Olis's Final Exam Video

Hi, so my friend Nur Kholis happens to forgot the password of his email he is using for his blog.. so we decided to upload his final exam video here instead.

Here it is... oh the sound quality of the video is very poor.. you might need earphone and set the volume to 100% to be able to listen it.

My Final Exam Video

Hello, this is my final post. Well I might keep blogging but I'm not going to use this one because I created this one only because of the english course I took this semester.
So this video is my last post... I suggest not to waste any precious seconds in your life to open it hahahah joke

Extra Post - what is speech? (last and It's a bit late).

Well here I am on my last post...
I'm don't really know what to write about so I gues I'm just going go post a picture of what happened in the english class... the last english class before the latest onethat is... we were discussing about speech,.and we were divided into groups and we were asked to answer what are speech? What are the aspect we need in it? And ultimately the topic we are going to use in our final exam.
My choice of topic is rather predictable I suppose... it's drawing... never went to far from it~~~

So here are a few pict of our paperworks

Speechs... is it? Speech draft for final exam

There! The truth has been told! The truth about this blog of mine hahahah

Greetings to those who willingly waste their time reading this. I’m going to share some of my Idea through this speech of mine.. If you can call it a speech that is (more like a small talk, but yeah). I’ve been writing a lot about my interest in drawings. And so you guys probably know that it’s one of my fundamental skills (an exception to those who value their time and chosed not to waste any of it by reading my blog). Right, so now I’m currently studying in Civil Engineering of UNTAN which I took without any second thought of what Civil Engineering is all about.
Turns out that Civil Engineering might be suitable enough for me... if you count math and physics out of the realm that is... because it has something to do with drawing or drawing has something to do with it. And now here I am, trying to tell you what is the connection of Drawing and Civil Engineering.
First of all a civil engineer need to be able to design a building right? I mean architect do that kind of things too... but they don’t care about numbers and such... those weight falls to the shoulder of a civil engineer. And what words comes into your mind when you hear design? Well, I don’t know about yours.. but for me... it has to be drawings.
Well, like... what are you trying to design if there are no drawings? The image of what are you going to create should look like. That means drawings is one of the basic skill you have to master in civil engineering. Don’t worry though, you don’t have to be an artist, because as long as you can use ruler and pencils... you’ll be fine... probably.
So, why do I say that drawing is the one of the basic skills of civil engineer? Well, it’s not drawings like anime characters or such... which is sadly that is my kind of drawings. To put it simple, some people finds drawing a bit frustrating. Because pulling repetitive lines, can be pretty boring sometimes. If someone feels that way, he/she probably won’t fit in... The fact that the drawing in the design of a simple building is complicated as an advanced sci-fi film is not helping them at all. Yes, you heard me right... even a simple cube-shaped building design have a lot of lines overlaying one another. Making it looks more like a fish net than a building. So, don’t let the shape of the now-finished building fools you.
So, what can those people who finds drawing is frustrating do to take part in Civil Engineering? Well, as I said before... you don’t have to be a famous artist. All you need to do is to bear with the boredom and frustration. Deal with it, that’s the only way. And what about the next generation of humankind? Well, we can just teach them about drawings in their young stages... like we always did. But, instead of just teaching them with the classic small-circle-large-circle song. We should try to teach them the reason why they need to at least able to draw a cube. Because when you know why you should do something will make you less lazy to do it. Like having no I-don’t-want-to-deal-with-this feeling in yourself, or at least a perhaps-I-have-to-do-it feeling will grow in you.
Drawing, isn’t as light as it souds... you shouldn’t underestimate this skill of yours. Yes, everyone is able to draw... it’s just some people lack the reason of why they should do it. Although, everyone actually did it almost everytime in their mind when they tried to describe something. See? It is an important skill to have.. If you can’t draw the image of what are you trying to describe, what are you going to say?. But this doesn’t make any other skills and traits sounds less important. Everything is impotant in your life... If you happen to have a question like “what is the importance of having an anger?” and you began to think that anger isn’t good and therefore you tried your best to get rid of it from your life... you just haven’t find the reason of why you need to be angry at times. Quoting Chitanda Eru’s quote from the anime Hyouka “If you can never get angry that means probably you have nothing you like, either”. The same goes for drawing.. just try to think for a minute abou it.
Well, enough of that I suppose... I’ll see you another time.

