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UNLEASHED! anniversary

2012-01-18T07:55:00.001-08:00

UNLEASHED!, the name of my ‘class’ during my high school times, still manage to hold on to its existence until today. With myriad of active participations from the members on activities organized by ourselves, we had managed to keep our bonds and ties alive until this moment. One of the things that we always do every year is the anniversary dinner. It was to commemorate and remember the

“Call me Engineer Tanaka”

2012-01-09T05:30:00.001-08:00

That’s what Koichi Tanaka said in Asian Science Camp 2009 before he started his lecture on breaking the barrier of scientific classifications. You see, when you attend scientific seminars or lectures or talks, the chances that you would forget every single data, graph, curves and stuffs that you saw on that day are undeniably high. It’s, in fact, a fact. That’s the reason why my PI always

Beyond the Bounds

2012-01-06T03:32:00.001-08:00

Maki Kimura Ranar likul viernopal kar Ranar likul viernopal Lenar panar virakeral kar Lenar panar virakeral Ehnar lakitu luyarpal kar Ehnar lakitu luyarpal Luyan henar terarkel kar Luyan henar terarkel llukaparsi Tiernopar ehlkdu rapardu Lukarmisi porer tirer lupar Vierllosa tlarsi tumirpar Ehkulur latu retie marar Tiernopar ehlkdu rapardu Lukarmisi porer tirer lupar Vierllosa

2011 was ……

2011-12-22T07:18:00.001-08:00

An eventful and dynamic year, perhaps? Well, I could not really describe it in a few words. I changed my perspectives and interest throughout the year. It was truly a year of change, big decisions and full of delightful and saddening events. I started my 2011 in South Korea. It was a cold winter where I was traveling around the region with my parents. A few days into January, I returned to my

Amusement

2011-10-15T01:58:00.000-07:00

Stumbled upon this phrase somewhere on the internet, "Kita sudah saatnya give back to our own country...:)" I am particularly amused. peace vixklen

It’s been a long way

2011-09-16T06:37:00.001-07:00

Man, I really love the series “How I Met Your Mother”. Taking a theme of friendship between a group of five individuals, the stories could evoke a very sensible and motivating feeling. I always love how Ted told his kids about his stories of his amazing life. Let me quote him here, “And kids, Marshall was right. I didn't give up on my dream house, because that's the thing about stupid decisions

Physical chemistry or chemical physics?

2011-08-16T02:35:00.001-07:00

Almost the time for the graduate school and I am still completely clueless on the path that I should embark upon for my professional career. Recent events (especially last year) had sparked my interest on Physics. Starting from attempting to have a taste of what college physics looks like during my exchange to Korea, I was totally mind-blown with the topics and the way my teacher taught me. My

Happy Days!

2011-08-11T05:16:00.001-07:00

This is probably the first time I am actually happy being a student in NUS! After being tormented by ridiculous education system and academic culture for three years, finally I have a chance to taste a life of a researcher in my home university. This really reminds me of my good life back in Denmark when I was there as a visiting student helping Prof. Nielsen with his action spectroscopy. Yes, I

Bleach-ing my mind

2011-07-02T14:11:00.001-07:00

Bleach, a manga series by Tite Kubo, recently had gotten its own niche inside my head. A few weeks ago, I was just being bored trying to find a show or movie that would accompany my dinner. I resorted on a few previously completed titles such as Youtube's Miki Ramen Fighter (for its awesome violence entertainment) and Death Note (for some thrilling brain-twisting chess games). However, sometimes

Another chapter, another story.

2011-07-01T02:20:00.001-07:00

I simply can’t believe how fast time has passed. It seemed that only yesterday, I arrived aimlessly at Copenhagen airport, hurrying my steps to find the ticket station for train to Aarhus, the 2nd largest city in Denmark. I met my supervising professor there and time started to fly really fast. Today is the last day of my summer research here in Denmark. To share what I’ve been doing for past

Energy crisis

2011-06-17T03:17:00.001-07:00

It just happened to me that I was apparently quite free in these few days on my summer research at Aarhus University. To fill up all those empty slots, I’d been trying to engage in the local events such as scientific talks or seminars. There was one particularly worth-sharing talk that I happened to attend this morning. The talk was delivered by the chairman of European Energy Research Alliance,

Problems!

