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Hello all, today, I was given a chance to be interviewed by TVRI, a national television channel in Indonesia, to talk about COVID 19 in USA. I've actually prepared some talks and data, which you can find here (Bahasa Indonesia): recording: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UQYkGlMkyL2qrHKmiv5soSm9BOAXAg7S Selamat pagi seluruh pemirsa di tanah air Salam dari Florida AS SITUASI COVID 19 … Continue reading COVID-19 in USA through the eyes of Indonesian Student
In this post, I'd like to share my scholarships experiences. It's about tips and tricks to help you to get a scholarship to study abroad. It's based on my experience. It means, it can get different from one to another. However, getting a scholarship is not only about being academically excellent, there are a lot … Continue reading Getting Scholarships to Study Abroad: Everybody Can!
Okay, let’s get technical in this post! Let’s discuss on how to convert audio to text for free! So, it’s also about free stuff! Who doesn’t love free stuff? The background of the story is that I have to do interview for my qualitative data collection research for one of the courses I’m taking. Y’all … Continue reading Using Youtube as a Free Audio to Text Converter for Cool Stuff like Audio Mining, Transcribing, and Indexing
Money, who's not interested in them? So, I'd like to talk about tips and tricks to make money of your travelling to home in summer break! It's about 'jastip' (carrier service) :D. So, Yups, this is what I've been doing when I studied my masters abroad. I learn this from video games and many movies. … Continue reading For You Indonesian International Students who will Go Home This Summer – It’s all about money!
By reading the title, maybe you are wondering what are the relationships between them. Some of you who watched Into the Wild may wonder further if it's related to the ending in that movie. The answer is yes they are related. And, it just happened to me! This afternoon! I can affirm that it is … Continue reading Food Poisoned and Being Alone, What’s Worst of Having Both?
One of my biggest challenge when studying abroad in western countries is about ‘dry’ toilets! Yup, toilets without a bidet or water to clean your @$$ off. Everytime I have to go to this kind of toilet, is like, omg! what?! seriously?! what the hell man?! what the hell?! How come you people living with … Continue reading How do I survive ‘Dry’ Toilets
Last January, I'm applying a Driver's License (DL) in the US. Purely do all tests without a middle man/broker (Calo, maksudnya). :D. When I'm preparing to come to the US, I was told to get an international driver's license in Indonesia. I've heard that you can drive with it for 3 months. But, 3 months … Continue reading Yeay a Driving License! Getting Closer to Realize a Road Trip around the US
June 22, 2017 is the date I'll never forget. It's in the holy Ramadhan month, last 10 days, the Itikaf days. In the afternoon, I just got an email stated that I've chosen as a principal candidate of one of the most prestigous scholarships in the world, a Fulbright scholarship. Alhamdulillah! I always have a … Continue reading Study in the US with Fulbright Scholarships
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