tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12813424921499946952024-02-19T09:51:34.228+07:00Surya Cipta - Jack of Most Trades, Master of SomeSurya Ciptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898537891193016960noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281342492149994695.post-85741619076109046522020-11-13T13:06:00.000+07:002020-11-13T13:06:17.595+07:00Liburan Ini Disponsori Oleh Covid 2019<p><span style="background-color: white;">Hari ini tepat dua
minggu saya di rumah sakit karena Covid. Perjalanan yang sangat menarik dan
membuka mata. Perhatian yang diberikan keluarga, saudara dan teman sangat luar
biasa, dan tentunya banyak yang bertanya.. Kira-kira seperti ini..<br /><br /></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HAH? Elu kena Covid Sur? Gak apa kan? Gak akan mati? <br /></span></span></span></span></h4><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Pasti
mati lah... Semua mahluk hidup ada waktunya.. Tapi kemungkinan saya meninggal
dari Covid ini sepertinya sangat kecil.. Jadi tenang aja gak perlu panik.<br /></span></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">LOH?! Katanya Covid bahaya. Kok malah becanda gini? Serius </span></span></b><b><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">dong!</span></span></b></span></h4><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Okay,
serius ya... Covid itu penyakit sangat berbahaya, karena sangat menular.. Covid
itu sejenis flu dengan potensi berefek sangat buruk bahkan fatal ke sebagian
orang.. Meskipun ke sebagian besar tidak ada efek gejala sama sekali, atau
gejala ringan.<br /></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" />
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="background: white;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ooo.. Gak sebegitu bahayanya dong Covid..</span></span></span></b></h4><span style="background: white;">Kalau
untuk yang gak bergejala, gak bahaya, tapi untuk 15 ribu orang di Indonesia dan
1.3 juta orang di dunia yang sudah meninggal, sangat berbahaya. Yang bikin
Covid sangat berbahaya itu, adalah orang yang tidak bergejala atau dengan
gejala ringan, tetap menyebarkan virus ini, sehingga bila terkena yang rentan,
potensi fatal.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfgkyONYk6UU8faC6HEU0YY2RpljQGLkvKazrg_Tv7e-b38Y3dk5ZrsUesgQW0pa-6_LsTpcc7n96Y_M-iemDcVVKdWhWtKw2JrfEF4w9OEZxyJxQqvTPSCCvbR8Eb4cll6i6H1leQgMO/s597/Screenshot+2020-11-13+123605.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Korban Covid-19 per 13 Nov 2020" border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="597" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfgkyONYk6UU8faC6HEU0YY2RpljQGLkvKazrg_Tv7e-b38Y3dk5ZrsUesgQW0pa-6_LsTpcc7n96Y_M-iemDcVVKdWhWtKw2JrfEF4w9OEZxyJxQqvTPSCCvbR8Eb4cll6i6H1leQgMO/w400-h374/Screenshot+2020-11-13+123605.png" title="Korban Covid-19 per 13 Nov 2020" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #073763;">Korban Covid-19 per 13 Nov 2020</span></i></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div></span>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ih serem
juga ya.. Tapi elu aman kan Sur?</span></span></b></h4>Saya masuk kategori gejala ringan, karena ada demam, ngilu, pusing dan
hilang rasa. Hasil X-Ray menunjukan ada sedikit infeksi di Paru, tapi tidak
ada sesak nafas dan saturasi oksigen bagus. Jadilah dirawat untuk jaga-jaga,
apalagi overweight itu faktor resiko juga.<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Untungnya
saya tidak punya masalah diabetes, paru atau jantung dan belum berumur yang
merupakan faktor pengali utama resiko Covid.<br /></span> </p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Loh
kalau gitu kenapa lama di Rumah Sakit?<br /></span></span></b></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Saya
mendapat pengobatan Avigan, banyak banget vitamin, dan obat pendukung selama
satu minggu. Meskipun semua gejala sudah hilang, hasil test PCR Swab nya masih
positif, meskipun Alhamdullilah CT nya sudah 40, dan karena radang di paru
belum selesai, oleh dokter diperpanjang satu siklus terapi lagi.<br /></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Loh?
