Anggriawan Sugianto

안녕하세요! Hello there.. Thank God, I had few occasions to do business trip in South Korea. My first business trip was in autumn 2010. I enjoyed three months there in a chilly weather. Then, my second one was a short biztrip in February 2011. It was only 10 days because the schedule was so tight.

Lucky me, in the midst of busy work there (in my company, working until midnight or working in weekend is an ordinary thing), I had several times taken time to travel around Korea, especially around Gyeonggi-do province. So in this blog post, I want to share places I have visited during my time in Korea, and I think those are recommended places to visit if someday you visit this country. I will share my short story in every place I ever visited in Korea. Here we go... *warning: this will be a long long blog post ^^*

AMUSEMENT PARK

1. Everland
Everland Resort (에버랜드 리조트) is the largest theme park in South Korea. It is located in Yongin city, about 40km from Suwon. I visited this amusement park at Chuseok (추석) holiday this year. FYI, Chuseok is a three-days holiday for Korean; actually it is a harvest festival. I went there on September with my college friends who are doing post grad study in Korea. Although it was flooded due to the heavy rain that day, surely it was an amazing experience. And who knows you will be trapped in flood in the developed country such as South Korea, haha :)).

At Everland (Halloween season) with KAIST-ers

For you, roller coaster lovers, there are some roller coasters there, including the T Express. One of the most must-do in Korea is riding T-Express, which is the steepest wooden roller coaster in the world!! 77 degrees, w00t!! :) Click here for Youtube video made by American tourist about T-Express.

Background: T-Express wooden roller coaster, Everland

안녕하세요 ^_^

Gratefully, I find myself in Suwon, South Korea at the moment :). It's been quite the journey since my arrival in September 2010, and my stay here extends until the end of November 2010 due to a business assignment. Being in Korea for the first time feels nothing short of amazing.

Yeouido Park, South Korea

좋은 하루 되세요!

Hi there. Long time not see you here :). This time I will talk about Android, a mobile operating system made by Google which is using modified Linux kernel. I knew this thing years ago, but I made Android apps just for fun, which only runnable in the emulator (Android gadget was not available yet at that time). Anyway, lately I get back my curiosity on Android development because of its good prospect (I think) and my brand new Android phone, hoho :). Hopefully in the following month I will publish some free Android apps for all of you :)


Let's get into the main point. If we want to develop Android-based application, at least we need to have:

1. Android SDK and its components
2. Eclipse
3. ADT Plugin for Eclipse

Android Robot

We can download Android SDK at http://developer.android.com/sdk. Google provides Android SDK for 3 platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. Just download it and extract the .zip or .tgz. After that, we can read the fine manual and start using AVD manager or "SDK Setup.exe" to perform online installation: download and install its components/packages, such as Android Platform, documentation, Google API, etc.

• Android SDK
• OSX: android-sdk_r17-macosx.zip
• Linux: android-sdk_r17-linux.tgz
• Win: installer_r17-windows.exe

Anyway, if we want to perform offline installation, we need to download it components manually. Actually, Google doesn't provide any hard link for those, but we can use folder http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/ and file http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository.xml for reference. So, here it is a list of download link for some Android SDK components (for other version of API, check the xml file above).

android/

|-- add-ons/

    |-- google_apis-8_r02/

        |-- docs/

        |-- images/

        |-- libs/

        |-- samples/

|-- docs/

|-- platforms/

    |-- android-2.2_r02-windows/

        |-- data/

        |-- images/

        |-- skins/

        |-- templates/

        |-- tools/

        |-- android.jar

|-- samples

|-- tools

|-- usb_driver

    |-- amd64

    |-- i386

|-- SDK Setup.exe

Next, download the ADT Plugin for Eclipse manually (for offline installation) from http://dl.google.com/android/ADT-0.9.7.zip (for version 0.9.7) and read the fine manual how to use it in Eclipse. In the end, take a look at HelloWorld application to see if your installation works perfectly. Happy coding! ;)

Some days ago I lost all my cell phone contacts due to silly factory reset. Unfortunately, I did backup my contacts 1.5 years ago. Yeah, it's been so long time, but it's better than no backup at all, rite. To prevent this silly thing happen in the future, I should backup my cell phone contacts regularly.

There are two major ways to do backup your cell phone contacts: offline backup and online backup. Offline backup means you store your phone contacts in a file located on your phone memory card or your PC. Your cell phone usually has this feature (to backup contacts to memory card). Otherwise, you can use cable data (or bluetooth) and your phone PC suite to sync your contacts to your PC.