2011-06-16T04:09:00.000-07:00

Yes, I just came back from Sweden a few days ago and I got myself preoccupied interpreting the measurement that I'd done in a couple of days ago. Buzzwords: It can't be that, can it? No no no. It can't be. But wait, what if. Nah, I don't believe that. But well. Wait a minute. Nope, doesn't match. But why? That's checked. This is checked too. Then? Is it possible that "that" is the case? peace

Cooking syndrome

2011-05-18T13:02:00.001-07:00

I am so dead now. HAHA. Day and night whenever I go online, I will always browse all those recipes websites searching for various creative, healthy grubs, watching video tutorials on how to cut parsley leaves or how to make a baked potato using microwave or finding nutritional facts about certain ingredients. I could not believe cooking has gotten into me. I had just finished my dinner of

Independence Living

2011-05-16T13:42:00.001-07:00

I believe I am now, without doing any crime or breaking any law, valid to claim that I am an Indonesian, who almost finish his undergraduate studies at Singapore and have been to South Korea for exchange, undergoing a summer research attachment at Aarhus University, Denmark. It has been a week and I almost obtained my ‘operating’ licence for one of the mass spectrometers. Well, forget about that

This Summer

2011-05-01T18:16:00.001-07:00

My semester in NUS is near to completion. A few interesting records this semester was my undertaking of mediocre quantum mechanics course by reading Fitts’ Principles of Quantum Mechanics and Jim Baggott’s Meaning of Quantum Theory. Both are excellent texts providing a critical and substantial knowledge of basic quantum mechanics. Of course, almost everything was self-learned and self-discipline

Asian Education

2011-04-10T21:54:00.000-07:00

"If you take your cumulative grade as a measure of the knowledge that you possessed or a measure of your skills or creativity and you do believe on it, that will be the biggest mistake that you'd ever done in your life. Education is not a race, it is a growing process." ~Anonymous

Equilibrium

2011-04-04T05:26:00.000-07:00

It has been self-evident that in today's society, we could find individuals with variety of traits and personality. Based on such premise, I wanted to express my view on the unique mixture of the society. I believe, if we taken into account all various factors i.e. cultural, economical, geographical traits, we would be able to produce a certain distribution of people of certain traits and

UNLEASHED! Philosophy

2011-03-26T22:37:00.000-07:00

Let me narrate a short philosophy behind the name which identifies with 56 individuals in this very Planet. They are basically my high school friends who had spent time with me for at least 3 years (some even more). Once upon a time, a group of people was chosen out of countless alternatives to gather and seek knowledge in an organized union called a class. They were dissatisfied with

My latest interest(s)

2011-03-15T22:13:00.000-07:00

Well, I just had a talk this morning with one of my Professors about my future final year projects about Photochemistry-related studies. We digressed, actually. My original intention in seeing him was actually to ask for which quantum mechanics topics to delve into for further understanding in light-matter interaction and radioactivity. I was really interested (or curious, perhaps) to know more

Current activity

2011-03-02T16:13:00.001-08:00

Yo,It's been some time since I actively update my blog. HAHA. Well, everything eventually will die sooner or later, aren't they? To put some spice into my life, I have been trying delve into the philosophy of science namely philosophy of quantum mechanics, wonders of today's scientists.Thus, I am currently reading "The Meaning of Quantum Theory" by Jim Baggott. Who tried to illustrate the

Concluding Remark: The Hotpot Analogy

2011-03-01T02:58:00.000-08:00

If I were to describe my exchange experience in one single word, that word would have to be “awesome”. The idea and opinion exchanges across geographical borders, inter-cultural conversations coupled with wide opportunities of networking and unique cultural explorations on a foreign soil may sum up my whole experience of being an exchange student in Seoul National University for a semester. It

New Year Resolution

2011-01-18T00:49:00.000-08:00

Yes, I have yet to do the most important thing which is to be done on every new beginning! XD Well, for 2011. I have decided on couple of resolutions:1. Finish/start read a book every month2. Learn the quantum field theory3. Engage in a research project with environmental focus4. Travel to somewhere new5. Finalize the 'Grand Plan' by the end of the yearOK. This month (January), I am reading

WEEK 16: Student-Tourist Transition

2010-12-26T00:46:00.000-08:00

I was gradually shifting from a student into a tourist. Most of my friends (especially Europeans) have flown to another warmer countries i.e. Southeast Asia to enjoy the warm beaches and local beers. HAHA! Have fun guys!As for me. I was still stuck in SNU with presentation and finals! There was this course about nuclear engineering which required us to hand in a final paper at the exact last day

WEEK 15: Not-going-out-week

2010-12-26T00:30:00.000-08:00

Presumably the last week of the school! Most of the assignments due that week. Final exams were conducted at that particular week too. Everything ended at that week.What I did on that week was simply studying and finishing my assignments.The only blog-worthy stuff that I did this week was my visit to National Geographic exhibition. I went there with my Australian friend, Grace Park. She was an

WEEK 14: First snow, First farewell, First concert

2010-12-25T23:54:00.000-08:00

Three topics to blog about this week.First Snow - 28-11-2010It was SNOWING! I could not believe my eyes witnessing tiny snowflakes filling the atmosphere. I, immediately, ran outside to feel the snow. Snow is, actually, quite similar, in a few ways, to tropical rain. It's just that snow is solid in nature and thus, can accumulate into piles whereas rain accumulates into puddles. Well, me and a

WEEK 13: Mug & Mugging

2010-12-25T23:35:00.000-08:00

The 13th week of my exchange. I probably will bother you with this phrase again, but I have to say it anyway. TIME FLIES WAY TOO FAST! I want to be in Seoul longer =(This week (end, more precise), I studied for my final exams and went for a pottery-making session! Well, I've never try it before, so I might as well give it a shot.OK. Starting with my first topic, the study! Well, the study vibe in

