Go ITB!

ITB ada di peringkat 90 dari 100 universitas terbaik dunia kategori teknik tahun 2008. Buat gue pribadi, ini seharusnya bisa memotivasi mahasiswa Indonesia terutama mahasiswa ITB untuk terus lagi mengejar prestasi. Di satu sisi, muncul perasaan bangga karena ternyata kita bisa sedikit mensejajarkan diri dengan dunia dalam dunia pendidikan khususnya di bidang teknologi. Namun di sisi lain, ada rasa was-was. Bayangkan saja, di list ini ada satu hal yang janggal, yaitu salah satu institut teknologi di asia tenggara telah mampu mendahului peringkat ITB. Well, Thailand memang telah berbuat banyak untuk memajukan dunia pendidikan mereka. Ironis memang kalau diingat kembali sebelum tahun 90an, ITB masih dikenal sebagai institut terbaik di asia tenggara.

Namun semua tidak perlu disesali, gue sendiri sadar diri. Sebagai bagian dari kampus ITB tercinta, memang masi banyak kekurangan yang kita miliki untuk saat ini, entahkah itu penurunan kualitas atau perbaikan kualitas sahabat-sahabat kita dari negara tetangga, namun tidak ada kata terlambat untuk memperbaiki diri. Ingin rasanya mendengar kembali mahasiswa ITB mampu melakukan kembali riset-riset mutahir layaknya pendahulu kita yang digunakan oleh dunia seperti teknik Sosorbahu oleh Tjokorda Raka Sukawati yang dibanggakan bahkan oleh presiden Filipina pada waktu itu, riset mengenai Supernova Explosions of Close Binary System oleh Winardi Sutantyo, dan masih banyak lagi.

Memang belajar di Indonesia tragis. Kalau dibandingkan dengan negara maju, pemerintah mereka sangat support bagi mahasiswanya, makanan disubsidi, dorm tersedia, dan masih banyak lagi. Wajar kalau support demikian sangat membantu mahasiswa dalam belajar maksimal. Namun, sekarang ada sedikit harapan. Meskipun belum terlihat, naiknya anggaran pemerintah untuk biaya pendidikan sangat berpotensi baik untuk peningkatan fasilitas pendukung pendidikan Indonesia. Satu hal lain yang penting adalah, bila pendahulu kita dapat melakukan hal besar seperti yang telah kita ketahui dengan keadaan yang apa adanya, mengapa kita tidak mampu? Maju terus Institut Teknologi Bandung! Semangat!!!

