Ristorante Italiano

D-5

On Wednesday, December 21th, 2016 we had a lunch at an Italian restaurant named OTTO.
From campus, we took a bus and stopped at the second stop then we walked down in a housing complex and crossed over the highway.

イタリア料理OTTO

It is one my husband's favourite restaurant. We managed to be here once by bike but, unfortunately, it's closed on Tuesday. My husband knows the chief, and the chief knows that we can't eat meat other than fish, and alcohol. FYI, it's common to add alcohol in a pasta.

 

The appetiser

Broccoli. Daikon. Mashed potato. Egg. Fish carpaccio.

I love the carpaccio and I, always, don't like mashed potato (except the one I ate in Kadota). Based on my experience, the composition of this appetiser may be varied. I think, I ever got the dish with eggplant, instead of daikon.

   

The side appetiser

When we ate this, he compared this bread with the breads from Kadota. He said that this one was less delicious, while for me, this one was more delicious. Then, we compared the mashed potato. He like the mashed potato from OTTO, while I like the mashed potato from Kadota. Indeed, we have difference taste :)

  

The main dish

Tuna spaghetti

Look at the Brussels Sprout

This one taste better than the one from Tully's

It is costly. Haha.. *cry*

Then we went back to campus on foot :)

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イタリア料理OTTO
〒791-0303
愛媛県東温市北方3355-4
http://www.ot8to.net

Orang Kampung Pergi Ke Restoran Perancis

D - 6
So, last night (Dec 20th, 2016), we had a farewell party for the assistant professor in Pharmacology Lab who will soon move out. We had a dinner in a french restaurant: KADOTA (門田), Matsuyama.

I did not think too much about the dinner. I even knew that we would go to french restaurant when I had a lunch and I thought about eating spaghetti.

*self-note: sepageti itu restoran italia ya, Ver!*

When we arrived at the restaurant, we were welcomed by a french guy, who I thought, was surprised seeing me, a kumel lady with hijab. GR sih. Haha. But then he finally showed us the room where everybody from the lab had already been there. To my surprise: it's a french restaurant.

Look at the spoons and the forks and the knives.

Yes, it is indeed a french restaurant.

I am pretty sure that there is a strict rule about having dinner in french restaurant regarding the amount of spoons, forks, and knives. Thank God that once upon a time, my friend told me that she had a workshop on "table manner" and I still remember what she said about the workshop.

Ambil alat makan dari yang paling luar

that's it. You will be saved.

  

Wine and orange juice

That was my first time seeing a bottle of wine. Of course, I didn't drink it. I ordered orange juice instead. A bottle of wine and a bottle of orange juice in the same frame looked like a childish person jumped around a mature person. The wine was served by the french guy, and he was very clumsy. He once spilt the wine when he poured it into a glass. He was also very stiff, or nervous? I don't know. But whenever he came into the room, I became nervous as well and worried he might do something wrong again. His name is マイケル.

  

Appetiser

Sashimi, mushroom (cooked with an omelette?), daikon (大根) and other vegetables I don't know the name, fish roe, ikan teri, orange juice (the orange one), and framboise juice (the red one). To eat this, I used the rightmost knife and the leftmost fork (see the first image). The rightmost knife was a knife with a blunt side. Enough to cut the sashimi and the mushroom.

  

Another appetiser

The knife and the fork that I used before have gone and it was time to eat the next appetiser. I did not know what it was. But it should be seafood soup. Yes, it was delicious. I used the soup spoon to eat this. During this appetiser, we were served two loaves of bread but I forgot to take a picture of it. From the first image, there was another plate next to the main plate, it was for the bread. It had a butter spoon on it. We ate the bread by hand by the way. All of us.

  

Another appetiser or pre-main dish (?)

I didn't know whether it was classified as a main dish or not. It is a fish fillet covered by things like noodles in a creamy sauce. This noodles-like thing was fried corn silks. I thought that the red spherical things were unrefined pepper. It had a taste like pepper with some sweet flavour. For this, the only tablespoon and the next fork were used.

  

Main dish

The original one should be a beef steak, but since we can't eat beef here, we got fish instead. With broccoli, and a mashed potato that was surprisingly good. I used to dislike mashed potato. It was time to use the last knife and fork. The knife had a serrated side to cut the beef, or the fish.

Thanks God, I am already contaminated with other cultures so it is OK for me to have dinner without rice. "Kata orang kalau belum makan nasi namanya belum makan" doesn't suit me anymore. And I was really full that time.

