About

English version

Hi, welcome to my blog. My name is Nicholas Mario Wardhana (actually I planned to be anonymous, but eventually I gave it up). My nickname is lambrtz. You may wonder where the name comes from. My teacher in high school gave me the nickname Lamberd. It is an acronym of “Lambe Rada Ndower”, that is “Big Lips” in English. What a teacher . Then I removed the e, changed the d into t, and added z. When you see me, you can recognize the trademark of me : my big lips.

At undergraduate level, I studied Electrical Engineering at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia, and now I am doing master study (and will possibly do doctoral study) at School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

Some of my hobbies are:

• Programming. I am familiar with programming languages such as Java and C/C++, but recently I only deal with C++. My main interest is Computer Graphics, particularly Computer Animation, even more particularly Behavioral Animation, Physics-based Animation, Non-Photorealistic Rendering, Crowd Simulation, and Computational Geometry; and Artificial Intelligence for computer games. I do researches in NTU’s GameLab.
• Playing music. I can play guitar, bass guitar, and sing (some experiences as band vocalist and member of church choir). I listen to many genres of music : metal (thrash metal, black metal, progressive metal), rock (grunge, hair rock, progressive rock, garage rock, punk, post-punk, British new wave, rock n roll, psychedelic, alternative), pop (easy listening, retro, and indie pop), techno (mainly electronica and 80’s techno), jazz (swing, bossa nova, ethnic), dangdut melayu, Arabic Music, Japanese Folk, and Gregorian. Talking about bands. (Early) Metallica (up to Black Album) is numero uno. Second is Nirvana. Then there is Muse at three. The Beatles lies in 4 (I know, I know, they are the best rock band ever on Earth, but to me they are number 4). In 5-15 there are Rush, Orkes Pancaran Sinar Petromaks, Sore, Led Zeppelin, Onmyouza, White Shoes & The Couples Company, The Doors, Röyksopp, The Sex Pistols, Hawkwind, and Koes Plus (not in order of preference).
• Playing video game. I like RPG most. Final Fantasy Series and Chrono Cross are my favourite games. I am a not-so-good DotA player.
• Watching movies. Despite not being an avid fan of movies, I watch some and immediately become devoted fan of them. The first one is anime. Animes that I like mainly belong to anime for kids (Doraemon, Hagemaru, Koni-chan), cyberpunk (Ghost in The Shell, Appleseed Ex Machina), sport (Slam Dunk, Shoot, Captain Tsubasa) and mecha (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gundam Wing). No hentai please; I’m tired of it. Nevertheless, I like animes (or mangas) that have realistically cute girls, such as Masakazu Katsura’s works . Then real movies. I like Akira Kurosawa’s works. I have watched Dreams (gosh, probably my most favourite movie!), Rashomon, Shichinin no Samurai, Yojimbo, Kagemusha, and I am planning to watch Ran and Dersu Uzala. I tend to prefer watching old, legendary, or cult classic movies, so most of the time you will find me not knowing recent movies.
• Reading, eating, etc etc

What do I write here? Anything I want to write, from my daily activites, opinion, my response to world event, etc etc. Any topics. Computer, music, girl, relationship, religion, politics, art, whatever I want, although lately I tend to write not so serious posts. I may write in Indonesian and English randomly, depends on my mood.

For the sake of my narcissistic nature, let me write down several topics of conversation that I like to have.

Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, rock music, heavy metal music, indie music movement, cute girls, international politics, political movements, computer games, sociological and historical aspect of JAV business, football (UK) / soccer (US), anime, science fiction, cyberpunk, old skool movies, conspiracy theory, prehistoric era, foreign cultures, UFO, higher education, scientific research, spiritual reflection, end of the world (from both scientific and religious POVs), scholarship hunting, culinary, middle age European torture methods, badminton, 42

Enjoy! Thank you for your visit, and come again!

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Indonesian version

Halo, selamat datang di blog saya. Nama saya Nicholas Mario Wardhana (tadinya saya berpikir untuk menjadi anonim, tapi akhirnya saya tinggalkan). Nickname saya adalah lambrtz. Dulu, waktu jaman SMA, salah satu guru saya memberi julukan saya Lamberd, akronim dari “Lambe Rada Ndower”, artinya “bibir agak besar”. Guru yang aneh . Kemudian saya hapus e-nya, ubah d jadi t, dan tambahi z. Kalau Anda bertemu saya, saya pastikan Anda bisa melihat ciri khas saya : bibir besar.

