Me & Statistics

Statistics is the most annoying math subjects for me when I was senior high school student. Moreover, our teacher did not explain us about statistics, we presented them one-by-one, they were different with other math subjects which was explained by the teacher. In addition, when I answered math test, statistics is the last one to be done.

Unfortunately, now, I am being statistics student, playing with more annoying math. Really, I never expect that the one I deny, will come together with me. Her name is statistics, I never look and search for her. Actually, I was failed in first test, then I chose her for the next choice; I did not know why.

There are three possible choices I would like to choose in second chance of the test. They are mathematics, statistics, and computer science. But I did not why, I chose statistics first, then in the second was mathematics. I denied computer science, I wanted to  choose it in first choice but I did not. Neither in second choice, I did not choose computer science. Maybe, quality, existence and age in that university were the reasons why I did not choose it.

I was accepted at the first choice then. At that moment, I was really contented, in other side, I was confused to accept her or not. However, I waited the other selection in other prestigious university, unfortunately I was failed there.

I had a chance to deny statistics if only I took the other selection in newborn engineering university. However, I did not take that test, and decided to choose statistics for the next study.

I concluded that I was failed at test preparation. I did not look from the brighter ways. I did not use chances effectively.I did not make great strategy. I did not get the one I want, wheter I got the unexpected one.

However, in the past, I prayed and requested to God, and I thought half of my requests become real. My accepted requests were:
1.    I want to study in West Java
2.    I want to study in FMIPA

From the first request, specifically I wanted to study in Bandung but I said West Java too. From the second request, specifically I wanted to study in FMIPA located in Bandung. I failed in first test; I succeeded in second test. That’s why I said that ‘half of my requests’.

Actually, there are amazing facts which link me with statistics.

1.    God showed me FMIPA words in the Jubel Calendar* (I saw the FMIPA words in randomly letter) and my feelings said that I would be there. Surprisingly, it was true, I am FMIPA student now.

*The words randomly created from the quotes in Jubel Calendar showed per one month

2.    My twitter name is starthedust. I ever randomly ordered the letter from my twitter name. And in one day, I recognized that my twitter name show statistics. There is stat (statistics’ nickname) from starthedust words; starthedust without r will become stathedust. We can spell it “stat he dust”. What is that mean?

3.   I love amazing facts. And if you know the amazing facts come from statistics. Moreover, I love to search amazing facts from an event. I think that’s okay for me to become statistician.

Now, I have been studying statistics in third semester. No matter what, I must learn and understand statistics seriously, applying statistics in the real life and become useful for other people. Really,  I do not expect to be here. God show me this way, this is the best way to be here. I believe amazing things will come to me.

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Sampah—Kita Tertinggal Dua Langkah dari Jepang

“Jepang merupakan negara yang sempurna jika saja warga negara di sana tidak memakan babi dan memiliki agama” kira-kira seperti itulah untaian kata yang dilepaskan oleh salah satu pemateri dalam acara seminar beasiswa tahun 2012 lalu di Gedung Statistika Universitas Padjadjaran.

“Jepang merupakan negeri terindah” untaian kata tersebut dikatakan oleh Koko Joni, guru les ketika saya masih berada di bangku sekolah menengah atas sekaligus pemilik St. Ignatius di Palembang. Saya setuju dengan apa yang beliau katakan, Jepang merupakan negeri terindah, negeri yang berbasiskan teknologi namun memiliki keindahan alam yang luar biasa, contohnya saja yaitu sakura yang hanya bisa tumbuh di Jepang.

Dari kedua pernyataan di atas, Jepang merupakan negara yang mesti dibilang ‘wow’. Jepang merupakan negara yang luar biasa, dari segala sisi seperti teknologi, budaya, keindahan alam, sumber daya manusia, dsb. lebih unggul daripada Indonesia. Dalam sisi teknologi misalnya, entah sudah berapa langkah Indonesia tertinggal dari Jepang.