Talk about future business

Hello there, we meet again
Have you guys ever think about what are you going to do in the future? Like, what are you going to be? Or what are you going to do with your life? Because I’d like to talk about that in this post.
Well, to be honest.. I haven’t give it a thought so that’s it.THE END
Pfft.. joke... (unless you want it to end like that then you shouldn’t read any further. Those who have a pretty much time to waste, then you are free to leave too... no, please don’t leave yet!). As for me, I think I’m going to make use of my gaming and drawing skills. Am I going to be an artist or a professional gamer? Well I’ll let the time reveal the path I should take later.
Hang on, did I just said professional gamer? Is there’s such a thing like that? Well, believe me or not.. there is. Some people who devoted themselves to games exist. And some of them earns from it, that’s why they are considered professionals. Such as pewdiepie... well he is a youtuber but he play a various games and record his gampelay and gained his popularity because of his raection and review of said games (CMIIW, because that is what I see about pewds, he’s a gamer). And some people who compete in gaming contest should also be considered as professional gamers right?
And who knows those people might end up being a game developer. Because even someone like me managed to create an RPG game. Which took me 3 months to develop the entire game, but sadly the gameplay end roughly within 3 hours... (where are those 3 motnh of efforts gone?).
So, yeah...  I’ll probaby go for the artist path though.. since the time seems to begin showing me the path I should’ve take.

Okay that’s it guys~~~! (yet another bold outro... -.-)

A drawing tutorial

Hello guys, I’m back with another post.
Remember when I wrote about my skills? One of them is drawing, and I was like... I think I should at least show you guys how good I am at it. Well, to be honest... I’m not really good at it, but I do find some fun in drawing and this is the only skill I have which I’m pretty proud of (aside from gaming of course).
So, I decided to make a tutorial video about drawing. So that it didn’t serve only as a way to show my skill, but also to share it with you.... it’s not good because of the way I recorded it makes my hand’s room of movement is very limited. And also the fact that I’m not really in the mood of drawing doesn’t help at all. Not to mention the heat, seriously I think if I were an egg, I think I’m going to be cooked just because of this heat.
In the video below, I tried to draw a simple version of one of my original characters named Eria to tell you guys the basic of drawing an anime-styled character. So to those who wanted to draw but feeling you are not good in drawing, I hope this video will help you. And trust me when I say this, it takes a long and huge effort to be able to draw from the one I drew in the video to the drawing I showed at the end of the video. So If you find yourself not being able to draw the way you wanted to at the first or tenth times... don’t give up, that is just the first step of distance away.
Oh, and one more thing... I’d like to apologize in front about my english in the video. I don’t know why but I kinda feel nervous, I just can’t spit the word inside my mind properly. And you guys have no idea how many times I should take this video and cut it.
Anyway, let’s just get to the video, let me know what you think about it.. okay?

Extra Post - Watching A Movie in Class!

Hello there,

I finally have time to write this thing again, after my brother’s wedding party I don’t really have much time to think about other things... In fact I was so happy that I couldn’t remember any home works I got.. and that wasn’t cool... because I had to skip class to avoid the lecturers’ wrath.

In this post, I’d like to tell you about what happened during english class today. If I can say, today is the best english class... because we are told to watch a movie. The title is Akeelah and the Bee. I thought it’s an amateur film created by some college students out there in US, but it turned out to be an awesome film, with some familiar faces like Tzi Ma, the one who play Consul Han in Rush Hour 1 and 3.

The film itself tell a story about an 11-year old girl named Akeelah Anderson who possess the ability to spell words with ease and her effort trying to take part in National Spelling Bee despite her mother’s objections. There are times that she almost gave up but somehow she managed to push herself right back to her feet and try again. I really wanted to tell you how good this movie is, but I think those who haven’t watched it yet will not appreciate any spoilers....

Right before the movie starts, the lecturer gave us three questions to answer... they are as follows:

1. Who is your favorite characters... and why did you chose her/him?

2. What is the best scene in the movie and what does it taught you?

3. Write 10 words that the characters in the movie spelled, along with their meaning.

And I answered on my paper (I don’t bring any textbook as usual... pfft)...