WEEK 12: Homestay

2010-12-16T01:14:00.000-08:00

Nothing so much this week due to homeworks, projects and mid-terms. HAHA! I only managed to go out this weekend.There was a Homestay programme where international students can stay at a Korean family residence for a weekend for free. All you need to do was to register yourself to the district office by email. Very convenient, indeed.Everything started at the Friday. I was fetched by the father of

WEEK 11: An Inception of Art

2010-12-16T00:54:00.000-08:00

The 11th week of my exchange student trip is indeed very important to me (as a social being). Why? My birthday was on this week! To tell you the truth, I was clueless on what should I do on my birthday. The culture here is that the person having a birthday have to 'invite' the others to his/her birthday party. Well, that's kind of different from the culture in Asia where everything is done

SNU Final Exams PART 1

2010-12-07T21:01:00.000-08:00

1. Introduction to Surface/Interface ChemistryExam: It was really a straightforward exam. The answer will be either you know very well or you do not know at all. This is due to a very diverse nature of the class composition. Some of us are from Mechanical Engineering departments, some from Forest Science, of course, some from Chemistry department, the 'appropriate' department for this

WEEK 10: Zen

2010-11-29T02:06:00.000-08:00

My tenth week have been colored by the hues of Zen. A school of Buddhism focusing of answering a question by reflecting on oneself. The core of this teaching is very simple. Everybody has a problem. Now, to solve this problem, you may have a lot of questions such as what should I do, which decision should I make or even, who am I. Let us take the example of who am I. If you are a scientists, you

WEEK 9: The Immersion

2010-11-14T00:07:00.000-08:00

Been so influenced by Korean culture lately. HAHA!Why is that so? Well, I went to three event that describe the Korean culture as a whole (well, not whole, but unique one).First, is the Korean traditional culture which has been impressively carried on throughout generations until today. Art schools, including SNU, which has a College of Music, in Korea even have a branch of studies on Korean

WEEK 8: DMZ

2010-11-13T23:03:00.000-08:00

The scars of Korean war, which could be witnessed to this very moment.The very proof of the Cold War continuation until today.The ideology difference that had affected many human lives.I went to DMZ this week! Yes, it has been some time I blogged due to my hectic traveling on weekends. I decided to go for DMZ since my parents decided not to go there when they come here on late December.Well, just

Self-talk

2010-11-03T02:28:00.000-07:00

Me: Please refrain from taking any Physics courses/modules, reading Physics article on Wikipedia or borrowing any Physics book from the library, Kelvin Anggara.Me: I can't help it, man.Me: You do not want to become a physicist, do you?Me: Actually I thought about it and it was not bad at all. Leon Lederman got his BSc in Chemistry, but he did Physics in his Graduate school.Me: You've got to be

WEEK 7: My First K-Pop Experience

2010-10-26T04:42:00.001-07:00

Yes, week 7 was where I experienced Kpop up-close for the first time! I went to the concert called 'Asian Song Festival 2010'. It was basically a free concert to raise awareness about Asian pop culture, G20 Summit in Korea and various UN & South Korea official programs. It was held at Jamsil Sport Complex. =)I was so excited to enroll myself in this concert! This is the first time I am being

WEEK 6: Soccer and Cooking

2010-10-26T04:18:00.000-07:00

Another week has passed. Time sure flew really fast (I believe I have repeated those words again and again). Indeed, I enjoyed myself too much here such that the time passed without my conscience. Anyway, skip the emotional stuff. Oh, an interesting stuff happened at my campus. There were actually 'street-piano-performance'! She was playing classical music and believe me, it was a really AWESOME

Towards the Epilogue

2010-10-16T04:59:00.000-07:00

This afternoon, I was chatting (via an internet messenger) with a friend of mine (junior, perhaps) who is currently pursuing her undergraduate degrees at MIT. Out of nowhere, she said 'hi' to me and no longer after that, we found ourselves discussing about opportunities that MIT could offer to oneself. I found myself, not long after that, regretting my life decision that I choose way back 2 years

WEEK 5: Tea and Rail

2010-10-11T04:34:00.000-07:00

It's my week 5? OMG, That was too fast >.< Somebody stop the time for me, please!I attended one of the SNU Buddy cultural event today called Teaism. I learned something about how important a greeting is in Korea. It would be different on how you greet your friends, parents and grandparents. To greet grandparents, i.e. friends' grandparents, you have to put your left palm above your right palm and

WEEK 4: Feeling the Pace

2010-10-11T04:13:00.000-07:00

As the title says, I am feeling the pace of the SNU Life now. In short, life in SNU was much more better than life in NUS. In NUS, students were studying for grades (a sad fact, though. I've only observed a very few people who really had passion in what they were studying) whereas in SNU, students were studying for knowledge. I shall not elaborate further as it would cause more controversies.