Dalam hal sampah, Indonesia tertinggal dua langkah dari Jepang. Pertama, kebanyakan warga Indonesia membuang sampah sembarangan; hal yang pernah saya amati yaitu: (1) Di kampung saya, seseorang (sudah dewasa) membuang sampah ke sungai sehingga sungai menjadi coklat dan bisa jadi hitam; (2) Di kampung saya, anak kecil yang bermain di sekitar rumah saya, sering membuang sampah (bungkus makanan/minuman) sembarangan; (3) Tidak jarang, seorang mahasiswa sekalipun pernah membuang sampah sembarangan, menurut pengamatan saya—setiap kali meninggalkan kelas biasanya terdapat sampah seperti tisu, kertas maupun bungkus makanan atau botol minuman yang tertinggal di ruangan.

Dari tiga hal di atas saya menyimpulkan bahwa orang Indonesia banyak yang tidak peduli lingkungan. Mulai dari anak kecil hingga dewasa, dari yang tidak terdidik hingga yang terdidik, mereka kurang peduli lingkungan. Entah karena tidak ada kotak sampah atau malas membuang sampah, mereka membuangnya secara sembarangan, dan ataukah ini sifat asli orang kita?

Kedua, meskipun warga Indonesia membuang sampah pada tempatnya, namun antara sampah organik dan sampah anorganik tidak dipisahkan. Berbeda dengan Jepang, senior saya yang pernah ke sana mengatakan (berkicau di twitter) bahwa rumah-rumah dan tempat-tempat di sana memisahkan antara sampah organik dengan sampah anorganik.

Di SMA saya, antara sampah organik dan anorganik dipisahkan, namun ujung-ujungnya sampah tersebut digabungkan kembali di sebuah truk pengangkut sampah. Pemisahan antara sampah organik dan anorganik di sana mungkin hanya sebatas formalitas saja. Bisa jadi berguna untuk melatih siswa untuk membedakan sampah organik dan anorganik atau digunakan untuk mengikuti lomba kebersihan untuk menambah nilai.

Untuk poin yang kedua mungkin sangat sulit direalisasikan di seluruh Indonesia. Jika kita bisa mengatasi poin pertama, artinya kita hanya tertinggal satu langkah saja dari Jepang. Namun, tidaklah mudah mengubah kebiasaan seluruh warga Indonesia agar poin pertama di atas dapat diatasi. Kebiasaan membuang sampah sembarangan yang telah tertanam dan menjadi sifat asli sulit untuk dibuang. Di sinilah, pendidikan sejak kecil yang baik sangat dibutuhkan agar terciptanya kebiasaan cinta terhadap lingkungan.

Oleh karena itu, marilah kita peduli terdapat lingkungan kita. “Buanglah sampah pada tempatnya”, kalimat ini mungkin sudah sering terlihat dan terdengar di mata dan telinga kita. Tapi jangan hanya sebatas mendengar dan melihat saja, lakukan hal tersebut dengan aksimu, dengan tanganmu!

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False Story: Random Reunion

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 “Random Reunion”
This story is not genuine, but this story appear intuitively in my subconscious mind when I was off. Though this story is not genuine, or whatever, I still appreciate. For your information, I only see twice seeing “the-one” in my subconscious mind. However, I do not know exactly how many times I see that, but the visible one is only two stories. And these two stories depend between my old friends and my new friends. I did not know why my subconscious mind do this; I just thought it real when I am not in the real condition. Finally this is the two stories, “Random Reunion” its names.

First Story
This story happened on 21 March 2013 (20 March 2013); here there are connection between my elementary school, my new friend in indekos, and “the-one”. The story began when I walked on the road in front of my elementary school. In addition, I do no know the setting of place, but It would be guessed morning.

I walked on that road, and I could not remember exactly what happened. Maybe, I met with my indekos friend, named Reza, on that road. There, we bought something for breakfast.

Suddenly, the event transformed, I met “the-one” in a room. In that room, there are “the-one”, my new friend (I really do not remember this, between my indekos friend and my college friend). In that room, we opened our breakfast and ate together. I did not why I can not talk even one word. We just ate our breakfast together and then I woke up with contented condition.

I remembered the smiling face of “the-one” there. Both of us, saw each other, and “the-one” smiled at me. When, I realized that it is not genuine; Still, I liked it. Though, it is not the genuine one; it makes me remember the past.

Second Story
The second one happened more complex than the first one. The second one happened on 22 May 2013 (21 May 2013), exactly two months after the first one happened. Again, the second one have connection between my new friend, my old friend, ‘unknown place’ and certainly, “the-one”.