                1. My favorite character is Akeelah, not because she is the main protagonist but she is very much like me. Sometimes she felt like she doesn’t fit in with others, like a lost person or some outer space creature form planet Zorg... (what the?). And she have skill in spelling but her mother doesn’t support her to make use of it.. (in my case my skill is drawing but.... yeah). She also have a problem with self confidence... and so do I.

                2. The best scene (spoilers... pfft) is the moment Akeelah participate in regional bee and she cannot spell a word she was given. And when the next speller tried to spell the word she has to spell (spelling pun hahahah.. cough) he was stuck in the last three words (If I’m not mistaken) and his mother helped him from the audience seat... Akeelah sister noticed that he was cheating, but the speller’s mother tried to cover their act, before the speller himself said they were cheating... This scene taught me that honesty is what you need to win even when you lose..

                3. The 10 words~~~~

                a. Brunneus : Dark brown colors, used in scientific things... (why don’t they just say brown?)

                b. Fortification : A defensive wall built to strengthen something...

                c. Doubt : Questioning one’s idea.

                d. Fanciful : I dunno, something fancy? Exotic or what?

                e. Ambidextrous : Able to do things with either left or right hand with the same efficiency

                f. Pterodactyl : Yo! Flying ancient birds...!

g. Intussusception : (Medical) The inversion of one portion of the intestine within another.. (thank God google exist..)

h. Staphylococci : A bacteria. I’ll leave it at that.

i. Laboratory : A place where smart-heads do their experiments

j. Rhesus : A small yellowish monkey from India.

That’s all I have to share.. I don’t know how to put an ending so... this is it... see you!

Asking an Expert~

        On 13th April, I met my best friend (and my master in gaming) who don’t want to be named, so let’s just name him Z. He have a decent skill in gaming and I’ve learned a lot from him. A couple of weeks ago I was given a task to interview someone and I decide to go for him. I asked a few question about gaming, and I told him that I’m going to post it here. He agreed, but with the condition that his identity isn’t publicated (he thinks sharing a tips about game on the internet without an alias has a huge risk about being humiliated when they meet you in real life, I don’t know is that true).

          Cough... I asked about a game on smartphone named Vainglory, it’s a great MOBA game. I’m still new on thins game, but thanks to him now I’m pretty good at it. In the game there are three roles to play, a carry which is the main damage dealing role, the jungler, the one who lurk the jungle to level up their hero and serve as the anti-carry, and a captain, the one who protect the carry from the jungler.

          I’m pretty good at jungler and captain role but not so good at the carry role. So I decided to ask him how to be a good carry.

          A (me) : Z, You’re a pretty good gamer and certinly you can play vainglory, right?

          Z : Of course, but I don’t think I’m really that good.

A : In the game, there are three roles to play correct? A carry, jungler and a Captain.

          Z : Yes. And each hero have their own roles.

          A : Which roles you play the most? I mean your favorite role.

          Z : The jungler is my favorite

A : Okay, Can I ask you about tips on the game... but it’s not about jungler tips because I’m pretty good at it, it’s about how to be a good carry.

          Z : Carry is not my best role, but I think I can give some tips.

A : Okay, so... what do you think we should do in early game as a carry?

Z : A carry in vainglory usually have a strong attack with devastating abilities, but they are really vulnerable. So in early game you should focus on farming gold in the lane by last-hitting the opposite team’s minions.

A : Last-hitting is a technique where you only hit a target when they are about to die, right?

Z : Yes, and it’s and important skill to master for a carry. One hero even take an extra advantage on it, such as Ringo.

A : How about in the mid-game?

Z : When the game reach 10 minutes, it’s more likely the enemy jungler are ready to kill you. You will have to pay attention on the lane, especially on the bush where the jungler might lurk and wait to give you an unpleasant surprise. You might want to stay with your captain or stay away from a bush.

A : What if there are no captain? I mean a team can consist of two carries and a jungler, or two junglers and a carry, right?

Z : In that case, stay on the back-line... let the one with the highest survivability on the front-line such as Grumpjaw, Glaive, Krul, Reim and support them from behind. It’s also important that you’re free from anything to deal damage to enemy heroes, so pick a place where there are no enemies and you will be fine.

          A : How about the late game?

