Harris Sontanu

We live in a cruel world, that’s what I think from me when I heard my friend’s stories yesterday.

My friend Ade had an accident. Not because of his fault but he got from somebody’s reckless! Ade was on a ride by his bike at denpasar. In a front of him there was a guy smoking on a car. Suddenly the man throw the smoke’s ashes away from his car and HIT ade’s right eye!! The ashes was hot and burn the lens of his right eye make it blind right away. He was screaming painfully and try to pull over of his bike. The bad thing is the man who did this didn’t know what’s about to happen and left normally.

Another story for Jaka. He was a friend of mine too. A couple days ago he got a fever and cough. He think that’s normal coz he had it frequently. But this time it was different, the fever can’t gone and the cough got worse. He also feels sweaty. He already had a normal medicine and got some exercise but it didn’t make him feel better. He start to wonder what’s wrong with himself when he got blood on his cough! With his sister he check up to the doctor and guess what, he was infected TBC!

Well, life is surely tough but should we complain? Hell no! Sometimes we had things that we hardly to understand, but we shouldn’t complain. I heard on TV when gasoline’s price is gonna rise and we got contradiction everywhere! what a waste! I mean what we suppose to do? We already know that the price of gasoline of the world is up, so stop complaining the problems. Maybe I was to political on this, but for me we should focus on solving the problems. How? I don’t know, but I believe with the government and I’ll support it.

Now Ade already feel better, he didn’t feel pain anymore. He can see with his right eye but still blurry. Jaka concentrate with the therapy for six month. Yeah! Good luck for you guys, I’ve learn a lot of things from both of you. From now on, I’ll stop complaining, try to think forward and positively, and always be prepared for the worse.

I’ve been in a college for 5 years it’s quite long isn’t?
Well, Life is complex or though or whatever, yeah i know, but I’m so depress lately. Guess what, I have propose my idea 3 times already, and none of those were accepted!! *sigh. Now this is the story begin:

December 2007

My credits (aka SKS) were almost full, I’ve finished all my subjects except the final exam and “Kerja Praktek”. So, I’m gonna propose my idea for final exam. My idea was “Otomation System of Library with Barcode Identifier Model study case at Tabanan”. Cool huh? I’m really excited that time.

So, without any delay, i talked with my lecturer (I called Mr.X from now on), and then:

What? What is this? Library? Again? I don’t like it. I’m bored of information system. There is a lot of your friends idea as same as like you! I need something new! I don’t want information system anymore. I refuse it!!

…. Umm… Okay, I can accept that (without any excuse). Then I ask his recommendation, I was given a list contains of his idea. I read it and none of those were Information System type. Okay, I’ve choose this: “WAVE file Compression with Huffman Method”.

Actually the first idea was a project given by Bawa who worked at Tabanan public library. So I hold out my proposal and focus to the project

February 2008

Finally my project is done, and I start to create my second proposal. When I’m ready for the test suddenly my instructor (the one who gives me the recommendation) was sick. He had a yellow fever. Poor him, but the schedule has been made, I must go forward to the test. So I had a test without him as an instructor (simply without backup), and then:

You’re idea is outdated. WAVE format is already left behind. I disagree with the concept, we can’t let you go further, sorry

Said Mr.Y (another lecturer). What?? You gotta be kidding me! WAVE is a RAW format that has always been a basic for creating another sound format, you bitch! Moreover this is not my idea! This is Mr.X idea! But I’m helpless coz he wasn’t there.

So I’ve been rejected again with ridiculous reason i think.

March 2008

Okay, there is nothing to feel sad of, I must think forward. I’m going to my third proposal!

Before my first proposal, I’ve been working at PT. Indosat for my “Kerja Praktek” subjects. I work there suggested by Mr.Z (another lecturer) for 3 months with friends: Budhi, Gandika, and Johanes. We create BTS and Outlet GIS. 3 month has passed and the system wasn’t complete. Then Mr.Z suggested Johanes to continue the projects as a proposal for his Final Exam.

But Johanes can’t handle it, he was difficult to obtain the data from PT.Indosat. He abort his proposal and try to find another idea. So, I take the Indosat’s project for my third proposal.

Here I go for my third proposal, I’ve registered it and prepare for the test. But Mr.Z can’t attend the test coz he has some business at Batam (damn! not again). And the result is:

Sory again, Your idea can’t be accepted because it was already use for Kerja Praktek’s subject.

WTF!!!!! I’m so unlucky! What’s wrong with Me! I’m depress! I’m confuse! I’m shock! I’m sick of this!

Present

I’m trying to cheer my self up and think forward. I’m not blame anyone and try to think positive. Now I’ve got Idea for forth proposal.

Well, Guess what? I’m gonna propose Tracking System with GPS module this month yay This is also become my project at PT.Indosat. Now I’m digitizing Lombok island into SHP model for GIS application, and here is the progress so far:

I use TatukGIS Editor (don’t slip the word :P) for digitizing the Map. Let’s work hard dude!!