangnya".Jadi untuk anak-anak yang tidak pintar matematika,anak2 tidak perlu minderdan orang tua tidak perlu malu atau menekan anak.Anak-anak yang lebihmenyukai pelajaran menggambar dari pada pelajaran2lain, bukanlah anak-anakyang bodoh karena justru anak2 yang punyaimajinasi tinggilah yang pintarmenggambar/ melukis. Anak-anak yang suka ngobrol,kalau kita arahkan bisasaja kelak menjadi politisi atau negotiator yang baik.Anak-anak yang banyak bicara, kalau diarahkanuntuk menuliskan apa yangingin dibicarakan bisa2 menjadi penulis yanghebat. *** Mbak Dwi Setyanijuga mengingatkan kita untuk lebih memfokuskanpada kekuatan kita dari pada"wasting time" bersungut-sungut, hanya memikirkankelemahan kita.Saya pernah membaca pengalaman hidup seorangpenyanyi di Amerika. Penyanyitsb dulunya tidak PD karena wajahnya tidak terlalucantik dan giginyatonggos.Saat menyanyi di pub, dia repot mengatur bibirnyasupaya giginya yangtonggos tidak dilihat orang. Hasilnya: ia hanyabisa menghasilkan suarayangpas-pasan. Ketika temannya meyakinkan bahwagiginya yang tonggos itubukanlah masalah, maka iapun bisa menyanyi denganbebas dan meng-eksploresuara emasnya. Ternyata orang-orang mengingatpenyanyi itu karena kualitassuaranya, bukan parasnya yang jelek dengan gigitonggosnya.*** Kitapun meyakini bahwa Tuhan menciptakansetiap kita (manusia) denganmaksud yang terbaik demi kemuliaan-Nya. Kalau sajakita meyakini haltersebut, maka semua orang akan mensyukuri keadaandan memanfaatkan talentayang Tuhan berikan untuk kemuliaan-Nya.

My Baja team, inspecting car 66, the Baja car the previous students has built 

Milis Beasiswa: [Tips] Menaikkan Nilai TOEFL

Milis Beasiswa: [Tips] Menaikkan Nilai TOEFL

I'm sitting here listening to Cuthbirt

Well this is one of those day that really nice out there... but i have to sit here in class. But then I dont mind sitting here.... it's a cuthbirt class :D

Toast master

well I just remember about toast master today. This week's toast master was fun... the theme for this week was talking as the Jamaikan do.... ofcourse no one can do it... end the toast master had a list of "what not to say to win a date"... a few that i got was:
"If you are a bugger i'll pick you first!!!"
"are your feet tired since you have been running through my mind today."
"My love for you is like a diaria, I can't hold it in."
lol, that was funny....!!!

Last week we had another toast master meeting and we had really good joker, his name is Steven, and his joke was about the reasons why NCL (non-commital Lips) is in OC (Oklahoma Christian University):
#5. Epicurus says so: "We recognize pleasure as the first good innate in us."
#4. Professor Elkins (one of the Mechanical Enginering Professors) has sworn to make engineer want to be misserables until the day they graduate, or until technology forces him to retire, so pleasure must come from somewhere
#3. It is understood that OC engineer dont have enough time for a dating life, so NCL is the only alternative
#2. It is Biblical (remember it is a Christian School after all). The bible said, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" and "love your neighbor as your self"
#1. Science support it. Nathan Baten who is the smartest guy in our ME program said, "Making out can enhance your immune system through the exchange of antibodies."

well if I have more of this funny stuff, I would post it.

Erin's part of the family, from right to left, Jenica, Ethan, Erin, Kelsey. 

Snow in Attleboro Massachuset the day after Christmas 

My favorite professor. Dr. Cuthbirt 

teaching class

Today, I got to teach my Tools and Quality Management class ethics. It was nerve racking. I hate talking in publick and i don't like to teach at all, especially teaching something that I don't really now. I was right that my voice will crack and it did. Aside from that I'm glad it's over so I dont have to do that again. I might just have to present my project at the end of the semester. This semester and the next two semester, I will have to build a baja car with a team of 14 students. That should be fun, eventhough we would have tons of work to do.
Being an Engineering student had humble me so much... I discover that I do not know anything. What I know from high school is just a small thing that can help me go through college... lol... enough about that.
Melissa actually like Dr. Whaley, the proffessor I dont like. I guess everybody have different oppinion on everybody... I think it's just she has not have him for any other class other than instrumentation, or I'm just being so biased because of he did not give me a good impresion when we first met last year, at the time when Oklahoma Christian host an ASME meting. Today in chaple, the students talk about Pacrim trip, which is a semester of traveling in asia and australia. It sounds so much fun, I would like to actually go on one of those. but then, it means that I have to stay back for another semester in college which I would not like to do.
Last night I got several e-mail from my friends in Indonesia, who are working in PT. Freeport Indonesia, they made me miss going back home and spending times with them. Sounds like they have so much fun there.
well I think I'm going to take a nap so I can do my assignment tonight and go to the ASME meeting.