Kok Swab Positif tapi Alhamdullilah?</span></b><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Bersyukur
dan tenang itu bagian utama dari penyembuhan, tapi memang bersyukur, karena CT
40 itu artinya udah gak ngaruh virusnya dalam tubuh. Waktu pertama masuk </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">dengan
</span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">CT <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>23 itu virus masih hidup dan masih menular.
Sekarang virusnya </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">sudah tidak efektif</span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">, tidak menular, hanya tinggal tunggu
keluar dari tubuh dan infeksi paru hilang.<br /></span> </p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Menarik
juga, CT itu apa emangnya sih?</span></span></b></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Kalau
disederhanakan, test RT PCR itu ngeliat hasil swab di hidung kita ada virus
Corona atau nggak. Hasil sampel tersebut perlu di perbanyak dan diperbesar dalam
beberapa siklus sampai bisa terlihat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Kalau
baru sedikit siklus sudah terdeteksi, berarti jumlah virusnya sudah banyak dan
pasien sangat sakit. Kalau perlu siklus berulang-ulang baru bisa terdeteksi,
artinya virusnya hanya sedikit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Riset
menunjukan bahwa virus yang baru terdeteksi pada CT – Cycle Threshold ke 30an, sudah
dalam keadaan tidak aktif, sehingga pemerintah menentukan CT 35 sebagai batas
dianggap Negatif.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Jadi
bener Alhamdullilah bahwa CT saya 40, artinya meskipun dalam tubuh masih ada
sisa Virus, tidak lagi efektif, tidak berkembang biak dan tidak menular.<br /></span> </p>
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deh, eh dirawat dimana sih? Ngapain aja tiap hari?</span></span></b><span lang="IN" style="color: #ffa400; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Saya
di rawat di RSPP Modular Hospital Simprug. Fasilitas khusus Covid, dibikin
dengan negative pressure untuk isolasi. Dilayani dengan sangat baik dari segi
medis. Sangat nyaman, sangat professional dan semuanya ditanggung pemerintah.
Istimewa, terima kasih Pak Dhe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Namun
karena ini fasilitas isolasi, jadi ya memang tiap hari hanya dikamar, gak bisa keluar
liat matahari. Di komputer, makan, tidur, youtube, Netflix, kerja, WA, tidur
lagi, sambil terus dikasih obat dan suntik dan kontrol medis 24 jam.<br /></span> </p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Not
bad juga ya. Jangan godain susternya tapi ya!</span></span></b></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Hahahaha…
Pertama, semua yang masuk ruangan ini kaya robot pake baju APD, suster, dokter,
cleaning service, semua kaya robot. Bahaya godain suster taunya dapet mas-mas
cleaning service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Kedua,
semua orang-orang pekerja medis ini, seperti adik-adik iparku, mesti masuk surga dan dapet penghargaan.
Karena disaat orang takut sama Covid, mereka justru ikhlas masuk ke sarang
Covid </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">tiap hari </span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">dengan segala resikonya.<br /></span> </p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kok
mendadak jadi bijak? Pasti banyak hikmahnya ya?</span></span></b></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Waktu
itu kemewahan yang </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">jarang </span><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">saya rasakan selama ini. Sekarang dipaksa untuk slow
down, jadi bisa mikir, bisa recharge, jadi liburan courtesy dari Covid.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Hikmah
utamanya adalah dibukakan matanya betapa banyak orang yang kasih perhatian dan
sayang. Juga betapa banyak yang perlu kita syukuri dalam hidup.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Istri
yang meskipun sudah puluhan tahun makan asam garam, bukan berkurang tapi justru
tambah sayangnya… Anak-anak yang sudah besar dan mandiri… Keluarga, Sayang, yang
penuh perhatian dan nemenin lewat WA... Boss yang ikhlas ngasih cuti meski
project lagi genting... Temen-temen yang ngirim video 1 menit jadi gak
kebosenan… Dan beribu hal kecil lain yang ternyata patut disyukuri</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">,
termasuk nikmatnya makan pake sendok besi dari rumah dibanding sendok plastic di
rumah sakit.<br /></span> </p>
<h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Woy
udah ceramahnya, nanti jadi penceramah dadakan!</span></span></b></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Iyaaa…
