Life in Jogja (Part 3)

SMART COMPETITION IN UPN 'VETERAN' YOGYAKARTA

'Beauty girls all over the world I could be chasing but my time will be wasting, they've got noth...' That was my phone alarming me up that morning. It's the competition day! Oh my oh my were those pupas in my stomach? I can feel it really hard in me. I looked down, Kang was still in her bed, I looked to the right, Jules and Ayu were still comforting themselves in the thick warm quilt. It was really tranquil around the Sri Wedari compound. Birdies singing in the morning and crickets mating on the grass. Am I getting exaggerate? haha sorry2.

Reluctantly I forced myself to let go of the morning breeze and the warm hug from the bed into the bathroom. I looked into the mirror smiled to myself to boost my spirit and confidence for the day. Took off everything .....(oops sensored)...... while singing Just the way you are by Bruno Mars and Without you by Mariah Carey (wow, high taste huh? hahah), I get myself into my SPE corporate shirt and my formal pant. Urm, I'm going to do this to my best (monolog). I opened the toilet door, those 3 princesses are awake. In the mean time while waiting the clock to reach 7.30 am, I lay my back on the pillow and try to read some notes on Brent oil and OPEC. I could feel the pupa making some move and hatching to let the beautiful wings out.

Around 7.30 am, we walked to the dining hall for some breakfast. How on earth could I eat something? I just can't. My tummy refuse any food this morning but I have to have something before the competition. Look at me! I'm nervous haha

To be honest, I can't taste the food I ate and I can't remember what are those white stuffs in my plate. Was that some kind of ketupat (lump of rice). hahah see how bad my memory is and how nervous I was that morning. Haha personally my mission wasn't to win but at least be in the final round but you know the feeling I had was even worst than sitting for a final exam.

the incredible team :)

So, to make it short, these pictures below represent the tense, excitement and valuable experience Kang, Adonis and I had throughout the competition. WARNING: don't got stress looking at our expressions (in sequence)... haha

last minute preparation before hitting the prelim round

Trisakti, UTP and UI in the prelim group A2

(Trisakti really compete and slight winning by UTP)

UI team was all non-Petroleum students so obviously they find those questions hard but this Trisakti I would say one of the best Petroleum Engineering school in Indonesia, man they were way too quick. They can predict the questions in the middle of the question-reading. However, they're quite nervous on calculation questions. They've missed 60 points for the bonus questions because they can't compute the answers correctly. From the result you can see, UTP had 20 points extra and that was the scariest moment. The last question was the indicator whether UTP or Trisakti go to the next round. Alhamdulillah we hit the buzz first and we beat Trisakti.

In the semi-final round against STT Migas

 

the result (STT Migas was strong too)

the 2 fellows that we bullied (special thanks to Ali and Indra)

STT Migas the winner from A1 team were really good in drilling and completion knowledge. During the prelim, they've shown their strength and I can only pray that I can hit the buzzer earlier than them. We were quite lucky to actually beat them during the toss-up round.

In the final :S (I cant feel my hand and leg)

The slight winning by UTP against UPN and ITB

Final, urrrrggggghhhhh should I say something about it??? man, to be frank, the final questions were damn tough. None of the team managed to answer most of the questions correctly. We had two toss-up questions where we only managed to get half marks. So there were no bonus question sequel from the toss-up question.

ITB and UPN are the 2 gigantic petroleum school in Indonesia were I put my money on them to win the competition. They really put the fight on fire and the competition was really full with tense. Haha but no doubt we are the best! ITB, UPN and UTP :)

 

The winning thumbs up and smiles

OGIP 2011 official blog  (They didn't update the participant names :( so you'll never find Nurul Iffah Muhammad Garib representing UTP in the Smart Competition there... hahah :P)