Z : When the game reach 15 minutes, a kraken will awake. And most of the time, a team will only try to unleash that tower-eating-beast when they clearly have the upper-hand such as an Ace or when their enemy team’s jungler and carry has been killed. If the entire team is still alive they probably just hide in the bush and wait for their enemy to strike first. Just follow your captain, or the jungler with the highest survivability and you will be fine.

A : How about the items?

Z : A carry should focus on damage-dealing items on all of their slots, leaving two slots with a boots and a defensive items.

A : Are there any other tips?

Z : The point of being a carry is to serve as the primary damage dealers, which means you are build to kill. Even so, you can’t just rush on your enemy without second thought, you’ll end up getting killed and your team going to have a hard time to deal with your enemies. Patient and focus is the key of being a good carry, and your team captain also affect how well you play as carry role. If the captain can protect you well, you will be a devastating carry.

A : Among the carriers, which hero do you like the most?

Z : I like Kestrel the best, she is a flexible carry.. you can play her with crystal and weapon build. Although some other carries such as Ringo, Blackfeather, Idris, and Vox can also be both crystal and weapon carry, Kestrel suits me the best. Lyra which is a captain hero can also play as carry, but she’s extremely weak so you might need an extra defensive items, but in her case, instead of buying armor and shields, just focus on hitpoints item to improve her Imperial Sigil skills.

A : Okay thankyou, I’ll try it

          And that’s that... he also said something in the end, that his tips and ways to play carry in the game might be different from how other carry do. And that’s why he said that I have to find my own style of playing. And he also said that don’t take game too seriously, games are designed for fun. Just like one of our friend Iroha said “having fun with your friends, is the key to be a better player”.

Extra post - Another English Assignment

Yo, in this post I'll share one of my work during the english class. As I said in my latest extra we are told to work in pair to create a video about creating a robot, but it isn't about creating a real one, it's just a conversation about creating one.

here's the link (but I should remind you... it's bad hahahah)

https://youtu.be/zZIfGCIpcnc

Extra post - What Happen in the English class

Yo, yet another extra post... it’s the 2nd.

I’m going to tell you what happen in the last english class. The class once again took place in AMCOR UNTAN. So, we’re still discussing about robots and stuffs, and that day the lecturer gave us an assignment that has to be done as a pair of two. We aren’t the one to decide who to pair with, the lecturer choose it for us, which is a good thing for me, but I don’t want to talk about the reason why it’s a good thing. The assignment is pretty simple, we were told to create a dialogue of two people trying to create a robot (which is very interesting). I was teamed up with my senior named Sy... second thought, I’m not going to write his name, let’s just say he is Sy.

Sy did almost everything, he is the one who created the dialogue in Indonesian, and I’m translating it to english (I don’t know why I decided to take this part of the job, my english isn’t very good). We were designing a mechanic, a robot who can repair cars, and taking care of them. The most difficult part of the job is to decide how much will it cost if we are going to sell it (really? Do we really have to think about that too?). And the most interesting part is deciding the features of the robots and it’s name.

I was planning to write down the dialogue here, but I forgot where did I put the paper... awesome... I’ll try to find it, and when I do, I’ll either edit this post or create a new one...

That’s it, for today’s extra... since it isn’t completed yet I think the right words to close this topic is....

To Be Continued.....

Things I can't live without

Yo... we meet again.

I’ve made changes to my blog, not really that much of a big change. For those who happen to visit this blog more than once will know the difference.

Anyway, on today’s topic I’d like to share my opinion about the most important not-so-important-things that I can’t live without them (wait... what?). Yeah, so I’m going to talk about things I will never be able to live without, but I’m not going to talk about a life without oxygen, foods, or things like that (because it’s obvious we can’t survive without those things). I’m talking about things like, laptop, smartphone, or anything affecting our lifestyle (uhhh... oxygen isn’t really affect our lifestyle right? I mean, oxygen exist from the beginning). Enough with that, I can’t really understand what am I trying to explain -.- but the point is, today’s topic is “I can’t imagine life without”. Let’s get started.

For someone like me, who dedicated their life to drawings (now, I really am questioning my choice of subject.... civil engineering -.-) things like pencils, eraser, papers are the basic survival tools. Losing one them are frustrating for most of us, but for me... Losing one of them is like losing my life (pencils worth 50 hit points, eraser and papers worth 25 hit points each... game stuffs). Before I go to the campus I always checked my bag, and the first thing I checked is my drawing tools. To tell the truth, those are the only things I checked before I leave. How about my books then? Well I only have one large book, and that should be enough (which unfortunately isn’t enough -.- I ended up asking my friend to lend me some papers).

