And this is how you start it…
(to be continued)
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It has been more than a week since i came back to Munich, but till now, if i close my eyes, i can still feel the noise in Jakarta, the warmth in Pontianak, the happiness i really experienced in my short (4 weeks) trip to Indonesia. It was like a dream, yes, a very beautiful dream. Very short, but impressing.
This year is my third year in Munich. My fourth summer will arrive shortly. I am still asking myself, what i am doing here? Where do i want to go after this? What would i like to become after this. But there is no much time anymore for thinking. I will write my master thesis in few weeks. The real life will (finally) greet me.
Honestly, my heart still lies somewhere between Indonesia and Germany. Germany gives you a very good opportunity to have a good life quality (the German always say that life quality - Lebensqualität - is everything). But i can’t lie. Despite the broken social life, the racism issues, endless criminality, evil corruption cases, etc, i still love my country. One thing i know, Indonesia (may) need people like me, who study abroad and gain knowledge which can be advantageous for the development of Indonesia. Well, however, sometimes we have to distinguish between heart (emotion) and the real life. The question would be, whether Indonesia could support these people. Unfortunately, this should be one big reason, why a lot of (good) Indonesian around the world don’t want to go back.
Yeah, i am talking too much. It’s time to concentrate to the present, to the current situation. No time anymore for playing. The clock is ticking. This year will be a very important year for my life. A big decision will be there at the end of this year. Wish me luck, friends!
P.S. I would like to thank all of my friends, who took their precise time for just saying hello or even accompanying me in some fun times during my holiday in Indonesia. You guys are really the best! For some best friends, who i couldn’t see in that time, i would like to apologize to all of you. Four weeks were extremely short for me, and i was also in two cities. Take care and keep in touch!
04
Jan
Comic for Scientists
If you like both science and reading comic, you may know the site http://xkcd.com. Just visit the site if you have time during the break time of your office hours. 
Like mentioned in the title “a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language”, you would find some romance and sarcastic humor in the site, and (hopefully) fetch some knowledge from it. I just read this “funny” comic strip about statistic:
By the way, i just did “blog walking” and got inspired. I wish i will continue to post blogs and of course ones with good quality.
03
Jan
Happy New Year 2010
It’s been a while since my last post (a while???!!! no, it’s been like 2 years :P). I don’t think i should explain, why i haven’t posted anything since the last ancient post. I guess, nobody reads my blog anymore. Yeah, no update, no something new, left!
My first Indonesian friend in my university added me in Facebook few minutes ago. I visited his blog and suddenly i miss to write a blog post as well. The new year should come as the first thought though i am already late for about three days. So, happy new year my friends! New year with new hope and new life. Wish you all a better year, a great year! I have a lot of resolutions this year and will start the struggle after this sentence. Let’s make a great thing this year!
So told a sentence in a song called Patience composed and sung by Guns N’ Roses. This is about a domain : beanspirit.com. Did you just click the link? Yes, you are in the same website. I own this domain right now. 
About 2 years ago i decided to choose “beanspirit” as my nickname and of course i want to have the domain .com as well. Unfortunately, the domain was owned by a coffee shop. I was disappointed, but it was not a big problem. I did not really have time to maintain my website regularly or build interesting contents for my visitor. Therefore, i simply bought the .org domain. (the .net domain was not available on that time either) One year later, i came to Germany and wanted to host a new website. The .net domain was luckily free to order. I got .de domain for free as well. Hm.., everything was much better.
Few days ago i received few e-mails from a number of companies regarding the domain ownership of the domain beanspirit.com. So basically, they offered me this domain or a service to get it. The price is within the range $199 USD - $250 USD. Here are 2 of them :
Our company specializes in acquiring expired domain names to help individuals and businesses protect their brand online.
The domain name BEANSPIRIT.COM is expiring and will be available to the public very soon.
We noticed that you own BEANSPIRIT.NET and felt that you may be interested.
We can assist in trying to acquire the domain name, as there are likely many interested parties competing for it.
We do not charge upfront, and the fee if we are successful is only $199 USD.
If you are interested, please let us know by November 2 at the latest.
This one is funnier :
My name is CENSORED. I am the owner of the domain name beanspirit.com. Since you own the domain beanspirit.de, I thought you might be interested in beanspirit.com. It is listed here: beanspirit.com
As you probably know, “dot com” is the strongest brand on the Internet. When people are going to a website, they just naturally think “dot com”. So, if you tell someone to go to beanspirit.de, by the time they get around to opening that site, many will naturally
go to beanspirit.com.You might be thinking - “Yes, but I don’t want to rebrand my site.” The good thing is that you won’t have to. Upon purchase of the domain, we provide domain forwarding and email forwarding. This means that you won’t have to rebrand anything at all, just point beanspirit.com to beanspirit.de. There is no additional charge for these services.
We have listed this domain on a number of domain sales and auction websites in addition to offering it to you directly. If interested, please call us at CENSORED or go online at beanspirit.com
To be honest, i wanted to own the domain. But of course i did not want to waste money for something that is not urgently important. Besides, I knew exactly that the ownership wouldn’t worth that much for them. So, i didn’t reply anything (wait and see strategy)
Today morning i tried to check the availability of this domain. Just for fun, i was curious to know the current status. And, bingo!, the domain was available. I logged myself to my site control panel and ordered the domain. I got the domain immediately with the NORMAL PRICE without any SERVICE COST. It seems like the service company just gave up and let the domain free. Great, it was a good decision not to reply anything. Perhaps they thought that i was not interested. Yes, finally that’s mine, all i needed is just a little patience.