Ini juga udah kepanjangan… Intinya, hati-hati dengan Covid, jaga jarak, pake
masker, cuci tangan, jangan sampe kita, atau orang yang kita sayang kena.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Selebihnya
bersyukurlah. Sehat, temen, keluarga, rejeki, umur, itu semua nikmat yang tiada
taranya.<br /></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IN" style="line-height: 107%;">Thanks
for the love guys.. Udah dulu ya, mau cek tensi dari tadi ditungguin robot
disebelah, moga-moga suster bukan mas-mas... Bye...<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Surya Ciptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898537891193016960noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281342492149994695.post-19414032806230818172012-01-11T23:59:00.000+07:002012-01-12T10:43:21.627+07:00Resolutions, Reflections and Projections<br>
<div class="MsoNormal">The New Year celebration had just passed. Some celebrated in festivities while some in solitude. Some amidst the noise and chaos, celebrated in the emptiness of their heart. One thing that is certain and the same for everyone is that another year has been and gone. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mwAr18lDNOfVv_ad5Mc3RjxinSI_UzISvQpM6aQnKZYtkn6v6MVaGdVTOAScg4dMYEkcrxHf3awreVkDSjW4XzGEeeDGYeYa-s9CsGb4cUAcgYEJAJdzNiIe6vs5eZXvOZaChINypPsW/s1600/NewYearCelebration.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mwAr18lDNOfVv_ad5Mc3RjxinSI_UzISvQpM6aQnKZYtkn6v6MVaGdVTOAScg4dMYEkcrxHf3awreVkDSjW4XzGEeeDGYeYa-s9CsGb4cUAcgYEJAJdzNiIe6vs5eZXvOZaChINypPsW/s320/NewYearCelebration.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>New Year by The Lac</b></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We are a year away from where we were, and hopefully a year closer to our destination. Everybody move forward in the journey of time. While in the journey of life, some move on, some move backward and the lucky ones not moving anywhere, already content with the destination they have arrived at.</div><a href="http://srycpt.blogspot.com/2012/01/resolutions-reflections-and-projections.html#more">Read more »</a>Surya Ciptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898537891193016960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281342492149994695.post-39675216981347388952011-12-15T23:42:00.000+07:002011-12-16T11:20:57.825+07:00The Art of Falling<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0p1xcyiobSaBdnomJwrGzMU0-_cemQu4SKjFFyE4UYZuey2XCghGYtNB9_MKpaqFSdqvSIExyYxDIt3PEAZPM4Fyz5RGCLIHQMfArIeg_htFmFuO8U5wVVDEdgWCpPE7uUohT3e0NNT4E/s1600/425px-Munch_The_Scream_lithography.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0p1xcyiobSaBdnomJwrGzMU0-_cemQu4SKjFFyE4UYZuey2XCghGYtNB9_MKpaqFSdqvSIExyYxDIt3PEAZPM4Fyz5RGCLIHQMfArIeg_htFmFuO8U5wVVDEdgWCpPE7uUohT3e0NNT4E/s200/425px-Munch_The_Scream_lithography.png" width="140"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream">I want to SCREAM!</a></b></td></tr>
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As the saying goes, life is like a wheel, sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re down. While some may be blessed with more Ups than Downs, everybody have their dark moments.<br>
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For some unfortunate ones their dark moments can be really hard. These hardships can come from many things, be it financial, relationship, career, loss of loved ones, health or for the really bad ones, combinations of several factors.<br>
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In the darkest time, life can feel like falling into a dark hole, followed with chains of bad things where life keeps on getting darker and darker, until it becomes so dark even your own shadow doesn’t want to befriend you, yet you keep on falling deeper.<br>
<a href="http://srycpt.blogspot.com/2011/12/art-of-falling.html#more">Read more »</a>Surya Ciptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898537891193016960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281342492149994695.post-83342158316127898732011-07-27T00:52:00.002+07:002011-07-27T00:57:30.268+07:00I want to be a Coal player! - Intro to Coal part 2Coal at the moment is <a href="http://srycpt.blogspot.com/2010/12/whats-all-fuss-about-coal-intro-to-coal.html">the hottest business in Indonesia</a>. Having an annual turnaround of tens of Billions of Dollars, the coal industry consists of a lot of different players, each with different roles and responsibilities in the chain from getting the coal out of the ground to getting it to buyer's burners.<br>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNe-E1aPs8rRuD2sWl96QZBszwTn1Rim0WwKWc6qHCWup_yyVdV1evg7zZO7JUP087N40WR-f_xpcUUxl_gLyObnIiU75QCuSRU6pJSWdFBwWEXsXaWLcU2QFh7sKb6rSGhEKkvv3ShA6_/s1600/MiningOperation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNe-E1aPs8rRuD2sWl96QZBszwTn1Rim0WwKWc6qHCWup_yyVdV1evg7zZO7JUP087N40WR-f_xpcUUxl_gLyObnIiU75QCuSRU6pJSWdFBwWEXsXaWLcU2QFh7sKb6rSGhEKkvv3ShA6_/s400/MiningOperation.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Indonesian Coal Mining are mostly done by external contractors</b></td></tr>