  

Dessert

Strawberry, kiwi, and persimmon. Two slices of sponge cake. Pudding. Jams, I didn't know what kind of jams they were. To eat this, we used a little spoon or fork. Along with this, we also got a salad but I did not picture it.

  

Coffee

Black coffee and sugar and creamer

  

Epilogue

Overall, the table was arranged like this:

source: link.

I never thought that I would join in any formal dinner like this. Once I invited, I came lusuh-ly. Haha.. But if I realised that it would be a dinner that required a certain etiquette in the table, I probably chose to stay at home.

However, it's a good experiment, as I ever imagined that someday I will get involved in an international event somewhere <3 and I know this link to learn more about table manner. But not today. I am proud enough to be a part of kalangan menengah in Indonesia.

Note:
I did not drink wine and I did not eat any food contained meat other than fish. At least I've tried to. And I read Bismillah.

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KADOTA (門田)
http://www.kadota.co.jp

3 Chome-4-2 Sanbancho, Matsuyama, Ehime

How I study

It has been a while I didn't study for exam.
It has been a while since my last exam. I don't even remember when was my last exam.

But, as an abal-abal pharmacist, I am a life-long learner. Haha..

I work as a lecturer in a private college. I teach things about pharmaceutical technology which I love, and I hate at the same time. I love it, just because. I hate it because never have I thought that I would be a lecturer and I have an almost zero memory about the lessons I got from my class.

Yes, I have to re-learn everything about stuff I have to teach. And, since I'm a pro of procrastinating, the struggle is super real. I can stay up until the morning comes to prepare everything. There were even some times I did not sleep. And then I got frustrated and chose to cancel the class. Yes, it's real, and indeed it is an awful example. And if someday, you, dear students, who accidentally stumble upon this pathetic blog, please forgive me for being unprofessional and causing you trouble in finding a new schedule. Life is hard, y'know.

Every student of life has their own way to study, no?

There are some people who love to learn in a quite place, some will love to learn in a group, other love to learn with music, etc.

This is how I study:
I love to learn alone to understand the basic theory. I will take some notes to memorise (which actually doesn't work well). I will put a mark on something that I don't understand to discuss it later with friends. At the last minute, I will be alone again; and at the very last minute I will do nothing or study in a panic attack mode if there are still plenty to learn -____-

I think that to learn with music is cool.
For me, it's a very cool to study with classical or jazz music. And fortunately, these kinds of music will not make me fall asleep. It should be great.

I can not sing, I have a limited knowledge about music. So isn't it odd if I can follow the music I think I never heard before? Yes, I can do this. I will be able to hum or la la la over new songs, and of course, I can do better to familiar songs, then I will be singing, instead of studying. Will study with instrumental music work? No. I can hum over instrumental music.
To study with music: FAIL. The sounds of nature fail me as well.

When I study in a very quiet room, I will fall asleep and the power of procrastinating will take over to restrain myself from sleeping by doing something else.
To study in a quiet room: FAIL.

And when I study in a group with a little basic knowledge about the lesson I should master before the exam, I cannot think and I will feel that I am stupid and I will just waste my time.
To study in group: FAIL.


What do I do then?
Answer: ambient noise.

I am not really sure about this term. I only do a short research about this and I think it will need a deeper research to understand the background noise, ASMR, white noise,  binaural, etc and I have no time. Ouch.

So, basically, to study, I have to isolate myself from my surrounding, otherwise, I will waste my time chatting, but it cannot be in a very quiet room, otherwise I will get bored and sleepy. Thus, I will need my earphone and internet connection to open YouTube and listen to the ambient noise.

I can't use every ambient noise, for sure, haha.. I am a difficult person if you forget. I cannot hear ambient noise of rain, waterfall, or any sounds that relate to nature. They are just not right.

My favourite ambient noise a background noise of library with a sound of page flipping, typing, sighing, and people doing things nearby. Or the noise of a coffee shop. These are some examples, I haven't used all of them, though. Instead, I picked them randomly just to show you what I mean -___-

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOdLmxy06H0
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI-YVa-Bjs4
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQsm-S10kLo
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVItgZCYTzo
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTm2oQRsISk
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABSUtueFvXc

Or from these sites. I have just found the sites, at a glance, they look cool.

1. https://coffitivity.com
2. http://asoftmurmur.com
3. https://www.noisli.com

That's how I study or do many other things that require a high concentration :)

Immature Chief

Hello!

I am an Indonesian living in Japan. I was not used to cook, because I have someone who will cook for me at home. Not every time, but most of the time. The only dish I can cook perfectly and I am very proud of is absolutely Mie Instan with extra black pepper, or white pepper.

