Success in everything

Every person has his own principle to be a success. But I have a special principle which I think most of people might agree. Once upon time in past :D, my teacher in senior high school taught me tips to be a success. He taught a simple word, DUIT. DUIT is the key of success. Don't you think that everybody needs DUIT ? Noone will say "no". Here the following is what DUIT means.

"D" stands for Doa = pray. If you want something, you had better pray first so that hopefully you can get everything you want. If you know the power of pray, you will never ever forget to pray everyday, every hour and every minute.

"U" stands for Usaha= effort. Can you imagine that if you only sit at home and pray to the GOD asking something, for example you want to obtain a high score in exam ? Do you think you wish can happen ? Of course not !!! You need some efforts to achive your goal, to get what you wish. You need to think every essential things that support you to achieve it. For the last example, of course you have to study hard.

"I" stands for Iman=faith. While praying and doing the efforts, you should put in your mind that you will attain success. The main different most of people that they don't have faith to be a success. If ones don't have a faith to the God, it could turn out a suicide when they fail many times. Don't leave you God when you fail because God will never ever leave you in your sadness and your happiness. Believe it !!

"T" stands for Taqwa=piety. This is kind of righteousness or morality. This kind of thing distinguish "good" person and "bad" person. The piety is related to the way you do the efforts. Your efforts could be "right" efforts and could be "wrong" efforts. Every religion states which effort is right or wrong. In the last example it's obvious that the right effort is study hard and the wrong effort is that you cheat during the exam (jangan nyontek oi !!! ) :D

Eventhough It has been a long time since that teacher taught me this principle, but I can still remember it all and it has become my principle for last 10 years. And it will still be my principle forever and a day...

Lucky or Unlucky ??

Sometimes you might feel that you were borned as an unlucky person. Is that true or do you believe that ? For me myself, I admit that at some points in my life sometimes that I feel that I am unlucky person. But now, I have realized that everything behind it has another side that brings you to luckiness.

First experience is when I was in senior high school. Before I graduated from senior high school, I had already decided that I wanted to choose IF ITB as the first choice of my higher education. Unluckily, I was rejected for my first choice in UMPTN and I was admitted for the second choice which was mathematics. I remember that the day of the announment I was travelling by bus to Bandung and when I heard this news from my father, I was really disapointed. Eventhough I was admitted by ITB and my family was really happy, but I could not been happy at all. I just kept silent along the journey to Bandung. I was thinking that if I had been admitted for my first choice, I would have been more enthusiastic to study far from home. During the first 2 years in ITB, I was still thinking to change the major to Informatika. I was really suffering to study what was not my first choice. Eventhough my grade in mathematics was not really good, I could still get IPK 3.3 for the first 4 semesters ( because I am good at mathematics :D ). The small hope came up when the curriculum in mathematics was changed. There was a new sub major in Mathematics department called Financial Mathematics. I was really happy since the courses seemed suitable for me. The excitement brought me to achieve better grade and I chose this submajor and eventually I gradutated with IPK 3.57 cumlaude. Not only that, but also 2 months before I gradutated I was already hired by ABN AMRO Asset Management because of my submajor, Financial Mathematics. I feel so lucky since most of students even after their graduation they are difficult to find a job. Am I lucky or unlucky ?

The second experience is the continuation of the first one. Actually before being hired by ABN AMRO, I wanted to continue my study to Singapore, NTU but I decided to keep it. After 2 months working in ABN AMRO, unluckily, something happened !!! I fell sick and it needed around 1 year to be cured 100%. I was really really stress and once again I fell that I was unlucky person. It was the worst period in my life. After being healthy, I decided to continue my study to Singapore. But what happened ? I was rejected by NTU, because I didn't have enough working experience eventhough I graduated cumlaude from ITB. It took almost 1 year for me to apply to universities and scholarships from around the world. I was admitted by UWA, Monash, UNSW (Australia) but I did't get any scholarships. I was also admitted by Zurich university in Switzerland but no scholarship either. At last I applied to Uva, TU Eindhoven ( Netherlands), Ulm and Kaiserslauterns (Germany). I was still unlucky, I only got partial scholarship in UVa, Ulm, Kaiserslautern. The lucky month in my life is July 2007. TU Eindhoven offered me ASML scholarship. This scholarship consists of 2 years study in TU EIndhoven and 3 years working in high tech job in ASML which is one of the big company in the Netherlands. I didn't think twice, I accepted the offer and went to Netherlands. As soon as I arrived in Netherlands, Paris University ,collaborate with Erasmus Mundus, offered me another full scholarship, Erasmus Mundus scholarship fo study 2 years in France, Germany and Italy. And they asked me to come to Paris in 1 week after that offer. Eventhough the last offer seemed more interesteing, but I had already been in Netherlands. Another advantage choosing ASML scholarship is that I don't need to find a job any more after graduation. After thinking for 1 day and I decided not to accept this offer and continued everyhing in Netherlands. Now, I am still studying in Netherlands in second year and I feel so lucky eventhough I had to get through a long suffering 2 years after I graduated from ITB. Am I lucky or unlucky ?

The third experience is still secret and it's related to everything happened in Netherlands :D.
To be continued...

Behind the scene !!

What do people think about you ? Do you think that what they think about you is true ? Do you think that everything they look at you from outside is really you ? Let's see the truth about me that one group of my friends know but other groups of my friends don't know.

The first thing is that grant always studies so that he always gets a good grade/score. The answer is wrong !!! I only study when it is necessary. If you don't understand something in the class, you should study at home so that you can do the exams and the assignments well. Sometimes, if the courses that I am following are interesting, I will study more :D

The second thing is that grant is a deligent student. This is absolutely wrong !!! Since I was in bachelor degree, I seldom attend the class. I maximized the chance to be absent. If you can learn by yourself, why you have to attend the class ? One time when I was in the fourth year of bachelor in ITB, I was looked for by the lecturer because I seldom attent. Luckily, I could still get a good score :D

The third thing is that I am always happy. It's true sometimes but also wrong sometimes. It depends on my mood. The worst thing is that one time I look so kind with someone, but actually it's not at all !!! Once you hurt me, I will remember it eventhough I say to you that I already forget it. But the best thing is that I only remember it but I will not bring it up if I have a new problem with you.

The fourth thing is that I am an indifferent person. The truth is that I am a sensitive person !!! From outside seems that I don't care you, I don't care every single word you say to me, but in my heart I will always remember every good and every bad words you say to me.

The last thing that I don't like most is that don't mock or disrespect your friend something that is a truth and unchangeable. If you have a friend who is stupid (really stupid, cannot be helped anymore :D ), don't mock him/her stupid, because they are not able to change it. If you have a friend who is ugly ( again, really really ugly), so don't mock/disrespect him/her, because it's them since they were borned. The worst thing is that if you have disable friends, never and ever mock/disrespect them otherwise I will curse you !!! Appreciate all your friends like the way they are. I love you all, my friends (I almost cried when I was saying this last sentence hahahahha :D )....