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To better understand the coal industry, we have to understand the players of the industry,<br>
<a href="http://srycpt.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-want-to-be-coal-player-intro-to-coal.html#more">Read more »</a>Surya Ciptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898537891193016960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281342492149994695.post-50492938205182190352010-12-24T22:49:00.000+07:002010-12-24T22:49:37.062+07:00Don't believe economy's booming? Go to the airport!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLhGJtn6VNOi-Jl2rcyD9EsqGyuR3OfK9j7mDX-003Tjq54WywIyZg9WJemOUH5uR6SropxmDMf3ll7MG4rMPKu3LwFIhLYKBTfgMlQNay99qwN3Q9MasuLENBOrfl8QEYQo48xRdMMfU/s1600/Jalan_tersendat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLhGJtn6VNOi-Jl2rcyD9EsqGyuR3OfK9j7mDX-003Tjq54WywIyZg9WJemOUH5uR6SropxmDMf3ll7MG4rMPKu3LwFIhLYKBTfgMlQNay99qwN3Q9MasuLENBOrfl8QEYQo48xRdMMfU/s200/Jalan_tersendat.jpg" width="200"></a></div>One of the perks (or burden to some) of being part of <a href="http://srycpt.blogspot.com/2010/12/whats-all-fuss-about-coal-intro-to-coal.html">Indonesia's hottest industry</a> is that travelling is part of the game, as there's no Coal mine in Java, so one has to fly to visit mine sites.<br>
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Early morning to <a href="http://jakartasoekarnohattaairport.com/">Soekarno Hatta </a>is an amazing experience. The sky's still dark and most of Jakarta's still asleep, even the roosters are still warming up their vocal chords before waking people up, but here the 8 lane toll road is packed with cars. Early morning traffic jam to the airport is part of jet warriors' rituals.<br>
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Most people in these cars are back asleep or at least still hazy from having to wake up at 4am. Some are nervous of missing their flight. Some are fuming in road rage. Some are lost in the thought of loved ones and some are simply lost.<br>
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But if one take the opportunity to ponder in midst of the chaotic dance of cars that the jam is, one shall find questions, what are these people doing? Where are they going? What is the significance of these daily early morning madness?<br>
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<a href="http://srycpt.blogspot.com/2010/12/dont-believe-economys-booming-go-to.html#more">Read more »</a>Surya Ciptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898537891193016960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281342492149994695.post-62721794044885979782010-12-15T23:28:00.000+07:002010-12-15T23:28:54.516+07:00What's all the fuss about Coal? - Intro to Coal part 1If you go to lounges and coffee shops of 5 stars hotels in Jakarta, you'll find at every other table people are talking about coal. Read the newspaper, there will be front page coal related article. Read magazines about Indonesia's richest persons, and a lot of them are Coal guys. Meet some old friend at a reunion and surely couple of them work at coal related industries.<br>
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</tbody></table>Coal here, coal there, coal everywhere. Why does it fell like Indonesia is having coal fever? What's all the fuss about Coal?<br>
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<a href="http://srycpt.blogspot.com/2010/12/whats-all-fuss-about-coal-intro-to-coal.html#more">Read more »</a>Surya Ciptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898537891193016960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281342492149994695.post-152939852478343322010-12-14T23:34:00.002+07:002010-12-14T23:43:22.177+07:00Life ain't fair! - Snapshot of education in Indonesia<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>A Catholic School in Jakarta<br>
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</tbody></table>Life is fair for everyone is part of childhood innocence. As one grows up and realizes there is no Santa Claus, it shall dawn that life treats some better than others. A major unfairness of life is the level of education one receives while growing up.<br>
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As education is the foundation of life, this disparity of education level is multiplied to create a huge difference in knowledge, character and skill in the adult population.<br>
