PLC Competition 2008 and A Walk To Maribaya

phew, it’s been awhile since i get some spare time to write in blog like this

now that i get the chance, i’ll wrote about some events happened recently.

The first is that i’ve competed in the PLC programming competitions 2008 and i’ve been successful

Fortunately I’ve won first prize! Wow, it was unpredictable since the rivalry had been strict. We competed with people from the whole nation. Literally whole because there are many rivals from faraway places like Sumatera and Sulawesi. The challenge even got bigger because our rivals came from schools where PLC training and education had been compulsory. (For us in ITB Electrical Engineering, we never had any PLC course). I’ve just happen to experience some programming through my Internship. The rest, I’ve gotta learn by myself.

So, well, I’ve expected a prize but not the first one, and when they announce that I’m the first winner, I’m shocked in happiness. Hehe,,, my late sleeping that entire weeks worth something.

And to add the happiness, my juniors won the sixth prize too. We’ve high hopes for the juniors for the next competitions.

So here’s the champion lists:

1st Winner
Wisnu Fajar Baskoro dan Fajar Sastrowijoyo (TE ITB)

2nd Winner
Andry Novi Ardi dan Johanes Gunawan (T.Mekatronika POLTEX RIAU)

3rd Winner
Aditya Eka PS dan Ade Ariesta (TE Universitas Surabaya)

4th Winner
Iqbal Zakariah dan Mutmainnah (TE Universitas Hasanuddin)

5th Winner
Samuel Miarsa Lemuel dan Andri Pradipta (Elektro Maranatha)

6th Winner
Ryvo Octaviano dan M.Bitang HP (TE ITB)

Best Teamwork
Ifang Nafsan dan Dihanto (FT ITB)

1st Creative Team

Sholahudin N dan Riski Fitriyadi (TE POLTEK BATAM)

2nd Creative Team
Shinta Widyasari dan Arif Abdul Manan (Elektro Brawijaya)

3rd Creative Team
Dade Mukti Wijaya dan Joko Purwono (TM UGM)

And here’s the photos

And next, lately I’ve took a walk with my friends from ITB to a remote place in the north called Maribaya. I mean literally (again) walk, cause we’re really walking. No vehicles, just our feet. It’s probably 4-5 hours rough walking. through hills, caves (i mean it, really), and spooky forests.

We took the walk because we’re bored by blasted Bandung city life. We wanted to feel nature again. It was tough, but it was worthed. The view was sadisticly great!! and the experience also

Well you could just see all the photos

after that, we went back to Bandung by hitchhiking on a half-empty veggies truck