So relieved…akhirnya paper kedua terpublish juga di International Conference TSSA-WSSA 8-9 Dec 2006, setelah paper pertama disertakan pada ICTS 2006, ITS Surabaya August lalu…

Yahh, walaupun isinya ga beda-beda jauh amat, masih seputar Tugas Akhir, bedanya, sekarang berperan sebagai author, bukan co-author, alias harus jadi presenter juga.. Quite scary at first, karena harus presentasi in english & in front of foreigners too, apalagi jadwal presentasinya suddenly dimajukan sehari, dari sabtu jam 1 jadi jumat jam 11, bah..ntah pa pa panitia ni, mentang-mentang peserta internal, tapi ndak pa pa lah..

Setelah menyelesaikan 28 pages ppt + animation ngebut till 1 o’clock am, tanpa latihan yang penting tidur, bangun pagi kesiangan & stomachache karena tegang, thankfully, that 15minutes-thrilling-moment bisa terlewati juga walaupun dengan entah-ngomong-apa, I didn’t even remember all the words I’ve said, I just did.. <God, I knew U’d be with me n give me that strength..>

However, one weird question came up from a foreigner (Mr. AR from somewhere) sewaktu sesi tanya jawab, he asked “r u an undergraduated student? postgraduate? or doctor? or what?” <klo ga salah inget, something like that lah>.. what was that suppose to mean??..ee, well undergraduated I suppose..

Thought it’s over and I could get the free lunch <yeeaa..> when all of sudden that AR person came and asked bout the project written in the paper again <halah, baru juga mu mulai makan..>

Mr. AR: “Hi, I think it’s interesting, I’m bla bla bla bla….” <keep talking>
J: “Ooh, is it.. <grinning> uh well…”
Mr. AR: “I think it’s good for the e-learning system and bla bla bla bla….” <keep talking>
J: ”Mm, yes i think so, and uuhhh… <hah?>”
Mr. AR: “So, did u bla bla bla bla….” <keep talking>
J: “Yeah well umm…”
Mr. AR: “And what is the ——- ?”
J: “What?”
Mr. AR: “And what is the ——- ?”
J: “Ehmm, what?”
Mr. AR: “And what is the ——- ?”
J: ”Eee, excuse me?” <was it my ears, or was it his pronounciation???>
Mr. AR: “The ——- ?”
J: “Well, it’s bla bla bla…” <jawab ngasallll!!!>
Mr. AR: ”bla bla bla bla…”
J: ”Yeah..”
Mr. AR: ”Ok then, thank you, bla bla bla bla…”
J: “Oh, yeah, thank you…” <yu>

O God, whatta conversation.. who cares lah, seumur idup ga kan pernah ketemu beliau lagi <Amiiin> semoga ga kan jadi xenophobia juga L..

Positive things beside the published paper are, tentu saja dapat free stuffs n free lunch + coffee break  plus free dinner @ The View, yes, with the great view of Bandung at night of course.. padahal, for all these, ga keluar uang sepeser pun..hmm..yu