http://www.kurniady.net Sharing my ideas, knowledge, and pictures… Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:02:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The fifth day in the series is not particularly interesting to be written. The day started with me getting up at around 8am, prepared, and went down to the lobby to have breakfast with Jack (from Australia) and Jonathan (from Malaysia) in a Subway outlet nearby. It was mildly raining ... http://www.kurniady.net/2008/11/28/day-5-september-23rd-google-interviews/ The contestants were expected to meet at the hotel's lobby at around 9am that morning. By the time I got there, a few Googlers are already waiting in the lobby, and other participants came soon after. We then proceed to the Google Sydney office, ... http://www.kurniady.net/2008/11/25/day-4-september-22nd-google-code-jam-onsite-regionals/ On the Sunday morning, we had to the Four Points by Sheraton hotel at Darling Harbour, which is about ten minutes of walking away. Before departing, I took some time to take some photos of the Hyde Park and skyline behind it from the windows of ... http://www.kurniady.net/2008/11/15/day-3-september-21st-wandering-around-sydney/ The flight arrived like about half an hour earlier than the scheduled 6:35am in Sydney, but was followed by quite frustrating queues before the immigration (about 45minutes) followed by another some 45minutes queue for the customs (what a wonderful way of welcoming visitors!). ... http://www.kurniady.net/2008/11/10/day-2-september-20th-arrival-in-sydney/ The preparation for this visit to Sydney was a bit rushed, in my opinion. But fortunately everything was set and ready when the time to depart came. My Australian visa was ready about a week before departure (a business visa), while the tickets was not finalized until two days before ... http://www.kurniady.net/2008/11/08/day-1-september-19th-preparation-and-departure/ It's been a while since I got back from this trip, but here is the stories about my one week visit to Sydney last September. The last months had been quite busy for me and hence the delay in writing these stories. Processing and uploading the photos took quite a ... http://www.kurniady.net/2008/11/08/sydney-and-google-code-jam-2008/ June is the time for the ACM ICPC Indonesia National Contest, just like last year. This year I participated with the 'kurniady' as the team name again (it's becoming a habit :lol: ), with Fiona Liausvia and Purnama, as a Binus International team. There ... http://www.kurniady.net/2008/07/15/acm-icpc-indonesia-national-contest-2008/ In the last day of the journey, some of us decided to go to downtown Singapore. As Indonesians, we do not need any visa to enter Singapore. Passing through the immigration, we took the MRT right into the city. We visited a couple of malls around Orchard road, unfortunately at ... http://www.kurniady.net/2008/07/12/day-10-april-14th-short-visit-to-downtown-singapore-return-to-jakarta/ There was not much to tell about the 9th day. We arrived in Seoul Incheon airport at round 5pm in the afternoon, went through the boring re-boarding process again, and soon take off en route to Singapore. It was around 11pm by the time we arrive in Singapore Changi airport ... http://www.kurniady.net/2008/07/12/day-9-april-13th-transit-in-seoul-arrival-in-singapore/ The eight day is quite uneventful. The hotel's shuttle's driver was sick so we were sent to the airport with two taxi cabs paid by the hotel. The check in process was normal as well, and since the flight is quite empty, we were allocated one complete row ... http://www.kurniady.net/2008/07/12/day-8-april-12th-departure-from-vancouver/