Woooww congrats…belated congrats for your ST and going to postgrad school to London. Great achievements! :)

Btw I’m curious with the French pronouncing “Schlumberger”, some pronounce as “slamber-si” well I believe it should be “slam-ber-sjhye” or sort of….which one is correct??

Yes, i’m in Tarutung at the moment. It’s cold. Hahaha.

I hope all the best with your future endeavors. Btw, are you going all the way to Tarutung? Last time I went there it was in 2007. What a trip!

Take care.

Anyway, you’ve been in London for 5 years, Paris for 7 years, and were born in Jakarta. It’s like you covered everything written above. Nice to meet you, Ben.

yes, it is indeed captivating. and I assume most of them who visit my blog have already had at least IE7 installed on their system so they will be able to experience this PNG transparency thing. hahaha.

anyway, come on. please don’t do anything to your blog! so you only let me be the top notch for a day? hahahaha.

Congratulations! Imperial College is one of the best engineering schools in the world. I’m wondering though why you didn’t apply to MIT. I lived in London for 5 years and in Paris for 7. I am just moving back to NYC this September. I was born in Jakarta but left when I was a kid. I’ve been back a number of times recently and have loved each trip.

Ben

I see the petroleum industry rather stable compared to other field of industries even in the time of economic crisis. And when it comes to petroleum industry, UK is way ahead than The Netherlands, I believe.

Anyway, Norway and France are also great choices for petroleum studies but for this particular issue, I’m for UK. Hahaha. And a master degree in UK can normally be finished in one academic year and hopefully I can get a job after. Compared to those of Norway, France, and The Netherlands, I see that UK has the least of financial opportunity loss. And I do have some personal reasons: I love British accent. Hahahaha.

About French, yes, I am fascinated by the complexity of the language and also the way French people talk. They talk so fast, as if something were after them. I also love their songs, definitely their accordions, and their magnificent architecture. I just can’t wait. Hahaha.

Anyway, I applied for the scholarships and was offered one. Dutch universities seem pretty serious in providing scholarships. I also applied for one for London and am still waiting for their decision.

I should start by offering my congratulations first; though of course it would have been nice – at least to my biased mind – if the outcome would have been Delft or Eindhoven. But I guess you made the right choice. On top of that: London is marvelous ( and expensive).

In the passing I may also mention I love the new design of the blog, but what I really admire is your new French involvement. I’m curious what it is that fascinates you. The language – yes it’s strictly logical and elegant. The “cuisine”, because it can be refined. The cathedrals – the ones in Reims or Chartres has those great light and awesome leaded lights for sure. The art of painting and literature – well this is the part I’m especially interested in to read your opinions.

By the way: glad your back.

and from design side, this transparency thing is really captivating bel.
top notch. ah i really need to do some update for my blog.

do the best to our country

haha