When things get really busy, time really flies by. It has been one and a half month back in Indonesia. I noticed some changes, some important, some insignificant.
1. Price of goods went up!! Significantly!! For every meal, it is now 1.5x more expensive compared to before I left Indonesia. For everything, every food, every drinks, every juice. 50% inflation in one year, wow.
2. Transportation cost goes up, fuel too. Before it costs Rp.1000 from my area to campus, but now it costs Rp.1500. One litre of fuel before cost Rp. 4000, now it is Rp.6000. The 1,5x law still applies. I thought I was going on a shopping spree coming home from Japan, but looking the inflation, it’s best if I save my money.
3. My campus work doesn’t seem busy at first, but considering all of my courses are project-based, I’m gonna have nightmares at the end of this semester if I relax now.. Here is the big picture: Environmental Impact Analysis (Case Study), 3D Game in OpenGL, Digital Design Contest (VLSI, Capstone Project) in Verilog, and my Bachelor Final Project on Multi-core Microcontroller.
4. To top it up, I signed up to be a teaching assistant, and two laboratory course assistant. Offered a microcontroller project by a lecturer. Also another contest for the multi-core multicontroller if I manage to get an idea
5. A new mini-mart opened nearby. (Yippie!)
6. Indonesia’s politics doesn’t seem to change much. It’s all about power and money here. Practically a capitalist nation, you won’t survive, be healthy nor get education without money. Indonesia have state companies, but do they seem to benefit the society more than its wealthy and spoiled officials? Do they have the potential misuse their monopoly rights and abuse their power?
7. Somehow my team won the Academic Support Category in a university level business plan contest. Uniquely, while it is supposed to be a 3-person team, I did my presentation alone! Thank God I managed. 
8. It’s gonna be a busy but fun and hopefully last semester here at the one and only Bandung Institute of Technology.
Cheers!