Drawings for me, isn’t just a hobby... it’s a way to live. I can stand a whole day without eating as long as I am working on a drawing. I don’t know why but when I began to draw those lines and curves, I seem to forget about everything else, even the time itself. There’s one time I tried to draw something, everything starts from random sketches, and when I’m done with it... 5 hours has passed, and my head is spinning, my stomach hurts (thanks to skipping meals), and I can’t even stand.. It’s like I don’t have any legs.

Other things I can’t live without is, my smartphone and laptop. Both serve the same way as papers, pencils, and erasers. Yeah, I used my smartphone and my laptop to draw, you know digital arts... I still need to learn how to create epic digital arts like those in internet (they’re beautiful... I’ll give everything to be able to draw like that). But I think it’s safe to say that I possess the ability to draw a decent digital arts (not perfect, not good, but not that bad either.... well, maybe it’s still count as bad -.-). Other than drawing, I use them for gaming, I have a lot of games in my laptop and most of them aren’t really popular in my place. They’re Ragnarok Battle Offline, Rune Factory, Professor Layton series, God Eater, Shingeki no Kyojin, AoTTG, Samurai Warriors’... wait... I was talking about drawing stuff wasn’t I?

Okay before things go further away from our main topic, I think it’s time to stop now. That’s from me today see you next time... What about you guys? feel free to share them~~~

Extra post - English class assignment

Yo, this is the first extra in my blog (not sure why I called it extra post -.-). I’m going to tell you guys things that happens in every Friday english class. On 3rd of march (the first Friday on March (^_^)/) I learned how to prounounce cucumber and queue for the first time (I should have not wrote this down -.-). And the last Friday (17th of march) we are having an online class, and nothing speacal really happened. So I’m going to tell you the day when we were discussing about robots on the second Friday of march (17th march).

Ehhem, everything goes well just like any other normal classes. There is only one things that doesn’t not going well. And that thing is the freezing temperature of the class. The others seems to enjoy that (weirdos -.- I dunno why they enjoy it so much being inside a cold room like that) but I don’t really like cold. My jacket is not enough to protect me from the cold air (you disappointed me jacket, you didn’t do what you supposed to do -.-). Fortunately I was able to survive that deadly climate.

Later on, the teacher gave us an assignment, we form a team of four and began to do our works. It was an easy task, but what makes it difficult is we have a different point of views whisch affects our answer. But somehow, we managed to finish it first (of course we do bahahaha).

Why don’t you guys try it? I’ll post the problems and the reading materials (and my answers, but try to answer it first before scrolling down to the answer. It’s super easy after all~~). Okay here it is (my answer is below the picture, but as I said before, try to figure it first)... 

Well I don't know if you can read that (hahahaha). Just try to makes use of what I give (pffft...).

My team answer: 

- Abdul Haris Ridho ( D1011141087 )

- Andi Akbar ( D1011141073 ) <<< It's ME!!!

- Nurkholis ( D1011141083 )

- Yogi Wicahya ( D1011141041 )

1. a) If the robots became our personal assistant reminder

    b) The robots maintenance will cost money

2. A robot that can transform into a vehicle

3. First paragraph in line 8, second paragraph in line 12, and third in line 28

Part C

1. a. The answer is robots in the home.

    b. The answer is robots will improve our lives in many ways.

Part E

1. The answer is A

And the last is the number 3 of the “Going beyond the text” part.

3. a) It would be bad if robots became pilot, it will be dangerous and will make most of human pilots lost their job.

b) A robot who can cook is great, because they can do it faster.

c) A robot as a doctor is bad, because if something goes wrong with the robots it would be dangerous.

d) It would be great if a robot become a police, because they don't take bribes.

e) It will be interesting if a robot can sing, because a human who can sing is too mainstream.

f) A robot as a store clerk is great, because they have the capability to serve us well.

g) A robot taxi driver is asking for danger. It is dangerous if the robot broke while it’s driving.

h) A robot teacher is bad. A robot is stiff, freak, and strict.