WEEK 3: A Step Outside

2010-10-11T02:47:00.000-07:00

I have no classes on this week! Why? Simply because the Koreans were celebrating Korean Thanksgiving Day, known as Chuseok. Koreans (who lived on the city) went back to the countryside where their elders (grandparents, usually) resided. They went back and had a big family reunion and feasted on rice-cakes, known as songpyeon. HAHA! So, what would a non-Korean be doing during this week?

The Nobel Prize 2010

2010-10-06T03:12:00.000-07:00

The vibe of Nobel Prize 2010 is still in the air, write your congratulatory notes at the official website! The Nobel Prize 2010 in Physics was announced yesterday and the Nobel Prize 2010 in Chemistry was just announced 30 minutes before this sentence was written. I have to say that the Nobel Prize went well with my prediction. I predicted that there will not be any particle physics and

WEEK 2: Event and more events

2010-09-19T02:38:00.000-07:00

My 2nd week in SNU is really exciting and productive in the exchange student point of view. I used all my spare time to revise the lectures (I haven't started doing my homework, though) Moreover, I participated in many exciting events this week. Yes, before going for an event, I always have this 'uncomfortableness' kind-of-feeling as the result of me pushing myself out of my comfort-zone. Well,

Linkin Park : Thousand Suns

2010-09-17T05:03:00.000-07:00

Yeap, recently released Linkin Park album in which they embarked on a new style of music. It's more to the techno/rap kind-of-thing and is completely different from their previous style, rock/rap. But, one thing to note from this album is its concept.Thousand Suns, the title of this album, was attributed to a quote from Robert Oppenheimer, the father of atomic bomb, referring to the Hindu

WEEK 1: Culture interferences!

2010-09-16T05:37:00.000-07:00

I have covered most of the culture shock part on the first week. XD So, I am going to introduce a few more culture shocks that I received.The canteen.School canteen here was not as luxurious as what a Singapore university would offer. However, it tasted really good and authentic. Of course, the meals offered were often Korean foods. In a display, near the entrance, two to three sample foods were

WEEK 0: Annyeong Haseyou!

2010-09-16T04:04:00.000-07:00

OK. Please do not assume or think that I have stopped blogging. I wasn't blogging because I have enormous amount of stuff to tell you guys. HAHA! As you all know, currently I was in Seoul living a life of an exchange student. To date, I still really love Korea! You know, healthy foods, fresh air, breath-taking scenery and nice people. Yeap, to document all my experiences and journey to the

A summary of my summer holiday

2010-09-09T04:47:00.001-07:00

Summer holiday may be the longest holiday that any Southeast Asia students would be able to imagine. Spanning from May all the way to August, students, like me, found it too long for a relaxation and often, many students found that summer holiday is truly boring and unproductive.Well, that's for them. None of my business. My summer holiday had been filled with many fruitful and meaningful

UNLEASHED! MOVIE II Special DVD cover edition

2010-09-07T07:03:00.000-07:00

I am going to burn UNLEASHED! MOVIE II into a DVD! And here is the drafts of the disc jewel cover. =) Comments are greatly appreciated.Draft oneDraft twopeacevixklen

UNLEASHED! MOVIE II : MISS?!

2010-09-04T17:59:00.001-07:00

The movie has been released with approximately 54 individuals attended our premiere last evening! The movie has been well-accepted among the audience and is known for improved acting and sounds and it is using English as its main language. As a part of the committee, I would like to say a big thank you to everybody who come and watch the movie premiere yesterday!As for my blog readers, feel free

UNLEASHED! MOVIE II : MISS?!

2010-08-10T19:53:00.000-07:00

Promotional posters for UNLEASHED! MOVIE II titled MISS?!Release date is to be announced soon. Please look forward to watch them! Now UNLEASHED! Movie is in English language with English subtitles.More posters to be released soon! Stay tune!peacevixklen

SE TRIP DAY FOURTEEN: The Journey Home

2010-07-21T08:16:00.000-07:00

The last day of our South East Asia trip! We were separated into two groups today. One group were watching movie and shopping at the Sunway Pyramid while the rests were having fun at Sunway Lagoon. I was on the group opting for Sunway Lagoon.I played every single ride at the major parks that day i.e. the water slides, coasters, oscillating ship etc. I had fun that day and it was great refreshment

SE TRIP DAY THIRTEEN: World Without Strangers

2010-07-21T08:07:00.000-07:00

Again, we were late behind the designated ready-for-action time. As the result, we had a hasty breakfast and packing. During our check out from our rooms, we were making a hasty march to the bus stations. What a relief when we made to the bus on time. As the clock ticked to the departure time of the bus, it just started its journey despite the attendance. Nothing much happened on the bus besides

SE TRIP DAY TWELVE: The Roller Coaster Day

2010-07-21T08:02:00.000-07:00

As usual, I did what I had done for the past eleven days, waking up early. I was really enjoying the comfort of the bed at that time. However, something had been bothering me since my arrival on this resort. What was that? Well, I needed a walk in the morning. Thus, I woke up with determination and took a shower to refresh myself. Then, I awoke one of my friends up and told him that I would go

SE TRIP DAY ELEVEN: CASH-IN-NO?

