work + holiday = BEST !!!

conference after conference...Alhamdulillah...
seems like my passion for knowledge is on the right track..

Last October, me and my colleague went to Surabaya, Indonesia for our first conference. it quiet scary at first for me, because it was my first conference.. i never been to any conference before.. therefore, i never know how was it, and what to be done there.. we arrived around 3.30 am (local time) at Surabaya, cause of flight delay (twice man, not once..so sick of waiting so long on airplane)..

the conference held at one of the Universitas at the Surabaya.. it only 1 day conference, but all of us were there for 5 days (dah smpi sane, ape lg, conference plus jalan2 la tgk tmpt org.. hehe).. at the end of the day, the conference went smooth, even some of the problem occurs to one of our member (one of our members paper's abstract were mistaking print with others participant abstract on the proceeding abstract book.. but thanks to the chairperson of that the conference, the problem solved and satisfied both party) .. this 1st conference has give me a great experience and it was a knowledgeable conference (the conference was meant to share knowledge to all the participant).. some collaboration also can be made with other participant.. even i also meet one of the participant tha
t present his paper that almost similar to mine.. future collaboration may be develop in the future..

my team with the chairperson for the conference (far right).

1 of 5 days on Surabaya already mention with the main event (the conference la..) that brings us to Surabaya.. the other 3 days, we went to 2 universitas in Surabaya, for collaboration and introduce our group to them.. this also to create opportunities for further collaboration with them..

Collaboration meeting with staff from Institut Teknologi Surabaya Sepuluh November.

the other 1 day, we use it to explore Surabaya...(yippie!!..) we went to their safari zoo and the agriculture tourism center.. it was interesting there.. their safari zoo is like the one we have here, but the different is we went in into the safari with our own car.. overall, the safari was a great experience (i want to bring the huge, hugable white tiger home... cute2..).. the agriculture tourism was like visiting the cameron highland.. the main attraction there were their apple's farm.. unfortunately, it was not the season for the apple yet when we were there.. but it still a great experience, we pick our own guava, ate 'nasi goreng apple' and guava juice.. there also has a nice view from there..

it was great being there..great experience..great discussion..and great holiday..hahaha..
maybe next time, we will go somewhere else..hopefully..

peace out!!!