Happy New Year 2008

Happy New Year 2008
Originally uploaded by judhi.

Fireworks taken from Centenial Tower at the end of 2007 / beginning of 2008.

Indonesian Blogger in Singapore

Indonesian Blogger in Singapore
Originally uploaded by judhi.

Indonesian Blogger in SIngapore with Budi Rahardjo & Jeremy Wagstaff as guest star.

Thanks to Indra Pramana & family for hosting the end of the year BBQ gathering!

Solving another quiz

Tonight I visited Mr. Tan's blog and try another quiz here.

Yesterday I managed to solve the quiz with the help of color coded cells in Excel spreadsheet, and today I try something simpler: Windows Notepad.

Since Notepad doesn't come in colors, I use numbers to annotate the relationship between two items or more. The annotation number corresponds to the number of given hints.

The screenshot explains how I did it. BTW, it's solved in 21 minutes.

Solving a quiz

I'm about going to bed tonight when I saw there's an email from Indi Soemardjan. He's forwarding a quiz that shown on Mr. Tan's blog here.

Without looking at the original Mr. Tan's blog posting, once I read the quiz I run MS Excel and start putting all the facts on the cells. Cells with same text color of background indicates they have relationship as stated in the fact points. Cells with bold text indicate absolute position and can't be moved.

If you don't understand what I am talking about, see the quiz yourself and see how I solve it by trial and error with Excel's help on the attached screenshot. It took 26 minutes, probably not the fastest but at least I am honest :)

Moon Over Singapore

Moon Over Singapore
Originally uploaded by judhi.

It's been a while since my last Singapore CBD area night shot. This one was taken around 3 years ago. Certainly I have a more recent shot that shows new buildings.

Stay tuned!

Sailing with Blue Eagle

Approaching Changi
Originally uploaded by judhi.

It's an exciting experience to sail the southern part of Singapore on Bue Eagle, a classic two masted ketch, 37 feet long overall. It got five berths in two cabins with toilet cabin, galley and cold chest.

The ship is constructed in fibreglass and finished in teak.

In this trip I really learnt a lot from Skipper Derek Mazzone who has more than 20 years sailing experience and 10 years experience as sailing instructor.

Please visit Blue Eagle website on:
http://www.cutterketch.com/

Skipper: Derek Mazzone

Team: Indi, Ahmad Kiki, Piotr, Barbara, Michael, Francis.

David Benoit

David Benoit
Originally uploaded by judhi.

One of my favorit artists, David Benoit was performing on Java Jazz Festival 2007 in Jakarta. It's a great experience to see and hear his life performance on stage.