International Workshop of Extreme Climate

Since 2010, Mathematics @ UPH has a collaboration with one of research division of BMKG. For those who does not what BMKG is, it is a government institution which monitors Indonesia's climate activities, volcanoes, earthquake and things that are related to the earth's activity.

In 22-23 November 2011, our Math Department was invited to attend to an international workshop held by BMKG. The general title of this meeting is the World Delta Summit and one of the activity of this event which is one of our main concern is the Workshop of Extreme Climate, organised by one of division of BMKG.

Even though not all the staff of Mathematics UPH could attend to this workshop (only one though) but we hope   that by this meeting we can extend our collaboration furthermore and gain a new research that is useful for both parties. 

Renewing a passport

In February 2012, my passport will be expired. Actually I am planning to go for a holiday in the middle of January 2012. They said that I cannot go outside of Indonesia because of that. So, the solution is I need to renew my passport.

Last week I went to the Indonesian Immigration Office to renew it. There were some requirements that I need to bring and I have brought almost all documents that I have to bring, yes almost. The documents that we need to (perhaps we must) bring are the old passport (yes of course), the copy of my birth certificate, the copy of Indonesian citizenship, the copy of Family Card, and the recommendation letter from the company I am working. I did not bring the last document FYI. And note that although we submit the copies of all the documents, we need to bring the original ones during the interview.

In the total, we will have to come the office three times, first we come to submit all the documents (we dont need the original in this case), second, we come to pay, to take a photo and to be interviewed (please bring all your original documents and the cost of new passport is 255 thousand rupiah). And finally in the third coming, we come to get our new passport. 

Today, this is the day I am going to come to the Immigration Office, to get my new passport (yepiiii).
And it is another information from my experience, by default, the old passport will be kept by the immigration office. This is quite strange, why can't I keep my old passport. After asking this thing, I was able to get my old passport back by submitting another form. I just need to pay six thousand rupiah only for a stamp. 

Actually, today is my fourth time coming to the Immigration Office as I have a problem with my birth certificate. I hope this note can remind me in the following five years, I need to fix my birth certificate.