The story began with my new friend in college; they are Abdul and Yo. Together, we wanted to ride on angkot, unfortunately, I did not know what angkot I should ride. The setting is the big road, maybe like Dempo road in Palembang, but it would be better if the big road is Margonda road in Depok.

Here, Abdul took-off first; Yo realized that I must ride on angkot where Abdul took but it had been gone.  Finally, I must waited again the same angkot. Unluckily, I never see the same one as Abdul took.

Everything changed, I did not ride on angkot. Suddenly, I did not why this happen, I arrived in the market and had meeting with my old friends. It changed quickly. I hypothesed that I did not find the angkot so I walked and went to the nearby market. Also, directly, I had a conversation with my old friend, named Fitri, in there.

I saw her face, few loading process, and realized that she is Fitri. I saw many changes happen to her. Then, I said to her like this “Are you Fitri? You have changed a lot, your appereance, and your sound are more mature”, approximately, I said that to her. If you know, before I talked to her, She talked, so I can hear her voice. Indeed, I was surprised why her apperance and sound is very different in this ungenuine world.

In that market, not only Fitri, but also I thought (saw) the others, such as Yufi and Adip (I did not know the other, I did not see exactly, but not only three of them there). In addition, Maybe, I talked with Yufi. “Maybe”, because I did no know it exactly. I said to her like this “Do you have finished final exam (UAS)? Why is Adip here?”. For your information, Adip is not living in Palembang nowadays, but he lives in Depok and studying in the East. The problem is I did not know exactly where we are. The setting are unpredictable, It could be happen in Palembang, Depok, or Bandung or Jatinangor.

Palembang, Depok, Bandung/Jatinangor? From the three of them, the most possible setting is Bandung. The reason is/are:
1.    Palembang: That’s why I said why Adip is here, but it is nearly impossible if my college friend is there.
2.    Depok: I just thought the big road, so I guessed Margonda road. But there are two impossiblity, my college friend would not be there and I did not need to said why Adip is here because Depok is his home.
3.    Bandung: This is the possible one. There is big road in Bandung (maybe Soekarno-Hatta). My college friend could be there, also, we search angkot for ride. If you know, Bandung is identically with angkot as transportation. In addition, my old friend could be there too, and maybe they visited and had a holiday there. And, it is possible why I said why Adip is here. So, Bandung is the most possible setting besides Palembang and Depok.

Okay, let’s back to the story. After I had meeting with them, suddenly I came and saw “the-one” in a place, maybe a store. There, my face faced the big road I mention before; I was sitting on a chair and had a chat with “the-one”. I was really contented, thus, that moments made me ‘really loved it’. Unfortunately, I really do not remember the dialogue texts, so I can not write it down here.

While I had a chat, I saw my mom and my brother across the big road. They saw me too with their smiling face and wave their hand to me; I replied then. Finally, after that event, the story ended. My lamp was turned on, and I smiled at myself. “How beauty!” my mind said.

M. Rasyid Ridha

@starthedust

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If I Were You, Indonesian National Team Coach...

Google Translate: Jika Aku Menjadi, Pelatih Timnas Indonesia...

Here i am back again, with the different language. Now again, i will share about Indonesia football. Good news from Indonesia football, ISL (Indonesia Super League) player will join the squad of Indonesia national football team. Many good players from ISL will join the squad. It will be tough competition to be the starting eleven.
If i were the coach, this is my starting eleven formation:

4-4-2
Goal Keeper: Kurnia Meiga
Surely i cant choose who is the best Indonesia goalkeeper. I think they have same quality, but it will better to play the young-man, then i choose Kurnia Meiga rather than Ferry Rotinsulu or Made Wirawan. Other alternatives are Wahyu Tri Nugroho, i think he is great too.

