Students Guide in Trondheim - First Three Days in Trondheim

Hello, reader! This week I'm coming back by telling you what are important things we should do during our first day in Trondheim? First of all, we arrive safely in Værnes Airport in Trondheim, then we should try to exchange money to Norwegian Krone )NOK, because currency used in Trondheim (and all Norway) is NOK. Then, go to Moholt Studentby by Værnesekspressenbus. After that you stop in Moholt or Moholt Studentby bus station, and then you pick up your key in SiT Bolig. It is somehow difficult for the first time to find where is your apartment building, but the map in my slide will help you much! You must be feel hungry, isn't it? Then grab your food supply in the nearest supermarket like Bunnpris, Rema 1, or Kiwi. Don't forget to eat healthy food and have enough sleep! Day 2, because you are newcomer, you need to buy buscard from AtB Store (Buscard company in Trondheim). Don't forget to bring your passport and admission letter to NTNU to buy student price card. On day 3, you can buy cheapest utility and equipment for your next life in Trondheim. Also if you want cheaper price, you can join with Students Market Trondheim Group in Facebook.


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Students Guide in Trondheim - Pre-Departure, What Should I Do?

Congratulations! You have been accepted as a new master students in Trondheim :). Okay, what should you do next? You should prepare your departure to Trondeim, surely after you have confirmed your acceptance to offering letter to be a Master Student. I list four important things to do before your departure to Trondheim. Hope it helps!

1. Manage your Residence Permit to Norway

How to apply for a residence permit refer to http://www.norway.or.id/Embassy/Visa-and-other-permits/Schengen-visa/Schengen-Visa/ and http://www.udi.no/Norwegian-Directorate-of-Immigration/Central-topics/Studies/How-do-I-apply-for-a-residence-permit-for-students/. You need to apply online and then hand in your application to Norway Embassy in Jakarta. This is a temporary permit. You should renew the visa after your arrival in Trondheim.
2. Buy Flight Ticket to Trondheim. It is recommended to buy ticket after residence permit is granted. Typical cheap airlines to Trondheim: Qatar, KLM, Turkish. I would recommend KLM because you can buy extra baggage (usually we bring a lot of stuff in the first arrival), and you can flight directly from Jakarta-Amsterdam-Trondheim (if you fly via Oslo, for example with Qatar Airlines, you need to take baggage in the airport and check it in again)
3. Prepare your stuff (refer to file "What to Bring")
4. Confirm SiT Housing. You should sign acceptance contract for one year with SiT (housing provider). Most likely you will be booked place in Moholt Alle or Herman Krags Veg (you can not choose but you are given some preference)

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Students Guide in Trondheim - What to Bring

Hello, it's been a long time since I updated my blog. Fiuhh..Today I sit in my apartment in Stavanger, wondering if I could do something useful. And I try to make some kind of catalog that hopefully can ease a new students who wants to study in Trondheim, particularly Moholt Apartment. Maybe you are confused to choose what kind of things you should bring, especially because of the limited weight of baggage? Don't worry, I will tell you now.

You can easily forget what to bring to a new city. But by using my checklist, you will hardly miss anything! I would gladly share it.

1. Important things: white lamp, wireless router, LAN cable (min. 3 m), cable extension, spare eyeglasses
2. Utilities: bedsheet, pillow, pillow sheets
3. Cooking Utensils (optional): rice cooker, frying pan, boiling pot
4. Clothes and Toiletries: winter coat, jacket, shirt, soap, shampoo, dry lotion
5. Medicine: headache, cold, flu, fever, stomachache, maag, vitamin, omega 3, allergy
6. Foods: rendang, abon, ikan teri, instant spices

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Perfect Date Ever

what is your perfect date moment? some will say it will be sunset in beautiful place, ora cool night in the top of the building, when you could see the cityscape from the top,with someone that you love. everybody could define their own perfect date, unforgottablemoment with the one you love. my definition for perfect date is nor in the romantic beach, nor in the highest mountainthat i could see the landscape and the light in the night, though I won't miss for thatmoment also. perfect date for me is when you are in the middle of the jungle, misseseveryone, feel so lonely and wondering when could you escape from that remote area,then all of a sudden someone that you always expected to come but you know it's soimpossible to meet suddenly comes up in front of you. You know that he is busy, heactually has many things to do, but the fact is he come by just to see you and make surethat you are okay. He didn't even has a business in that jungle, or I don't think the jungleis worthwhile to be visited. And it's so funny why i couldn't stop smiling that day, there's no cinema so we could sawmovies, no interesting place that we can stop by and see. We're just go to karaoke oldsong, because there's no update song in the old karaoke place. Afterwards, no romanticcandle light dinner, but that's one of the delicious food I've ever tasted. we're singing andplaying guitar, sing our favourite song together and laugh. We keep talking and catchingup the update, oh I will never bored to chat and jokes around with him :), and the timehas reached, it's late, and we have to go sleep. he didn't even have place to sleep, but some how he figure out the way..and he saideverything will be ok. and that night, I feel so happy that I want to cry, which I'll neverfeel before. tomorrow comes, and he has to come back before the sun, to catch bus backto his town,,and he is gone, as fast as he greet good morning and take care. No words was said, but I know that he love me :)..perfect date ever..

