Posts in English
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I actually have three bikes, even though I never bought any. All are given to me. The first one is Iqbal’s bike. He’s leaving for Indonesia and he gave me the key to his bike. At first Iqbal didn’t to want to give me his bike because of its bad condition and he intend to…
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…but god now plays poker with marked deck :))
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That’s actually a tricky question. Here’s how it came up: Every thursday there’s always a colloquia and afterwards drinks are always provided. And then the Sterrewachters will have some informal talks about mostly anything. Because the Sterrewacht is a very international community, some of the dudes usually invites comparison. “The french said ‘salut’,” said somebody…
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After two weeks of writing a Fortran code to select hypervelocity stars, my results didn’t get any closer to Anthony‘s result. So, on a Thursday (the usual day of a meeting with my research supervisors), after a few hours of sleep, I went to Yuri‘s office and then Anthony said, “well, your report said that…
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Aside from a most heartwarming welcome (literally, it’s quite a rain outside) from Rudolf Le Poole, the thing that steals my attention is a User Friendly comic strip sticked in the bulletin board of the computer team: It happened when Rudolf is taking me around the Sterrewacht for some kind of an orientation. He took…
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In Indonesia, a mati listrik or an electricity black-out is a usual thing. We all know that the PLN or Perusahaan Listrik Negara (the State Electricity Company) gives a “byar-pet” (on-off) service and electricity occasionally shut down without any notice. In could happened for a few minutes but could also ran for half a day.…
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