Another method is online backup. You can store your phone contacts in the cloud. I prefer Google Contacts for this purpose, because I use Gmail for my primary email. Actually Google has a service called Google Sync, which is using Exchange ActiveSync technology, that implemented in recent smartphones, such as BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile phone, Nokia S60. For "not-so-classic phones" user, like me with my LG KU380, you can still use Google Sync service by using SyncML, which is platform-independent information synchronization standard. Here I will describe how to sync your cell phone contacts (in my case: LG KU380) with Google Contacts using SyncML:

1. LG KU380

   On your cellphone, go to menu [0] Connectivity → [2] Server sync → [3] Server synch. centre. You may find it on another menu if you use different phone.
2. Add new server synch. centre
• Profile name: Google
• Host address: https://m.google.com/syncml
• Username: <your gmail address>
• Password: <your gmail password>
• Contacts: On
• Contact name: contacts
• Sync type: Normal
• Access point: <your cellphone APN>
3. Prepare your Google Contacts, especialy "My Contacts" group, because only this group that will be synchronized with your cell phone contacts.
4. Synchronize your contacts
• Go to menu [8] Contacts → [8] Settings → [2] Synchronize contact, or
• Go to menu [0] Connectivity → [2] Server sync → [1] Connect

Voilà! Your phone contacts is synchronized with Google contacts. Now you can add/update/delete contacts through your cellphone or Google, then sync it later. If your cell phone doesn't have feature for autosync, then you should sync it manually and regularly.

Aal izz well… aal izz well! 🎶

Okay, 3 Idiots is hands down one of the best Bollywood movies I’ve ever seen—no contest! This drama-comedy masterpiece has racked up tons of awards in India and even broke records as the highest-grossing Bollywood movie at the time. Fun fact: this is only the second Indian movie I’ve actually finished watching (Slumdog Millionaire was the first). Rare, right? Bollywood usually isn’t my thing. 😜

The movie follows three engineering students:

1. Rancho, the genius who’s passionate about mechanical engineering.
2. Farhan, stuck in engineering because his parents won’t let him pursue photography.
3. Raju, a poor kid carrying the weight of his family’s hopes and dreams.

Their journey is full of laughs, lessons, and some pretty heavy moments—like when Raju attempts suicide under intense pressure. Then there’s Prof. ViruS, the strict dean who’s the epitome of “old-school” education.

Memorable moments? So many!

• When Farhan finally tells his parents he wants to follow his dream of becoming a photographer.
• When the trio prioritizes friendship over exams, staying by Raju’s father’s side in the hospital.
• And who could forget the legendary prank where Rancho electrocutes a senior during hazing—with pee! 😂 “Salt water is a great conductor of electricity. 8th standard physics. We all studied it; he applied it!” Genius.

Of course, it wouldn’t be Bollywood without its signature tropes: over-the-top drama, a love story, and a dance sequence. (Pro tip: this is your nap break. 😴)

But here’s the magic of 3 Idiots: it’s more than entertainment. The movie is packed with powerful lessons about passion, pressure, and finding your path—whether you’re a student, parent, or teacher. If you haven’t seen it yet, don’t wait! My rating? 9.5/10. Totally worth it!

"Don’t chase success. Pursue excellence, and success will follow." 💡

"Vacation is what you take when you can't take what you've been taking any longer."

Setelah beberapa bulan bekerja ekstra, akhirnya liburan akhir tahun yang ditunggu-tunggu tiba. Beruntung, saya mendapat libur dari kantor selama 4 hari kerja, sehingga totalnya saya bisa beristirahat selama 10 hari, 25/12 - 3/1. Pada kesempatan itu saya sempatkan diri untuk berlibur selama 3 hari di Solo dan Jogja, tempat kelahiran dan kota di mana saya menghabiskan masa kecil.

Stasiun Bandung

Berangkat seorang diri dari stasiun Bandung (Senin 28/12) jam 8 malam, saya menghabiskan malam itu di dalam kereta api Lodaya. Di masa liburan akhir tahun seperti itu, harga tiket ternyata sangat tergantung hari keberangkatan, tidak peduli itu untuk kelas dan jurusan yang sama. Sembilan jam kemudian tibalah saya di stasiun Solo Balapan.. jadi inget lagunya Didi Kempot ♫ ning setasiun balapan, kuto solo sing dadi kenangan, kowe karo akuuu.. halah.. XD

(Selasa 29/12) Setelah makan nasi liwet khas Solo, kami, saya dan dua saudara yang menjemput saya, langsung beranjak ke rumah Oma, bersilaturahmi dengannya selama beberapa jam, kemudian dilanjutkan dengan nyekar ke makam Eyang. Setelah itu, saatnya berkuliner makan siang dengan Tahu Kupat, makanan khas Solo lainnya.

Tahu Kupat