http://oldblog.kurniady.net Sharing my ideas, knowledge, and pictures… Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:58:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Because this blog is geared more into my stories of traveling, competition events, and such, I have decided to create a new blog dedicated for technical articles. The Kurniady's Technical Blog will contain my posts on more technical matters, especially in software development, new technologies, reviews, and such. Feel free ... http://oldblog.kurniady.net/2009/01/12/introducing-kurniadys-technical-blog/ The last day was quite uneventful. I continue packing some of my things and had a lunch before my uncle and auntie drive me to the airport. The check-in process was, however, quite unpleasant. It was an extremely long queue on the Qantas economy class check-in (I guess ... http://oldblog.kurniady.net/2008/12/31/day-8-september-26th-returning-to-jakarta/ The seventh day would be my last effective day in Sydney. As planned, the day was filled with a day tour. The tour guide speaks in Chinese, but it was rather okay since I can understand quite a bit of Chinese. At around 7am, my cousin took me to ... http://oldblog.kurniady.net/2008/12/31/day-7-september-25th-the-blue-mountains/ Out of the scheduled events in relation to the Google Code Jam and the interviews, I'm finally free on my own for the sixth day. The plan for the day was for me to go downtown (my uncle and auntie's house is in Bexley, somewhere near the airport) with my ... http://oldblog.kurniady.net/2008/12/11/day-6-september-24th-downtown-sydney/ The fifth day in the series is not particularly interesting to be written. The day started with me getting up at around 8am, prepared, and went down to the lobby to have breakfast with Jack (from Australia) and Jonathan (from Malaysia) in a Subway outlet nearby. It was mildly raining ... http://oldblog.kurniady.net/2008/11/28/day-5-september-23rd-google-interviews/ The contestants were expected to meet at the hotel's lobby at around 9am that morning. By the time I got there, a few Googlers are already waiting in the lobby, and other participants came soon after. We then proceed to the Google Sydney office, ... http://oldblog.kurniady.net/2008/11/25/day-4-september-22nd-google-code-jam-onsite-regionals/ On the Sunday morning, we had to the Four Points by Sheraton hotel at Darling Harbour, which is about ten minutes of walking away. Before departing, I took some time to take some photos of the Hyde Park and skyline behind it from the windows of ... http://oldblog.kurniady.net/2008/11/15/day-3-september-21st-wandering-around-sydney/ The flight arrived like about half an hour earlier than the scheduled 6:35am in Sydney, but was followed by quite frustrating queues before the immigration (about 45minutes) followed by another some 45minutes queue for the customs (maybe it's the peak spring travel season?). ... http://oldblog.kurniady.net/2008/11/10/day-2-september-20th-arrival-in-sydney/ The preparation for this visit to Sydney was a bit rushed, in my opinion. But fortunately everything was set and ready when the time to depart came. My Australian visa was ready about a week before departure (a business visa), while the tickets was not finalized until two days before ... http://oldblog.kurniady.net/2008/11/08/day-1-september-19th-preparation-and-departure/ It's been a while since I got back from this trip, but here is the stories about my one week visit to Sydney last September. The last months had been quite busy for me and hence the delay in writing these stories. Processing and uploading the photos took quite a ... http://oldblog.kurniady.net/2008/11/08/sydney-and-google-code-jam-2008/