The end of an era

The full mooon is shining over Siena
Tipping over roofs and churces
Her light embrace comforting

The last class of the PhD has gone today
soon exam will come and gone
and so is the time in Siena

One more month
The end of an era will come
and the beginning of the next

Am I a Nerd?

Well, I am in grad-school, wear glasses and like the movie "Revange of the Nerd." Furthermore, I was overwhelmingly voted as the nerdiest senior (kakak muka rumus) during high school orientation (but I was also a close second for senior favorite (kakak favorit)) .

After taking this quiz it seem that I can't deny it anymore:

At least exist 9 % people more nerd than me that took the test. Maybe the real hard-core nerd are too busy with their tech-gadget and sci-fi series to take it, or they could be too busy making money in Silicon Valley.

Holland visit

I attended a meeting of Indonesian student in Eropa at Den Haag last week. Its been productive and provide strong fondation for future collaboration.

Aristotle in Nichomachean Ethic, one of his most important work, said that without friends no one would choose to live though he had ll other goods. I would not go that far but the event also provide me with opportunity to meet up with old friends, including one I haven't meet in four years.

It doesn't take much to remind me those great (including those exhausting discussion, committe & homeworks) time we had together and how much they (you know who you are) meant to me. Its great to know that you all are handling the challanges of live with your head up and still have time to stop and smell the flower. I know our friendships will last.

You dont know what you got 'till....

Siena, with numerous gothic and middle age architecture, is a touristy place. Now is difficult to walk in the main street since it is so crowded.

But I never went inside to any museums and only went to few churches. Its particularly embarrassing, since I love travelling and have been to many part of Europe, that only last week I went inside the huge Franciscan church just beside my faculty (actually my faculty used to be part of the church) and Basilica Santa Maria dei Servi just outside my dormitory. And that's because a former classmate from Amsterdam come visiting.

So you don’t know what you (r city) got 'till a friend come to visit…