Defender: Wahyu Wiji Astanto, Victor Igbonefo, Zulkifli Syukur, Ricardo Salampessy
Overall Hamka Hamzah’s defence skill is better than Wahyu Wiji Astanto—I choose Wahyu just because his nightmare-posture, nowithstanding he is a slow player.
However, I still confuse to choose who is the left back. M. Nasuha, he is a good left back, his games in AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 was impressing. But now, you won’t see his game again because of his injury. Furthermore, he does not have any club. Besides, Diego Michiels is a great player but his performance is not great for now. So, i choose Ricardo Salampessy as left back, if you know, he was playing as left back in Asian Cup 2007, and he is good enough.
The naturalized player, Victor Igbonefo, i think he has superb defence and good body balance.
And the right back, Zulkifli Syukur, has good overlapping and crossing, the substitusion is Hasyim Kipuw, i think he is great too. Maybe, Raphael Maitimo and Supardi has good ability as right back, besides, Zulkifli is still better than them.

Midfielder: Ahmad Bustomi, Firman Utina, Andik Vermansyah, Greg Nwokolo
Composure and precise—quality pass is Ahmad Bustomi style. He is enforcer as midfielder, the anchor man in the middle field. His long pass is delicious for the striker, and his composure is different than any Indonesian footballer, makes him a quality player. I really like this player. Right or left, left or right, both side of his foot is good. I absolutely agree if he is the best centre-midfielder in Indonesia.
Firman Utina, senior player, is a great midfielder. Just because of his age, his stamina is not good as he has in the past, besides that, his short and long pass is still nice.
Lionel Messi from Indonesia, people said that, he is Andik Vermansyah—the 160cm height footballer. His speed and agility is superb. The defender will have trouble when one-by-one with him, the defender is forced to have yellow card in order to take football from this Messi. Fall and rise, with his speed, Andik is the fastest Indonesian footballer, i think.
One of naturalized player, Greg Nwokolo, has great attack, speed, agility, technique, and dummy. His individual skill is a nightmare for the defender. Greg usually played as striker, but i think he is quite good played as left winger.

Striker: Boaz Solossa, Sergio Van Djik
The best pure Indonesian striker, Boaz Solossa, from the east Indonesia. His agility, speed and shoot is really terrify. However, his contribution for Indonesia is not good enough like what he has been done in Persipura. He is still young, 26 years old, his journey is still long enough as Indonesia footballer, his contribution to Garuda must be maximize. With his quality left-foot, he ready to score goal(s) for Indonesia!
The newest, the best, naturalized player, Sergio Van Djik, ever became A-League top scorer. As striker, he has everything, response, speed, left-foot shoot and nice posture for header. He could be mentioned as the best Indonesian footballer. 185cm height makes him usually score with his shine-bald-head. His powered-left-foot makes him become a nightmare striker. He will started debut as Garuda player—I hope he scored many goals for Indonesia. Stir your stumps, SVD!

And as the coach, this is the substitusion player
Substitusion: Ferry Rotinsulu, Hamka Hamzah, Supardi, M. Ridwan, M. Taufiq, Patrich Wanggai

Starting eleven in other formation:
4-5-1 Version
Kurnia, Wahyu, Igbonefo, Zulkifli, Ricardo, Bustomi, Firman, M. Taufiq, Andik, Greg, Van Djik

3-5-2 Version
Kurnia, Wahyu, Igbonefo, Hamka, Zulkifli, M. Ridwan, Bustomi, Firman, M. Taufiq, Greg, Van Djik

3-4-3 Version
Kurnia, Wahyu, Igbonefo, Hamka, Zulkifli, M. Ridwan, Bustomi, Firman, Andik, Boaz, Van Djik


This is my starting eleven as Indonesia national team coach. What do you think? How about you? Share and comment your starting eleven here!

M. Rasyid Ridha

@starthedust

 
hashtag: #timnas #garuda #indonesia #sepakbola #sergiovandjik

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Goyangkan Steak-mu pada PES 2012 Menggunakan Tim IPL maupun ISL

Dengan judul tulisan “Goyangkan Steak-mu pada PES 2012 Menggunakan Tim IPL maupun ISL”, saya akan menyampaikan sesuatu yang lagi-lagi berkaitan dengan olahraga nomor satu di dunia, permainan simulasi dari KONAMI dan olahraga yang membuat Indonesia menjadi cenat-cenut, yang semuanya itu tercantum dan dikemas rapi dalam judul di atas, ditambah dengan bumbu-bumbu kategori makanan dan pergerakan yang bisa jadi membuat sebuah gelombang.

Goyang, Steak, PES 2012, Sepak Bola, IPL dan ISL.