Semasa S1, saya mempelajari Teknik Elektro di Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), dan sekarang saya menempuh pendidikan Master (dan mungkin bakal melanjutkan ke pendidikan Doktoral) di School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

Beberapa hobi saya:

• Programming. Saya familiar dengan bahasa programming seperti Java dan C/C++, tapi akhir-akhir ini saya hanya bersentuhan dengan C++. Minat utama saya adalah Grafika Komputer, khususnya Animasi Komputer, lebih khusus lagi Animasi berbasis Perilaku, Animasi berbasis Fisika, Proses Render Non-Fotorealistik (EYD??), Simulasi Keramaian, dan Geometri Komputasional; serta Kecerdasan Buatan untuk game. Saya melakukan riset di GameLab NTU.
• Bermain musik. Saya bisa bermain gitar, bass, dan bernyanyi (berpengalaman sebagai vokalis band dan anggota koor gereja). Saya mendengarkan berbagai macam aliran musik : metal (thrash metal, black metal, progressive metal), rock (grunge, hair rock, progressive rock, garage rock, punk, post-punk, British new wave, rock n roll, psychedelic, alternative), pop (easy listening, retro, indie pop), techno (kebanyakan electronica dan techno 80-an), jazz (swing, bossa nova, ethnic), dangdut melayu, musik Arab, musik tradisional Jepang, dan Gregorian. Tentang band. Nomor 1 Metallica (awal, sampai Black Album). Kedua Nirvana. Ketiga Muse. Keempat The Beatles. (Ya, ya, mereka band terhebat yang pernah ada di dunia, tapi buat saya mereka nomor 4). Pada posisi 5-15 ada Rush, Orkes Pancaran Sinar Petromaks, Sore, Led Zeppelin, Onmyouza, White Shoes & The Couples Company, The Doors, Röyksopp, The Sex Pistols, Hawkwind, dan Koes Plus (tidak dalam urutan kesukaan).
• Bermain video game. Saya paling suka RPG. Game favorit saya adalah seri Final Fantasy dan Chrono Cross. Saya juga pemain DotA yang biasa-biasa saja.
• Menonton film. Walaupun bukan penggemar berat film, saya menonton beberapa dan segera menjadi penggemar beratnya. Nomor satu adalah anime. Anime yang saya suka kebanyakan termasuk dalam genre kartun anak-anak (Doraemon, Hagemaru, Koni-chan), cyberpunk (Ghost in The Shell, Appleseed Ex Machina), olahraga (Slam Dunk, Shoot, Captain Tsubasa), dan mecha (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gundam Wing). Hentai tidak termasuk; sudah bosan. Namun demikian saya suka anime (atau manga) yang ada cewek cakep tapi realistis, seperti karyanya Masakazu Katsura . Kalau film nyata, saya suka karya Akira Kurosawa. Saya sudah menonton Dreams (barangkali film yang saya paling sukai), Rashomon, Shichinin no Samurai, Yojimbo, Kagemusha, dan saya berencana untuk menonton Ran dan Dersu Uzala. Saya cenderung suka film jadul, legendaris, atau cult classic, jadi saya biasanya tidak tahu perkembangan film baru.
• Membaca, makan, dll dll

Apa yang saya tulis di sini? Apapun yang saya mau, mulai dari kegiatan sehari-hari, opini, tanggapan terhadap kejadian di dunia, dll dll. Topik apapun. Komputer, musik, wanita, pertemanan, agama, politik, seni, apapun yang saya tertarik, walaupun akhir-akhir ini saya lebih suka menulis hal yang tidak serius. Saya menulis dalam Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris secara acak, tergantung mood.

Demi kepuasan sifat narsis saya, izinkan saya menulis beberapa topik percakapan yang saya suka.

Grafika Komputer, Kecerdasan Buatan, musik rock, musik heavy metal, gerakan musik indie, cewek cakep, politik internasional, gerakan politik, video game, aspek sosiologis dan historis bisnis JAV, sepakbola, anime, fiksi ilmiah, cyberpunk, film jadul, teori konspirasi, zaman prasejarah, kebudayaan asing, UFO, pendidikan tinggi, penelitian ilmiah, refleksi spiritual, akhir dunia (baik dari sisi ilmu maupun religiositas), berburu beasiswa, kuliner, metode penyiksaan di Eropa abad pertengahan, badminton, 42

Selamat menikmati! Terima kasih atas kunjungan Anda. Datang lagi ya.

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Japanese version

もしもし, 私のブログへようこそ! 私の名前はNicholas Mario Wardhana です。日本語出あまり話せません、少しだけ話せます。