2010-07-21T07:43:00.000-07:00

Day eleven was the day we all went to the famous highland resorts on Southeast Asia, the Genting Highlands. We stayed at the infamous Guinness-world-record-certified hotel, the First World Hotel. How do we get there? We had no initial bookings with our local travel agent at all. Well, here goes the adventure.We woke up relatively early and asked for directions to the nearest monorail stations. We

SE TRIP DAY TEN: From Mekong to Malaysia

2010-07-21T07:26:00.000-07:00

I could not believe that I had left my hometown for ten days. Today’s trip would be visiting the Mekong Delta. Mekong Delta was one of the tourist attractions for Ho Chi Minh City. The day started as the bus departed for Mekong River to the Southwest of the city.Once we arrived on a pier where the boats were stationed, we encountered a row of merchants offering their goods to us. Some sells

SE TRIP DAY NINE: Culture Clash and Warzone

2010-07-16T05:44:00.000-07:00

Talking about plurality of religions in this world, I am aware of the five major religions in my country which are Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism and Hinduism. I always thought that the other religions on the outside world were more or less similar to these five religions. However, again, I was proved wrong by my trip today.The tour guide for that day was Alex. He gave us

SE TRIP DAY EIGHT: The Land of Phở

2010-07-14T20:33:00.000-07:00

On the blind morning, we went to the budget terminal after quick breakfast at Burger King and Killiney Kopitiam. We had to energize ourselves before heading for a long day at foreign lands.Upon our arrival on Ho Chi Minh airport, the Tan Son Nhat Airport, I could see military planes and unused hangars along the airport runway when we landed safely. I could not believe it when we reached the

SE TRIP DAY SEVEN: Semi Tourist

2010-07-14T20:25:00.000-07:00

We went to Vivocity for lunch at Ajisen Ramen as requested by our semi-Singapore-tourist, Lewis Laidin in our group. After the sumptuous lunch, we went to do some window shopping around Vivocity. Farrand purchased a pair of Adidas shoes and Angeliana purchased many types of apparel for her family members. I was doing my job as the official photographer for the whole trip as usual. However, there

SE TRIP DAY SIX: Playing with Sands

2010-07-14T08:02:00.000-07:00

Day six of my trip was not as new as the first few days. This was because we were travelling on Singapore, the place where I had resided for the past two years. The system here was so familiar that I barely noticed anything new and exciting. However, we had two persons in our group which was not familiar with the Lion City as we did. Well, our job was to accompany them safely and cheerfully to

SE TRIP DAY FIVE: The Lion City

2010-07-14T07:56:00.000-07:00

Again, 4 AM in the morning. Now, we had to be ready by then. But, the good news was that we would be off to Singapore! How come I was so excited about it? Well, because I was going to receive my Yearbook! And I could not wait any longer!We arrived at Singapore at noon and went to Hari’s residence, Hillington Green at Hume Avenue. We engaged the house as a full housekeeping team. Some mops, some

SE TRIP DAY FOUR: Crash and Wets

2010-07-13T21:27:00.000-07:00

The day was started at seriously no joking time of 4 AM in the morning. I was made awake by a knock on the door. When I opened the door, Angelina was there to bid a farewell to our room accompanied by half-awake Hari. I was half awake at that time; I bid Angelina a farewell and returned to my dream world.On that morning, we went to Phanga, the Safari Park for exact, with monkeys and elephants

SE TRIP DAY THREE: Kingdom of Corals

2010-07-13T20:50:00.000-07:00

Day three started with early morning call again. It was torturing, yet it was still fun! Our agenda today was to explore the Phi Phi Island, the second must-go-island if you were to travel to Phuket! Breakfast was still the same Thai cup noodle with pork seasonings. I would sure a dead person if I were to eat them every morning.Anyway, everything started quite normally until we reached the

SE TRIP DAY TWO: It's Bond. James Bond.

2010-07-13T06:05:00.000-07:00

Guess what the time I need to wake up today was. It was not a regular wake-up-for-school-time, 6 AM. It was one hour earlier than that. It was the horrible 5 AM. We need to wake up that early so that we could prepare and had our own breakfast on time before departing with a tour service at 7 AM. When I woke up that day, it was raining quite heavily. Sometimes, I would think that someone was

SE TRIP DAY ONE: Annyeong Haseyou Phuket!