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</div><div>Indonesia is a huge country with huge population. She is still young. While our founding fathers had the foresight to put into our founding charter that one of the nation's purpose is to educate its people, in reality public education both in quality and quantity still have a lot to be desired.</div><div><br>
</div><div></div><a href="http://srycpt.blogspot.com/2010/12/life-aint-fair-snapshot-of-education-in.html#more">Read more »</a>Surya Ciptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898537891193016960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281342492149994695.post-42429420192431049222010-12-12T17:27:00.031+07:002011-07-26T23:28:32.399+07:00The Third Digital Revolution<div style="text-align: right;"></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Analog Multi-Track Recorder<br>
Victim of The Digital Revolution</b></td></tr>
</tbody></table>During my first undergraduate year in the early 90s, I had some spare time and did a sound engineering course on the weekends. Things were very different then. In the course I learned how to edit music, by actually cutting on the tapes and gluing them together. Back then “<i>Cut and Paste</i>” was more literal.<br>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Every production stage was analogue then. Recording was done to 2” Studder 24 tracker. Mixed using analog mixers, thru analog effects and mastered to analog ½” tape. DAT a two track digital format was starting to get widely used but, purists said it sounded too clean, too clinical, too cold and harsh, so mix masters was still mostly analog.<br>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Then the first digital revolution came. Computing technology that we now take for granted was still maturing then. Unlike Terabytes of today, Hard disks was still counted in Megabytes (still magnitude larger than the 5 Kilobytes cassettes on my first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20">VIC-20</a> computer, but that’s another story). Products like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADAT">Alesis ADAT</a> and <a href="http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/jun96/fostexd80.html">Fostex D80</a> and later <a href="http://www.avid.com/us/products/family/pro-tools">Pro Tools</a> started to bring in the revolution in digital music recording.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><a href="http://srycpt.blogspot.com/2010/12/third-digital-revolution.html#more">Read more »</a>Surya Ciptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898537891193016960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281342492149994695.post-42554185090815272322010-12-11T22:57:00.004+07:002020-10-08T20:29:48.570+07:00Why some of my friends need a private jet…To say coal in Indonesia is a booming business is an understatement. Some coal players become rich, some even become extremely rich, while some lucky ones become stinking filthy rich (“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SFR</b>”).<br>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The extremely opulent live the life of the riches, with all the toys and privileges including private jets travels. If you’re an SFR, rich beyond belief, why should you and your family travel cramped with us mere mortals, herded thru crowded airports like sheep?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But is that what private jet is all about? A toy and a status symbol for the SFRs? Or even an over indulgence and a waste of money? If that is the case, then do some of my friend actually need a private jet?<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.cessna.com/citation/mustang.html">Cessna Citation Mustang</a></b></td></tr>
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</div><a href="http://srycpt.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-some-of-my-friends-need-private-jet.html#more">Read more »</a>Surya Ciptahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08898537891193016960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281342492149994695.post-88636508836533891062010-12-10T23:39:00.004+07:002010-12-11T23:07:30.806+07:00Jack of Most Trades, Master of Some - an IntroA spin from the popular adage "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_all_trades,_master_of_none">Jack of All Trades, Master of None</a>", it is the tagline of this Blog. The phrase should reflect the content of this Blog. As time goes and more posts added, it will have a broad range of topics, which reflect writer's various interests.<br>
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While most articles will be broad (the Jack ones) for the layman on some others it will be in-depth (the Master ones) which may require some prerequisite knowledge base to appreciate.<br>
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