Response Time

For man-made technology products, we would expect their response time to be minimum. It’s never fun to have a slow computer, late sensing, or lagging movement. But for humanities (in its widest stretch), it’s not always good to have short response time. Responsive can be […]

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Identifying Oxalis

Ever heard a song, remembered the lyric but did not know the title of the song? OK, you can google the lyric. Wondered about a thing’s name? That increases the difficulty a bit. You can put the searched image on google image, I think? In […]

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Japanese Intensive Course Ends

February 9 was the last day for University of Tsukuba’s autumn 2015 Japanese intensive course. We had presentation on our countries, received the certificate and had closing ceremony. I was not much into celebrating the end of this course. I rather liked it and grew […]

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Hiragana from Scratch

Yes. I arrived at Japan without knowing Japanese language. Am not proud of it, that is just how it is. So when we learn a new language not only by vocabulary and grammar but also the alphabets (if I may say it that way, kana […]

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Refleksi Diri dengan Self Assessment

Mengapa Berbeda? Pernahkah anda mencoba menerapkan satu resep masakan bersama orang lain, dan hasilnya sedikit berbeda dalam rasa (dan penampilan)? Pernahkah anda mencoba mengajari sesuatu pada anak dan tampaknya ia samasekali tidak mengerti namun ketika orang lain yang melakukannya hanya dibutuhkan sedikit usaha untuk ‘membuatnya’ […]

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Infected by Opinion

Before Idulfitri holiday, I took my Environmental Management classes to a short tour around our school’s vicinity. Our school is practically in the middle of ‘nowhere’ as we are located in an industrial complex together with a university campus. Outside the school, there are factories, toll […]

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Peer Pressure: Les dan Sekolah

Suatu hari sepulang sekolah Daud minta les. D: Bunda, aku mau ikut les. L: Les apa, nak? D: Semuanya. L: *bengong* Semua mata pelajaran? D: Iya. L: Kenapa? Daud merasa kurang bisa? D: Ngga, sih. L: Bu guru minta Daud belajar lebih di rumah? D: […]

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