Dreams that Keeps Me Alive

For the last two month, I found myself really lack of motivation. I don't think all that I've done is worthwhile, and I'm not sure this is the job I'm happy to do. I miss those moments when I woke up with full of spirits, really curious to begin a day because I like what I'm doing. It's been so long since I feel actually I'm dead, I'm not doing anything, I lose my proactivity, I'm lazy to open my eyes and face the reality. I just want to do my job, and that's all, because everyday will be the same day. And in the night, I'll be happy because one day is over. And I welcome another boring day. Sometimes, I wonder, how I can escape from this situation? And the answer come at one silent night in my room. When I see my old notes that by a sudden appear again, I remember my beautiful dreams about a year ago. I want to be a light, I want to be an inspiration. How could I forget all these good stuff? And now, I remember that this may the path that will lead me to my dream, and even the worst problem may become a great experience. And for once more, I'm wondering what I really want to achieve in life, before I die, what are dreams that keeps me alive, brings me up when I'm in the lowest point of life, and enlarge my patience to what I'm doing now, because deepdown inside, whether I want or not, I know that this time will be precious moment for me, and I will be grateful for all these things. Dreams Dreams Dreams ohhh Dream It! 1. Travelling All Part of The World.. 2. Get Master Degree Abroad, in business/engineering 3. Contribute Something to Society 4. Own family business in processing technology (I still have processing feel deep down in my heart) 5. Working Outside Indonesia I still think life is worthwhile, even in the worst condition, and I really could do something to make it worthful! This feeling keeps me alive..

Well Completion Design dari Sisi Seorang Dummy

Karena baru-baru ini diassign menjadi engineer wireline cased hole, makanya aku jadi tertarik soal completion design. Darimana sieh datangnya program-program workover itu? Apakah jatuh dari langit? Kan ga mungkin ya..Padahal selama ini aku cuma dapet program yang udah jadi, tapi ga tau darimana asal usul program itu.. Pasti para engineer reservoir udah memikirkan program apa yang cocok untuk wellnya..dan program tersebut pastinya ga sama untuk semua well. Karena tiap well itu unik, kayak manusia, makanya tiap well harus dapet treatment yang berbeda.. Menurut artikel yang aku baca ada beberapa hal-hal mendasar yang harus didesain pada saat completion, di antaranya: Perforation program: biasanya program ini bakal aku dapetin kalo mau job perforating. Perforation program ini ditentukan dari data reservoir yang udah ada, dan akan menentukan influx capacity dari well yang akan diproduksi. Hal-hal yang didesain pada program perforating ini di antaranya adalah: shot per foot, interval perforation, jenis gun, jenis charge, dan tentunya depth dari reservoir yang akan diperfo. Hmmm…yang jelas jangan sampai salah menentukan zona perforating ini, soalnya kalo ga, bisa2 bukannya minyak dan dollar yang kita dapat…malahan kita dapat loss dan air saja..Teknik untuk perforasi yang akan digunakan juga harus dipertimbangkan, apakah ingin menggunakan tubing conveyed perforating atau wireline perforating Spesifikasi tubing: dari data reservoir capacity dan well test, kita bisa menentukan berapa sebaiknya ukuran tubing yang kita gunakan untuk mendapatkan produksi yang optimal dalam jangka waktu tertentu. Untuk masalah grade tubing dan ketebalannya, faktor yang harus diperhatikan adalah kondisi fluid dan kecenderungan korosi. Desain packer: Desain packer ini penting untuk dilakukan pada saat awal karena sangat menentukan untuk masalah well connection, sealing yang dibutuhkan, dan apakah bisa diretrieve kembali atau tidak. Masih banyak lagi desain completion yang spesifik dibutuhkan untuk well, misalnya artificial lifting, gravel pack completion, fracturing, stimulation, belum lagi tool-tool downhole completion yang sudah canggih seperti sliding sleeve door, dan masih banyak lagi. Dan….yang ga kalah penting, design well completion harus mempertimbangkan masalah timing yang dapat diaplikasikan untuk designnya. Karena, ga lucu kan kalo baru beberapa bulan setelah dicompletion, eh tau-tau well udah ga bisa produksi lagi..atau…well masih diproduksi tapi equipmentnya sudah tidak dapat mengakomodasi lagi. Untuk itulah, beberapa well terutama yang menggunakan completion artificial lifting dan gravel pack, harus diservis dan dimaintenance secara teratur. Hal ini tentunya untuk urusan safety juga. Memang ribet tapi menarik..kalo selama ini aku hanya lihat dari segi kerjaanku aja, yaitu perfo di interval yang udah ditentukan, dengan ukuran gun dan jenis charge yang udah ditentukan saja. Menarik juga belajar soal completion well dari awal hingga akhir.. Seperti hari ini, aku job squeeze perfo untuk menembak interval yang cement bonding dengan formasinya masih jelek. Selama ini yang kutau,, squeeze perforation dilakukan di interval shale untuk mengisolasi chanelling dari air ke oil/gas. Namun, entah kenapa tadi PEnya malah ingin squeeze di dekat interval yang ada airnya, apa ya pertimbangannya? Aku ga sempet nanya.. Jadi inget juga kemarin,, aku job CBL di well yang Top of Cementnya hingga 40 ft..entah untuk apa mereka memberikan cement setinggi itu untuk well..Bukankah cement critical di interval perforation? Untuk apa ya dicement banyak2? Masih menyisakan pertanyaan soal macam2 completion ini..Saatnya belajar..