2010-07-13T05:49:00.000-07:00

This post was strictly confined to the first day of my 2 weeks-long-Southeast Asia trip. The first day would be the departure from my hometown, Medan to the first destination of my trip, Phuket, one of the tourist hotspots in Thailand. Airasia, unfortunately, did not provide any direct flight from Medan to Phuket. Instead, we would assume a connecting flight via Kuala Lumpur.The very start of my

South East Asia Trip and North Asia Trip

2010-06-18T07:52:00.000-07:00

YEs! MY SE ASIA TRIP with fellow UNLEASHED!-ers are coming real soon. Starting from 20th June, I will be visiting following cities:Phuket!Famous for its beautiful scenery and islands. I will feast on its beauty with my friends' camera, CANON 350D (it's old-school, but it's still quite a pack of power). I've never been to beaches beside Sentosa beaches for the last few years.SingaporeWah-lao eh. I

VDAY20: Vesakh Day

2010-05-28T07:07:00.000-07:00

Today is Vesakh Day and I am visiting the temple to do the "Yi Fo" ritual. It was basically a ritual to pour water on a statue of a Buddha. Besides, there were also a bazaar held on that temple. It was a fun day.One thing I like about temple is I feel really calm and absorbed. I can't describe how I really feel when I was there but, I really feel safe and calm. A feeling that I will never get at

VDAY18: Latest updates!

2010-05-26T05:24:00.001-07:00

Whoa! What a 'busy' holiday. I had finished FF XII complete with most of its sidequests for a week. It was really brutal. XD Anyway, I am playing FF X from the beginning again and I will aim for complete sidequests and I will kill those Dark Aeons for sure. :)Why 8 days of no-update? Well, to summarize,I'd been learning how to drive a car for the past 5 days and it was quite an experience. I got

VDAY10: Skin Treatment

2010-05-18T06:24:00.000-07:00

Today I had my skin treated from a dermatologist, not a skincare doctor anymore. Hope it will be fine :)AirAsia announced some promotional offers today. The responses are, well, ridiculously large till it could bring the AirAsia booking server down in one day. Insane. I need to recheck the price for my coming Southeast asia trip. Hope, there will be some uptime tomorrow!Tomorrow I am going to

VDAY6: Spiritual

2010-05-14T21:00:00.000-07:00

Journal read: Jessop et al., Chemical Reviews 1995, 95, 259Insight: Yeap, today I've learned about various pathways that CO or CO2 could undergo as a precursor to a more useful chemicals. I observed that the reactions presented in this journal has a very high atom economy and it is really "green chemistry" in which the reaction only produced water as its side product. As for the concluding

VDAY5: How strange

2010-05-13T20:25:00.001-07:00

Journal read: Jessop et al., Chemical Reviews 1995, 95, 259Insight: I've come back to the world of 1 carbon. I heard it first from the discoverer of carbocations, Gyorgy Olah during IChO 2008. He suggested that the world energy problem could be solved by using an alternative energy source known as methanol. Methanol could be produced by the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide which is a waste from

VDAY4: When Chemistry goes wild

2010-05-12T20:29:00.000-07:00

Journal read:Murray et al., Annual Review of Materials Science 2000, 30, 545Insight: Well, I have to admit that I am not able to decipher and understand the characterization part as well as the properties of the nanocrystals. The knowledge presented on this review paper is beyond my current knowledge and I will need to halt my reading on this topics and revert back to something more familiar to

VDAY3: Ostwald Ripening

2010-05-11T23:29:00.000-07:00

Journal read:Murray et al., Annual Review of Materials Science 2000, 30, 545Insight: How to synthesize nanocrystals? It's simple yet complicated. Basically, we just need to grow them. As simple as it could be, nanocrystals growing prove to be a complicated science. To synthesize a nanocrystals, the chemical principle used in this case is the Ostwald Ripening. Based on what I understood from the

VDAY2: The Jellium Model

2010-05-10T20:08:00.002-07:00

Journal read: Zheng et al., Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 2007, 58, 409Insight: This journal basically give an overview of the behavior of gold nanoparticles. Jellium model is a proposed model to explain such behavior. It was said that nanoparticles could behave as an atomic species, clusters and metal depending on the particle sizes. Jellium model applies to the cluster size whereas atomic

VDAY1: A Birthday Treat

2010-05-09T18:55:00.000-07:00

Let just mark 9 May as the first day of my summer holiday.Today, I went to Cambridge for lunch because my friend was treating us (not me) a meal at Fusion Cafe. Yeah, since this is Southeast Asia, unpunctuality has been so tolerated that everybody won't feel a single hard feeling about this issue. Yeah, really different with my second home, Singapore where punctuality reflects your persona. So,

CM2132 Aftermath

2010-05-03T22:38:00.000-07:00

It's H-O-L-I-D-A-Y!Level of difficulty: EasyPerformance: Easy, but I've made some mistakes. Lowest predicted score is 94%.Yay! Let's learn basic cinematography now! =D =D =Dpeacevixklen

Story of my Life

2010-05-01T07:45:00.001-07:00

I really feel like telling one of a story that changed my life since then.However, I am afraid I might be sued because of it due to defamation.XDpeacevixklen