THE WORLD'S 100 TOP UNIVERSITIES IN ENGINEERING & IT BASED ON RESPONSES TO ACADEMIC PEER REVIEW YEAR 2008

1	MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (M...	United States
2	University of California, BERKELEY	United States
3	STANFORD University	United States
4	CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Calt...	United States
5	University of CAMBRIDGE	United Kingdom
6	CARNEGIE MELLON University	United States
7	IMPERIAL College London	United Kingdom
8	GEORGIA Institute of Technology	United States
9	University of TOKYO	Japan
10	University of TORONTO	Canada
11	National University of SINGAPORE(NUS)	Singapore
12	TSINGHUA University	China
13	ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T...	Switzerland
14	University of OXFORD	United Kingdom
15	PRINCETON University	United States
16	University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (U...	United States
17	DELFT University of Technology	Netherlands
18	MCGILL University	Canada
19	HARVARD University	United States
20	University of ILLINOIS	United States
21	TOKYO Institute of Technology	Japan
22	KYOTO University	Japan
22	University of BRITISH COLUMBIA	Canada
24	CORNELL University	United States
24	HONG KONG University of Science & Techno...	Hong Kong
26	NANYANG Technological University	Singapore
27	University of NEW SOUTH WALES	Australia
28	The University of MELBOURNE	Australia
29	TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technolog...	Israel
30	University of WATERLOO	Canada
31	ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE	France
32	University of TEXAS at Austin	United States
33	PURDUE University	United States
34	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Scie...	Korea, South
35	University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego	United States
36	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I...	India
36	AUSTRALIAN National University	Australia
38	University of MICHIGAN	United States
38	PEKING University	China
40	Technische Universität MÜNCHEN	Germany
41	The University of SYDNEY	Australia
42	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II...	India
43	SEOUL National University	Korea, South
44	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE...	Switzerland
45	University of MANCHESTER	United Kingdom
46	University of ALBERTA	Canada
47	MONASH University	Australia
48	SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University	China
49	University of Science and Technology of ...	China
49	National TAIWAN University	Taiwan
49	EINDHOVEN University of Technology	Netherlands
49	OSAKA University	Japan
53	TEXAS A&M University	United States
54	KTH, ROYAL Institute of Technology	Sweden
55	CHALMERS University of Technology	Sweden
56	The University of AUCKLAND	New Zealand
56	Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN	Belgium
58	YALE University	United States
59	Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VIRGINIA...	United States
60	University of EDINBURGH	United Kingdom
61	University of QUEENSLAND	Australia
62	University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara	United States
63	Politecnico di MILANO	Italy
63	COLUMBIA University	United States
65	Technische Universität BERLIN	Germany
66	RENSSELAER Polytechnic Institute	United States
67	JOHNS HOPKINS University	United States
68	Universität STUTTGART	Germany
69	University of HONG KONG	Hong Kong
70	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (I...	India
70	Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochsc...	Germany
72	Universität KARLSRUHE	Germany
73	University of WISCONSIN-Madison	United States
74	Indian Institute of Technology Madras (I...	India
74	The CHINESE University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
76	VIENNA University of Technology	Austria
77	Technical University of DENMARK	Denmark
78	University of PENNSYLVANIA	United States
79	MCMASTER University	Canada
79	PENNSYLVANIA STATE University	United States
81	University of MARYLAND	United States
81	NORTHWESTERN University	United States
83	University of CHICAGO	United States
83	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur...	India
85	University of WASHINGTON	United States
86	CHULALONGKORN University	Thailand
87	University of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	United States
87	Université de Montréal	Canada
89	CITY University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
90	BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	INDONESIA
90	University of CALGARY	Canada
92	FUDAN University	China
93	BROWN University	United States
94	RMIT University	Australia
94	HELSINKI University of Technology TKK	Finland
96	UCL (University College London)	United Kingdom
96	University of SOUTHAMPTON	United Kingdom
98	TOHOKU University	Japan
98	University of BIRMINGHAM	United Kingdom
100	École Normale Supérieure, PARIS	France

Graffiti Art

Taking some photographs of Bandung today. Jalan Siliwangi in hilly northern Bandung is one of my favourite spots because of its graffiti. It was done by the faculty of art students from Bandung Institute of Technology. I love their works so I decided to share some of my favourite paintings of them here.

HERE WE GO

:: 1ST WEEK ON FEBRUARY

             First day of new semester!

          Exciting!

:: 2ND & 3RD WEEK ON FEBRUARY

Seminar Rakyat

We call it as how the college student get connected to the society. Get involved on the development of the country --even in the smallest part of society and in the smallest thing we could do, is really something and worthy. We know what people really need regarding to the development of infrastructure. Start from the very lowest part of the society where the civil engineering students in college do this activity, we hope in the future we can do more and bigger than this!

:: 4TH WEEK OF FEBRUARY

Graduation Day March 2007

Kind of good to know your seniors which had been graduated and ready to work. It adds more spirit to you to do your best while you're in college. The graduation day as the result of every single day we go through will be much more joyful if the process is maintained and done well. It's a responsibility, first to yourself --respecting what path we choose and grace we obtained being a college student ad a human being, and then to others whose sacrifices are uncountable to bring you up to the position where you are today!

:: 1ST & 2ND WEEK OF MARCH

Pekan Interaksi Ilmiah (PII) 2007

Good works bear good fruits! Wondering how did HMS-ITB could manage such this big event. Another distribution for those surround us. It's not how big the even is but how well you manage and hold the event! It's one of the best event in college, though! Good job, friends!

:: 3RD WEEK OF MARCH

Take some relax!

:: 4th WEEK OF MARCH

Mid Semester Test!

The only thing I can say is "I can do it and I have to do my best!".

:: WHAT'S NEXT?

LKO?

Pemilu HMS 2007?

Japrem Maret? (Beuh, ini mah asik, makan-makan!)

UTS?

Hiking bersama dosen wali?