Balada Sebelas Buruh Tani

Kalo lagi sibuk, ga usah dibaca, ga penting!!

Alkisah di sebuah desa di negeri antah berantah, pada masa penjajahan di masa itu, tersebutlah sebelas buruh tani yang mencari sesuap nasi dan secangkir teh. Buruh-buruh tani yang masih baru ini merantau ke sebuah desa yang jauh dari tempat tinggal mereka, berharap mendapatkan penghidupan yang lebih baik daripada kehidupan yang sebelumnya, dengan iming-iming penghasilan yang lumayan.

Mereka bekerja pada tuan-tuan tanah asing dari bangsa penjajah, berlapiskan kekerenan dan keglamoran yang terlihat dari luar, walaupun dalamnya tak seindah luarnya. Sayang seribu sayang, mereka berharap akan diberi lahan untuk bertani dan mencari nafkah, namun janji-janji akan lahan untuk mereka garap tidak pernah ditepati. Mereka hanya dipekerjakan di kantor lurah, untuk meneliti bibit-bibit padi yang akan dikirim ke sawah, yang lahannya pun tidak pernah mereka lihat.

Penghasilan mereka ternyata tidak jauh berbeda dengan sekretaris, atau bahkan penjaga warnet..Walaupun pekerjaan yang mereka lakukan tidaklah ringan. Bahkan segala fasilitas mereka di "cut-cost", untuk menyelamatkan aset perusahaan yang tinggal sedikit. Oleh karena itu, pengeluaran mereka pun bertambah banyak melebihi pengeluaran sekretaris ataupun penjaga warnet di kota-kota besar.

Jangan tanya kenaikan jabatan menjadi mandor, karena bagai pungguk merindukan bulan. Buruh tani sepertinya akan tetap menjadi buruh tani, kecuali ada keajaiban. Lagipula, menjadi mandor pun tidak jauh lebih baik, karena tarif lahan sekarang mengalami penurunan. Dan sepertinya tidak ada yang bisa dilakukan.

Beberapa mandor mengajukan protes, sebagian di belakang, tidak berani di depan karena banyak cicilan keluarga, banyak tanggungan..Sebagian lagi berani bersuara, mengorbankan harta dan tahtanya. Mandor jenis ini namanya mandor pejuang, berani memperjuangkan apa yang diyakininya bener, juga untuk membela kawannya sesama mandor. Buruh-buruh tani salut walau dalam hati, tidak berani bersuara.

Namun, tuan-tuan tanah ini, penjajah tetap penjajah, dan sepertinya buruh tani, juga mandor, memang senang dijajah. Kalau tidak suka, lebih baik jangan jadi buruh tani di desa ini, lebih baik jadi kurir, sekretaris, atau penjaga warnet saja di kota besar. Mungkin memang tidak ada yang harus diubah.

Dan kaum penjajah dan kaum priyayi pun, hanya bisa bilang SE-KA-RANG..tanpa tahu masalahnya..dan ingin terima beres, tanpa pusing dengan bibit-bibit padinya. Mereka berharap buruh-buruh taninya yang berpikir, juga bekerja keras..bahkan untuk menyediakan dan mendistribusi bibit-bibit padi, yang seharusnya bukan pekerjaan si buruh tani. Jika ada kesalahan, buruh tani pun kena damprat tanpa ditelusuri duduk persoalannya..Dan buruh tani pun pasrah, bercampur tak peduli.

Tanpa motivasi. Gamang. Tidak peduli. BOMAT. Salah seorang buruh tani malu dengan keapatisannya kini. Teringat dengan idealismenya dulu. Sungguh dia malu.

Hanya sebuah balada, untuk melepas penat.