CM2142 Aftermath

2010-04-27T21:14:00.000-07:00

Yeah, CM2142 is officially eliminated.Level of difficulty: StraightforwardPerformance: Hopefully I did not make any silly mistake due to my clumsiness. Other than that I could safely say that I did this exam with flying colors. =D 10 marks confirmed deducted already, though. Ah, never mind.I got another 1 week before my next exam. Shall de-stress! WOO HOO!peacevixklen

A "Thrilling" Dream

2010-04-26T16:47:00.000-07:00

I had a dream last night. It was actually this morning, because my dream was cut in the middle as I woke up due to my alarm.This is the first time I had a dream with the "mystery" theme. Let me narrate it to you.I was in a car with my family and I was staring outside the window. I could still remember we were at the the Irian Barat road. I was staring at the field between Uniland and Vihara

CM2121 Aftermath

2010-04-25T21:37:00.001-07:00

*Phew* CM2121 is history now.Level of difficulty: StraightforwardPerformance: Well, I have no time to do a double check. Most questions are open-ended, meaning that there is not a 100% correct or wrong answer. It is all about synthesis. Hopefully, I didn't make any careless mistake on the stereochemistry.I will miss you CM2121. Prof. Lai is really a great teacher. XDpeacevixklen

The 2nd UNLEASHED! Movie

2010-04-25T03:57:00.000-07:00

Very exciting! Very exciting! I can't believe another year has passed. Now is another time to produce a brand new movie. The title of the movie is yet to be decided. However, what can I say about our new UNLEASHED! Movie is that it will be in comedy genre and we will try to deliver it in the most entertaining as possible.I have read the first draft of the script freshly written by our fellow

Piano!

2010-04-21T18:11:00.001-07:00

Yep, what shall I learn during the summer vacation?Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - Xion's ThemeMalice Mizer - RegretSS501 - Because I am StupidYiruma - River Flows in YouTVXQ - ProudLooking forward to a great holiday! =Dpeacevixklen

Politics oh Politics

2010-04-16T06:38:00.001-07:00

Just heard from my high school juniors that same incident that happened to me has reoccurred again on my juniors. Sigh. I just don't like politics. They are too selfish. Why can't they appreciate one's decision?I detest politics. CMIIW.peacevixklen

Semester 4 Reading Week!

2010-04-16T03:17:00.000-07:00

La la la la17: CM214218: CM213219: CM212120: CM212121: CM214222: CM214223: CM212124: CM212125: CM2121 final revision26: CM2121 exam (morning) + break (afternoon) + CM214227: CM2142 final revision28: CM2142 exam (morning) + break29: CM213230: CM21321: CM21322: CM21323: CM21324: CM2132 exam (morning) + break5: packing6: go back Medan (morning)YEP! ALL THE WAY! =Dpeacevixklen

Divide and Conquer!

2010-04-15T22:02:00.000-07:00

Quoting Napoleon Bonaparte's strategy in crushing in enemies, Divide and conquer has been a great strategy in many real-world life cases such as computer algorithms. I knew it because I have been dealing with this 'divide-and-conquer' algorithm which looks simple but it's excruciatingly complex when I was a programmer. HAHA! Anyway, reading week is here and it's my proofing-week for my Hall's

Exam Fright

2010-04-07T22:59:00.000-07:00

Why do I feel nervous at these times? =.=" =.=" =.="I am going to face my CM2142 CA and LAK1201 Final Test in another 2 hours time and I feel super nervous about it. Why? I can't understand why I am having such feeling. Come on, Kelvin! I thought you are better than that?I am having the same feeling as when I was about to do my first UROPS presentation, first A Cappella performance at Amplitude

Gene activation

2010-04-06T01:35:00.000-07:00

KINGDOM HEARTS BIRTH BY SLEEP IS RELEASED! ZOMG!I spent the whole day learning about the stories, characters (everything!) about this new series of Kingdom Hearts! OMG OMG OMG! I AM SO GOING TO ROB SOMEONE PSP AND PLAY IT!Now the stories were much clearer. Master Xehanort was the root of all problem in the Kingdom Hearts realm. It's just damn cool to see Ventus using the Wing Keyblade! OMG! Damn

I can't believe it

2010-04-01T07:17:00.000-07:00

The title says it all.I just can't believe how fast the time is moving. I could still picture the day I was officially initiated as a KEVIIan down at the MPC by Raymond Lim. I could still hear the cheers and shouting from all the people afterward. I could still feel the water that was splashed on my head on that night.I guess, on that night, somebody had planted something me. Something that grows

Wonders of nature

2010-03-23T04:38:00.000-07:00

I am going to attend another talk by a Chemistry Nobel Laurate, Aaron Ciechanover. He will give a public lecture about the story of protein who died to keep us alive. I seriously can't wait to experience this! =DCome to think about it. I have attended and interacted with many Nobel Laurates. I think they are not as 'unreachable' as we thought so. Once during my year one in my undergraduate

SIDE Theory

2010-03-17T03:38:00.000-07:00

Social Individuation Deindividuation Theory. A fascinating theory I encountered during my 2nd semester in my Year 1 as NUS undergraduate. The theory mentioned that human, as an individual, will always categorize him/herself to a certain category differentiating him/herself from the rest.I was really fascinated by this theory as it was really a very good explanation of the origin of community. Too

