I Wanted To Change The World
By Unknown Monk, 1100 A.D.
When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.
Great time, Good friends, Nice Easter Camp
I just came back from Easter camp retreat carried by one of HOPE church care group. It was 3 days 2 nights retreat in Tanjung puteri golf resort Johor Bahru Malaysia. Actually I didn’t have any plan to join this retreat. I’m not part of their church and I was afraid I would feel lonely there. My childhood friend who was supposed to accompany me canceled joining the retreat. I was also sad during that week, I organized something but it didn’t run as I expected. Even at the last day before the departure day, I kept wondering whether I would go or not.
Surprisingly it was very nice there. The programs were not boring. It’s not like ’seminar’ which can make you sleepy because you need to listen what the speaker says all the time. For me, it’s more like outing. I enjoyed the sharing sessions (TEDUH). The topics were interesting. It makes me more value the time I have and not afraid of obstacles since it makes me stronger. Although the game (runaway and free concert) was a bit screwed or unprepared, we could still enjoyed it. We helped each other and laughed a lot during the game. Instead of getting closer to old friends, I also met some new friends. Han2 and Joni who are always cool. We2 who is always ‘crazy’. Yen Nee who is always fun. Wiliam and Steven who are the magicians and good in ‘liar card game’. Renny who is very open and to the point. And many unique friends that I can’t mention one by one. Overall I really had a great time and good friends in this easter camp. For all the guys who joined, hope your balls didn’t turn into raisin! 
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Oracle cheat sheet
- SQLPlus short connection
sqlplus <username>/<password>@<ipAddress>:<port>/<sid> [@<scriptfile>]
Ex:
sqlplus user/pass@192.168.1.10:3267/MYDB @test.sql
- MySQL limit equivalent
Ex:
SELECT last_name FROM
(SELECT last_name, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY last_name) R FROM employees)
WHERE R BETWEEN 51 and 100;
Alternative:
select *
from ( select a.*, rownum rnum
from ( YOUR_QUERY_GOES_HERE -- including the order by ) a
where rownum <= MAX_ROWS )
where rnum >= MIN_ROWS;
Linux cheat sheet
- show disk usage: du
- show disk capacity: df
- search word from file inside directory:
find /start/dir -exec grep -q my_search_word {} \; -print
- search files with specific name inside directory (HP-Unix, maxdepth=1):
find . \( ! -name . -prune \) \( -name “*TEST1*.ps” -o -name “*TEST2*.ps” \) -mtime +30 -type f
find /parent/child \( ! -name child -prune \) \( -name “*TEST1*.ps” -o -name “*TEST2*.ps” \) -mtime +30 -type f
Simple IRIS for SBS Bus
Do you frequently travel by bus in Singapore? Do you use SBS bus? Have you ever waited for long time and the bus still hasn’t come yet? Have you ever faced situation when you needed to choose between bus or MRT but you were afraid if you chose bus you would wait for a long time? If all the answers are YES, you should use IRIS. It is small application based on WEB and SMS provided by sbstransit, which provides estimated time specific bus (no) will arrive at specific bus stop (no). What you need in here are BUS NO and STOP NO.
So how about Simple IRIS, what kind of tool is this? It is actually same like web based IRIS provided by sbstransit. It even uses the data from web based IRIS. The benefits compared to web based IRIS:
- Simpler
It’s based on url, only needs 1 step (insert the url, clik, then you get the result). - Faster & cheaper
Your browser only loads 1 page which is plain text, no images at all. If you aren’t using flat plan, more data you download higher you pay
Ok, enough for the preface. So how to use it? As the title of this post, it is very easy to use it. Just type this address/url in your browser :
http://simpledifference.net/bus/
EXAMPLE:
busNo: 111
stopNo: 09048 (bus stop in front of lucky plaza, orchard)
url: http://simpledifference.net/111/09048
RESULT:
9 minutes
26 minutes
111
09048
ORCHARD RD – LUCKY PLAZA
***
RESULT DESCRIPTION:
9 minutes, estimated arrival time for bus no 111
26 minutes, estimated arrival time for next bus no 111 (after the first bus)
111, bus no 111
09048, bus stop no
ORCHARD RD – LUCKY PLAZA, bust stop description
The last but no less important, thanks to Ganius Taniel for the idea and the script.
Our Deepest Fear
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually who are we not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us, it’s in all of us.
And when we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson
A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”
Chingay parade 2007
Yesterday I went to Orchard road for watching Chingay parade. The parade is held every year to celebrate Chinese New Year. I arrived at the location around 6 pm. It was starting to be crowded at there. All of the officers correlated to that event were busy for the preparation. Every spot was looked colorful with chingay accessories. I walked along the way to find a place which wasn’t so crowded, so I could watch the parade comfortably. Actually there were 3 kinds of place where we can watch it : stage (the best view, need to pay S$45), half lane (sit on road border, free but need to register first) and outside the road. Because I didn’t want to pay and haven’t registered, no choice I was only able to watch it outside the road. I watched nearby second stage in front of The Heeren. The reason I chose it because the Chingay participant will perform in front of the stage.
After waiting almost 1 hour, the parade was started. In the stage nearby my location it was opened by hip hop dance and followed by belly dance. And then after 2 – 3 participants, President Nathan, the most important person on that event passed the stage. In the same vehicle with President Nathan there was Gurmit Singh (Phua Chu Kang actor). They got many applauses from the audiences. Globally all of the participants are attractive, like women in ball (still wonder how they can breath inside the ball), fake thailand elephant, dragon dance and of course there are many gorgeous girls in the parade. I took some of participant photos and you can see in here Chingay Photos. If you have friend or parent who is visiting Singapore for vacation at that time, I think paying S$45 is worth it for the stage. Remember no one can steal your experience 
So difficult to start
Finally I finished building my own blog. It has taken long time to finish it. I started on November last year and can write my first posting now (so shy). Honestly I have had this plan (creating my own blog) since I still worked in Indonesia (elasitas), but I delay, delay and delayed it until now. The one reason why I did that is I wanted my blog is perfect. I wanted to write my blog in good english and put features as many as possible. I am ordinary person who is like the others, want everything is as good as I can get or reach. I don’t know whether that is perfectionist or idealist.
But I changed my mind. Maybe if I didn’t change my mind, I will never finish this blog. My english and my skill is still bad. You maybe will never start if you wait everything is ready. I still don’t know when I will be able to speak and write english fluently. But I still believe, one day I can do that. Writing this blog can be one of the way I can learn english better. Maybe this isn’t looked perfect, but at least this isn’t so bad I think.
It’s like when I was in Singapore for the fist time. I didn’t have so many preparation for living in here. No money, didn’t have much knowledge and experience, and my english was also worse than now. One thing that made me keep going, I believe I can do it. Everday is learning for me, that’s way I am here now. Writing this blog, and hoping maybe one of information in my blog can be useful for the others. I will try to write at least once a week.
The last but not least, please drop a comment for me if you aren’t so busy (I won’t force you). So I can know you are my friend who curious to me