Makanan pada judul di atas mengarah kepada suatu alat yang biasa digunakan seseorang untuk memainkan permainan simulasi PES 2012. Ngomong-ngomong soal Steak, saya berbeda dengan yang lainnya, kalau orang-orang menggunakan Steak sebagai makanannya, saya menggunakan Keyboard untuk memainkan PES 2012. Jujur, saya tidak bisa menggunakan Steak, bahkan sampai saat ini saya tidak hafal mana tombol L1, R2, bulat, segitiga, kotak di mana mereka berada. Saya lebih familiar dengan tombol W, A, D, X, Q dan E. Maklum, saat pertama kali memainkan permainan simulasi sepak bola, saya menggunakan keyboard, jadi terbawa sampai saat dewasa ini.

Kalau saya bertanding melawan teman saya, saya selalu menggunakan keyboard dan teman seya menggunakan Steak, padahal ada dua. Ya, pernah kalah, pernah menang. Memori indah yang pernah saya cetak kala itu (saat masih main PES 2011), saya berhasil membabat habih ketiga teman saya yang menggunakan Steak dengan skor telak 5-0, menggunakan Chelsea, sedangan ketiganya itu menggunakan tim kuat juga (saya lupa namanya). Satu orang keyboardist melawan tiga orang steaker Ini menjadi keunikan tersendiri, pasalnya cuma saya yang bermain PES dengan menggunakan keyboard di antara teman-teman saya yang lainnya.

Perbedaan lainnya yang saya miliki yaitu kalau orang-orang mungkin bercerita mengenai sepak bola Eropa maupun luar negeri, kalau saya berbicara tentang sepakbola lokal. Kalau main PES, teman-teman saya pasti menggunakan tim-tim yang sudah terkenal seperti, Barcelona, Real Madrid, MU, City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, AC Milan, dll. Jarang yang ada menggunakan tim underdog maupun tim papan tengah di liganya masing-masing. Berbeda dengan saya, kalau ada teman saaya yang ingin bermain di laptop saya, saya mengajak teman saya untuk menggunakan tim lokal, hasil editan saya sendiri, databasenya asli sesuai dengan pengamatan saya dan skuadnya juga up to date, baik IPL maupun ISL.

Selain itu, saya tidak hanya menyukai satu tim sepak bola di kota masing-masing. Mentang-mentang saya tinggal di kota Palembang, saya akan selalu dan hanya suka pada Sriwijaya FC. Tidak begitu, saya juga menyukai seluruh tim sepak bola yang berada di ISL maupun IPL. Saya tidak membeda-bedakan tim, semuanya disukai, Persib, Persipura, Persebaya, Arema, Persisam, Persiba (Bantul kek Balikpapan), Persija (ISL kek IPL, semuanya keren, padahal pemainnya gak mewah-mewah semua), Persidafon, Persiwa, Semen Padang, PSPS, Persibo, Persegres, PSM dan lain-lain. Tingkat kesukaan terhadap tim lokal Indonesia akan bertambah jikalau stadionnya bagus, pemainnya muda dan enerjik, pendukungnya fanatik, pemainnya sederhana (gak terkenal) tapi hebat, pelatihnya cerdik (terutama yang lokal, saya lebih suka itu).

Saya (agak sedikit) prihatin dengan keadaan sepak bola Indonesia saat ini. Yang sangat disayangkan adalah peringkat FIFA sepak bola Indonesia menurun. Tapi apa yang dapat saya lakukan? saya hanya bisa menyalurkannya melalui sebuah permainan simulasi dari Jepang, PES 2012, dengan cara membuat tim IPL maupun ISL. Di bawah ini merupakan beberapa kenangan saat saya bermain PES 2012 menggunakan tim lokal Indonesia. Pada laga sebelumnya pada link ini, saya menayangkan gol-gol indah PES 2012 yang saya mainkan dengan menggunakan tim IPL maupun ISL, sekaligus digunakan sebagai ajang kompetisi video gol PES 2012 yang diadakan oleh Gururupa Indonesia, lumayan hadiahnya berupa uang (elektronik) alias pulsa.

Footbal Life PES 2012 IPL dan ISL











Kalau anda ingin menggoyangkan Steak anda dengan menggunakan tim IPL maupun ISL anda dapat terbang ke gururupaindonesia.com.

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