It's time to leave

Nowadays i faced with different thing that i can not avoid and run away from it. The problem is dealing with my job which maybe i feel over stressed not because the environtment but it mainly because kind of job that i faced that make me overstressed. Yes there are no perfect company in this world but i don't want to deny my self if the salary is not quite equal with the responsibility that i hold and i guess i need to get overwith this.

I began to find the new one with a hope that i could find a better on. Better on here means that i need more challenge than before i don't want to deal just with web development environtment. Yeah it is not just about the salary anyway but it is also about my knowledge development. I need something that can work with communication and distributed mobile computing and dealing with large data in an continous developement environtment. The are many things i do to get this. For example is the SMPP v5 implementation in PERL that i made. It really not an web application and i just realize that web just a small field in programming. And that where i will go to. Indeed between our need and company need is totally different. What i mean is the company usually used tools that can be used for their commercial purposes meanwhile what i need is something that challenging and not just dealing with web, database, web services.

The path to that is really hard and need a long time since only small people or group that really involve with this, especially in scientific development environtment. It really enlarge our knowledge about the broadness of programming world is. Yeah it is so idealis and kontroverial also (i knew someone who had said this to me before ;-) But now is the right time to start it anyway though there are many things to be left behind. But with no regret i mean thank to all the people i meant in my path to achieve this. Thanks

Me, Bonti, And Mambo

Recently i work using mambo as an development environtment more often. As it happen when i was in indesain project to make indesain web site that main focus area is in interior design environtment. Although mambo is known as an most popoular OpenSource CMS, i think we should give it more value. The API is really great, so modular, flexible, and robust. I said this due to my main area in this project is to create custom web site that really reflect interior design company. The customization in mambo though lack of documentation and RTFM but it has good documentation in its core API. It more like an customizeable web site development which could be change to anything that you like to in a flexible way. The web site need to display its recent porto folios together with its article but the want it to be simple, and compact enough. There are many iframe tag that is used in this project and mambo can work with it in an simple way.

Before indesain project i also work with mambo in indotsunamirelief redesign web site. The layout from the old to new is so radical so it can't just replace the old template with the new one but also it need to create new component and module to make it fit with the new layout. It really great as i realize that the API is an result from the best practise logic, easy to follow. I don't mean to make speciallity to mambo here but mambo is deserve more than just popular Open Source CMS.

And my recent work with mambo is in project scalardesign web site. The company main focus area is in design engineering and distribution. The site need image gallery to promote its gallery. Yes i know, there are many component in mambo that deals with image gallery. But the client want it to display in cult 3d format and each format has its own preview which mean that i need to customize already exist component instead making it from scratch. Well i use zoom component and hack it so it can accept cult 3d format file and change the way it display the gallery image. Yes i know it should be easy, but here i know that many API that we can use instead make it from scratch again. Here i want to say many thanks to zoom component author Mike de Boer.

Enough means enough

I seek for the path i have passed these day. Trying to find what i have been left behind. While on the journey the obstacle that i faced seems endless ly coming from all direction. Much enough for me to shot at my own foot. The idealism and tactics seems talking together like trying to give solution that in the end became void because it takes me to the first place i stand. Needless compass strungling me to find alternatif which make me expresive and effective.

This day is not what a day that seems too horrible but just it need more strength and extraodinary thingking that will release all that i want and let it flow as it should be. Last night, He relieves me and give what i want when i was sleeping. The optimistic way and strength to fight without fear. Thanks Jesus.

Final Bachelor Degree Exam

Saturday, December 24 2005 i had my final bachelor degree exam while all of my family and almost all christians were busy to prepare for christmas day on the next day. The exam took place at Gunadarma Campus Kenari which i got there at a quarter to eight. All the preparation ok, now the it is time to wait for my turn due tue that there are 194 students were having final bachelor degree exam that thay. The briefing itself start at 9am and i need to wait untill 12pm because the examiner hasn't ready yet. All of my friend already step out from the room and have their exam while me and 15 other have need to wait for our turn.

And that goes the waiting time, they told me get my exam at 4th level of the building and seek for the room that had in-focus in it. Well, i really enjoy in that place since there are 2 operator that are beautiful enough to see while i still wait for my turn again. Here goes my turn. As i explain about my paper about SMPP Procotol V5 Implementation in PERL, the examiner check my paper and listen to my explanation. The examiner are Mr. Singgih Jatmiko, Mrs. Yuhilza Hanum, and Mrs. Sulistyo Puspitodjati. But the last one was not come that day. I feel almost no pressure because i act calm and try to use language that make no ambigu meaning with hope that will sattisfied them. I explain to them that my paper was talk about sending short message to SMSC (wireless gateway provider) through TCP/IP network. The format itself already describe in SMPP V5 Spesification and now it is implemented in PERL using OOP and State pattern approach. The program itself is a Perl Modul which consist set of classes which provide interface to communicate in SMPP protocol. But to make it different compare that other previous research than it use new function interface approach. And all of that took half an hour for me to explain it. They asked 2 question which are why it is written in perl? (Yuhilza Hanum) How do the module handle if i have message longer than 255 characters. The first answer goes as right now i understand Perl, PHP will be next target perhaps. And the second answer goes as the module itself don't take care about the message length and that complexity should be solved at application level. Ok then, the revision is in chapter 5 about the conclusion which i place in random order. He told me to put it in sequence order and the told me to report revision to him. Well that is half an hour trip on level 4th of the building.

But to me the job is not finished but it is started couse now i can't ask for money for transport to campus. I need to seek better oppurtunity and make new planning these day about my path the next day. Hoping the best to for all of Niloners, thank you for your support.

Preparation

This week is going to be a glorious week due tue that i'm going to have my bachelor degree exam which i have been waiting for at least 5 years. I need to prepare all of the things that necessary starting from paper, required documents, money, stamina, and support of course. My friend Tommy told me to prepared for plan b which accidentally will be happen if one of the above requirent failed. Thanks for the advice Tom. I will do the best, and I'm sure that He is with all of the moment. Wishing the best. Thanks