life's like this - avianto's journal

It's been a month since I arrived in Germany. So many things happened lately that keep me very busy. Lectures, assignments, shopping, cooking and many other things keep me from having idle brain and hand which is great because at least I always have something to do.

Life has been kind to me lately. A month ago I know nobody in Lübeck but now I have some great friends... A month ago I keep on asking myself, am I making the right decision but now I am thinking that this is the place where I should be...

It only takes a month...

is coming... The month of contemplation and self-reflection. The month that slowly lost its true meaning to most of the people. The month of understanding, cleaning the soul and recognize the meaning of being human. It is a great and holy month. So, to all of you that do Ramadhan's fasting, may Allah bless all of us. / Read more …

Do you ever wonder what if you made different decision in the past? What will happened today then? Do you will be more happier? Or will you regret that decision? I always believe that it is wiser to let the past go and keep moving on but once in a while in my life I've keep asking those questions again and again. The 'What If' question is really a mind game... Like now, for example. I've been thinking what will happened if my career was not stagnant, I've got raise, still have beautiful relationship and all of other good things. / Read more …

Yesterday we have snow... yeah, snow in autumn. Not much but it was snow. Well, I should be very happy for that because this was my first snow experience but... since the snow slapped right in my face while I was riding a bike I wasn't quite so exciting about it =P. Well, it was nice to see some snow but I never realized that it will happened so soon! And the temperature keep droping below 0 as soon as the sun goes down in the horizon. It's gonna be a very chilling experiences in the months to come. / Read more …

Most of you may already know the css Zen Garden website. It is a great website to demonstrate how great CSS can be. Now css Zen Garden is available in Indonesian language, thanks to Dave Shea (the creator of css Zen Garden) who let me do the translation. Let me know if you find any mistakes in the translation, it's not perfect but for now I think it will do. / Read more …

Well, I've made a couple of photos about Lübeck. Not a very good collection in my humble opinion but at least they will give some images about how Lübeck looks like. I will add more to that album for sure... just hang on, I am still have many things to do right now. / Read more …

I've got my bike now! It's a second hand bike and it only cost me 15 € so it is a very barebone bike but sufficient enough for my need... And it's purple. Well, I bought the bike at the Flohmarkt (It's Flea Market in English) in Bad Schwartau, about 15 minutes by bus from Lübeck and I have to ride this bike back to Lübeck for 30 minutes in a very cloudy and windy weather... But since the bike is that cheap I guess that was worth every minutes and miles of it. I think I've completed almost all / Read more …

I've been very busy lately. All of my classes are from morning until afternoon and not to mention the assignment and reading stuffs. Not that I am complaining because it was fun and exciting also. Well, after leaving school for quite some time, it sure feels nice to have these classes and assignments all over again. Next week I think I will be more busier than ever with all new assignment and whatever may come. Usual student's stuff... So I am still trying to get this weblog/journal updated regularly, but since I am still adjusting myself here and there with / Read more …

It's almost 2 weeks since I've got here and I am still not used to the weather. It's cold and wet all the time. I have to walk about 20 minutes from my apartment to my campus in a cold dan windy autumn morning everyday. But since Lübeck is a very beautiful city I actually enjoy living here. Lübeck is a rather small city. It have two part of town which are the Innenstadt (Inside Island) and of course Outside Island (I don't know what they called it here). I am living in the Innenstadt which is the oldest part / Read more …

Well, here I am back on my feet again. After taking some time off to rethinking, contemplating and reshaping my path of life, now I am ready to sharing my experiences and thoughts again. Right now, life is not quite the same for me. I have been through a lot of things that actually change almost all the things that I've been believe for the last couple of years. Everything change except one thing, I am still a dreamer. I am in Germany now, taking my Master degree in Digital Media at International School of New Media in the city / Read more …