Audiophile

2010-03-15T09:16:00.000-07:00

Yes, I am going to explore the unexplored region of computer hardware. I never put a lot of attention in this part before. Now, my laptop is rigged with Creative X-Fi 5.1 Surround coupled with an Creative Aurvana DJ headset. I am enjoying a crystal clear pseudo 24-bit music at every moment.I am using the soundcard so that in the future, I can enjoy 5.1 system on my laptop without any quality

Looking back

2010-03-13T07:33:00.000-08:00

This is why I love to keep diaries and writings of the pasts. It was a tips-sharing/suggestions session on my last day in my English private school. In my class (since it was the most senior class and it was quite newly opened), there were only a teacher, me and 4 other females around my age (1 is older than the other 3). So, on the last day of school, we were having some kind of emo (as I would

The Effect of Music

2010-03-12T02:24:00.000-08:00

I am so excited about my UROPS experiment today! I am synthesizing a silica-supported heteropoly acid, H3PW12O40. It's basically a 'cluster' of oxoanions as seen in chromate-dichromate system. Now, to utilize the heteropoly acid as a solid acid that will be recovered with ease, it is supported in a silica system.Now I am beginning to appreciate silicon chemistry which I always looked down before.

It makes you happy

2010-03-09T23:58:00.000-08:00

I feel so happy today after finishing my experiment early! It is because I did not make any single mistake nor inefficient actions during my experiment.Today's experiment is the protection of alcohol group in 1-phenylethanol by 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran. To be frank, I always complain everyday whenever I were asked to analyze a solution by using TLC. I just can't have faith in TLC. XD However, when I

2010-03-09T05:01:00.000-08:00

Reviving my blog skin!

A concert

2010-03-09T03:00:00.000-08:00

Annyeong Haseyo,I feel that Kelvin Anggara in 2008 is completely different with Kelvin Anggara in 2010. I used to blog every single day, but now, I feel like blogging only when I wanted to do so. HAHA! Strange. Really strange. Is it because I am busier now?Anyway, I will try to blog once a week to keep constant this blog readership. =DLast weekend, I went to a concert named Asian Folktales and

And it continues

2010-02-27T18:05:00.001-08:00

WOO HOO! Just read about an article about photon-trapping in natural science website. =D One of them is trapping the photons in nano-soup while the other is trapping photon in a ultrareflective material.Come to think about it, is there really anything in this world that will not absorb photon? I believe there is not. Why? It is because the photon absorption is due to the angular momentum transfer

Got nothing to do

2010-02-27T08:24:00.000-08:00

I was on my way to Hall from Marina Square, waiting for the bus 200 to go back to South Buona Vista Road. When I was sitting at the bench on the bus stop staring at the roadside lights, I suddenly remembered all the discussions I made with my high school physics teacher, Mr. Manaek Nababan.I was thinking of photons again. I guess this particle cum wave never fail to fascinate me. OK, so suddenly

Mistakes

2010-02-24T02:55:00.000-08:00

Yes, I made mistakes again.On 23 February, I committed a very careless mistake that may ruin my whole life. It is very hard and tedious to erect a row of books, but we only need a flick of our finger to make them all fall flat. I got scolded by my supervisor because of this. I was really angry to myself for not concentrating on such occasion.However, I know (and I always) that there is no use to

Mentality

2010-02-11T23:01:00.000-08:00

OK. This is super random, but I just realized that photography and Yearbook has a very similar objective, which is to preserve the moments. The moment of sadness, joy, frustration, stress, confusion, fear, confidence, seriousness etc. It is our objective and mission for us to preserve the moments. I feel that everybody in my CCA cluster should really have this mentality. =DWe preserve all the

Redefining passion

2010-02-06T09:18:00.001-08:00

Latest update about me in this bustling island!I have just performed in inter-hall vocal concert (i.e. A Cappella and Choir) for my hall. I represented my hall in A Cappella by performing a song by the most well-known East Asian Singers, TVXQ or known as Dong Bang Shin Ki. It is a group of five talented singers who are currently inactive now. In my A Cappella performance, my group will be

KEVII hallplay 09/10

2010-01-30T20:16:00.000-08:00

Hello,Even though, I know this posts won't be read by all the audience that present on that night, I would like to express my gratitude towards all supports that you all have given to us. It was another amazing experience that enriches my university education. I am looking forward for a more fantastic play next year.I am still not sure, though, whether should I rejoin Hallplay 10/11 or not. Ah,

It's Hallplay!

2010-01-13T08:53:00.001-08:00

It's just week one of semester 2 and I have been busy preparing for my UROPS and Hallplay publicity. I've just pasted the posters around the campus with Tinu today. It was a really tiring job, walking all around campus at night and pasting posters around. Hopefully it will create some awareness of our play. Around this days last year, I am also doing the same thing. It just that last year's job