My basic skill

Yo! Hello again random people who happened to read this blog accidentally. Today I’m going to write about myself again, (I know it’s a little late, but I’ll write it anyway). So on this topic, I’m going to tell you guys about my skills. I have plenty of skills but I’m not going to write and tell you about all of them. Instead, I’m going to tell you one that I’m pretty proud of, yap its’ drawing.

            I don’t really remember when my hands actually able to move and create those scratchy skecthes on a piece of paper. All I know is I really like to draw since I was a kid. And when I look at my old drawings, sometimes I found myself smiling on my own (some people who saw me actually thinking I have lost my mind). Because it’s look really bad. I think I have improved a lot until now, but that doesn’t mean I’m satisfied of what I can do now. In fact, I don’t think I’m good enough and that’s why I have to try my best to improve my skill to a higher level.

            I’m pretty proud of my skill though, I think not everyone has the ability to draw like me. But when I saw other people’s arts... well to put it simply, I feel like every single sweats, tears, and bloods I drop is not enough (which is usually makes my drawings ends up in a trash bin). I’m still looking for what is wrong with my drawings, I feel like it’s good enough but it’s just very far from where I want it to be (wait, what?). I mean, when I look at it, it’s good but when I try to compare it with others’ works, my skills arn’t good enough (not even close -.-).

            *cough cough* I really wanted to improve my drawing skill, because I wanted to make an animation of my own. But to do that I have to overcome many obstacles and to try something a little bit easier than making an animation. Yap a comic, until now I have made about three comics (if I remember it correctly) and all of them ends up in a fire (burn it down!! YEAAAH!!) because it’s looks like a trash.

            Well, that’s it for now, see ya on my next post!  

I, Me, and Myself

On 23rd of May 1997, among the sound of people who demand the resignation of Soeharto, a child’s cry was heard when he was born to earth. A boy who is going to hit 20 years old this year. And in the past 19 years a lot has changed. He was a cheerful, innocent child looking for nothing but a fun way to pass the time. He fears nothing and will never stop until something hard hit his head, literally. And now he has grown to someone he never thought he would be. A reckless, crazy species who lives in his own world, where his imagination is the limits.

 He graduated from elementary school somewhere on earth after six years of epic childhood adventure. And he fought for education and a piece of paper everyone needs to advance to the next level in Junior High school within two years. And finally moved to Pontianak to take part of a brand new high school adventure in Muhammadiyah 1 High School, Pontianak. Currently he is struggling as a student of Tanjungpura University.

 He took civil engineering subject without any idea what is it all about. His original planning was to take architecture or arts subject but somehow those subjects aren’t tied with his fate. Until now, he has overcome many challenges that almost drop him to his demise, not literally of course. Somehow he managed to stay alive until he hit the sixth semester of his study and continued to fight in order to be able to wear a black hat and a robe while holding a precious roll of paper in his hand.

 Phew, I don’t think I can write the next story like that anymore. So yeah, everything I wrote was the truth. There are no lies in it, even if it sounds a little bit exaggerated. My name is Andi Akbar and as I said, I am a student of UNTAN and I took civil engineering without any idea what is it all about. But that only makes everything more interesting isn’t it? Although, I don’t recommend taking a subject you don’t like.
  Cough... cough... I think we can learn new things every day, every time, and everywhere. For example just a couple of days ago (Friday to be exact, which is yesterday -.-) I just found the fact that I didn’t pronounce the words “cucumber” and “queue” the way it should be pronounced for years, awesome isn’t it...?. That day was in fact, the first day I learned english subject in UNTAN. Don’t be surprised, english is a 6th semester subject so it’s normal that just learned it now. But it was fun, though my body doesn’t like the cold air (thanks to the immortal air conditioner, it can’t be turned off) inside American Corner of UNTAN where the class took place.
 I learn a lot that day, considering the amount of time the english class has (from 8 am to 10 am, I really hope for more -.-). The topic we were discussing about was Robots, It’s not about how to create one though (well duh, obviously). It’s more like sharing information about what robots do nowadays, like a robot that act as a receptionist in a hotel in Japan (I wrote this as an answer of a quiz, hehehehe).

 Uhh, I think I should stop for now... the music I heard on my ears started to play it’s trick to drive me sleepy... so the conclusion is, my name is Andi Akbar, currently studying in civil engineering of UNTAN and I choosed UNTAN with no reason -.-'

That’s it for now, see you later.