Then I moved to Japan, and I have to cook due to halal issue (yeay!).

So what to cook?

Before I left home, I asked my mother what should I cook. She said that I can cook mie instan (well..), egg, sayur bayam, tumis, nasi goreng. Then she asked me to practice the theory on how to cook right with garlics, shallots, and salt.

However, I was a failure cook back then, but who cares? I had to go anyway, and I packed a little science on how to cook properly and brought it along with me.

Then I arrived in Japan. When I went to a supermarket, I realised that the only vegetables I knew were the vegetables with colours other than green. I had no idea about the physical look of spinach, the difference between kol (cabbage) and kembang kol (cauliflower), that kol (cabbage) and kubis (cabbage) are the same. But at least I could identify carrot, cucumber, paprikas, asparagus, potato, tomatoes, onion, and garlic.. And I knew that I could not find shallots everywhere! Oh my magic potion!

Yes, in Japan, there is no shallot. And no chilli pepper. No candlenut, no bay leaf.

We have to buy shallots online. And I did it. Because I don’t like to use onion to replace shallots. The magic can be lost.

Thai pepper is also available online.

And the mushrooms! We have many kinds of mushrooms here, but none has the same appearance with the mushrooms in Indonesia. Oh. My. God.

Cooking culture shock!!!!

And, I finally went with mie instan, telor dadar, telor orak-arik, sarden, fried salmon with asparagus or red reddish.
Telor ceplok? I could not make one until several tries.
Follow a recipe? I am frustrated with the words “tambahkan garam secukupnya”, not only garam. And the frustration to deal with some ingredients I could not find here. Gosh.
Nasi goreng? Thanks to Kokita.

But then again, I have to cook, and I do trial and error. My problem is that my first dishes were mostly a masterpiece of mine, and the second, the third, and so on, were and (hopefully not) will be a disaster. I made some masterpiece before: sate goreng. The one and only, it was not reproducible anyhow.

So, I made this page, as a log-book (last post on June 2016). Even though I can not always remember the exact amount of the things I put into the mixture. I even sometimes put too much salt, that’s why I named my tumblr “garamsecukupnya”, because I think I start to understand the essence of that wisdom words. And I have to engrave it in my brain, so I won’t put too much salt ever again.

See you later!

More about INTP

Several days ago, I took an online MBTI test and I got INTP as the result. I look for further interesting part of being an INTP.

The general description about INTP can be found at 16personalities.com | intp or celebritytypes.com | intp. I am not really sure about the information, but I love reading it :)

However, the interesting part is when I found some famous people who have the same personality as me:

more: http://www.celebritytypes.com/intp.php

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How many INTPs in the world?

I tried to find the scientific article to find the population of type, unfortunately I can't find it. The only scientific resource that I trust is from myersbriggs.org, but it only showed the population of the US. 

Someone from the internet has short the list out:

 

This is data from mypersonality.info :

I short it out:

1. ESTJ 13%
2. ESFJ 12%
3. ESFP 11%
4. ESTP 10%
5. ISTJ 8.5%
6. ISFJ 7%
7. ENFP 7%
8. ISTP 6%
9. ISFP 6%
10. ENTP 4.5%
11. ENTJ 4%
12. ENFJ 4%
13. INTP 2.5%
14. INFP 2%
15. INTJ 1.5%
16. INFJ 1%

It turns out the INTP is one of the rare types. And there are only 1,7% women among them in US population and 1% women based on mypersonality.info.

This is from http://www.truity.com/personality-type/INTP:

INTP is one of the less common types in the population, especially for women. Among women, INTP is the fourth rarest type (after INTJ, ENTJ, and INFJ). INTPs make up:

• 3% of the general population

• 5% of men

• 2% of women

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®)

I have just taken an MBTI-like test, because I finally curious about my personality. The information about MBTI can be found on their website. And since it is not free, I took the free test from other website.

This was the result of my first attempt:

Indeed, I found some of the questions were hard due to their advanced English, even a help from google translate was not enough.

And of course I was not satisfied, so I tried many times with a better understanding (a long moment to contemplate the meaning of the sentences). This is my other result from my second attempt:

INTP-T and INFP-T, even after several further attempts, the results were always between INTP-T and INFP-T, but INTP-T was more frequent.

Let's take closer to the definition of each preference based on www.myersbriggs.org.

Favorite world: Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or on your own inner world? This is called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I). 

Information: Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you take in or do you prefer to interpret and add meaning? This is called Sensing (S) or Intuition (N).

Decisions: When making decisions, do you prefer to first look at logic and consistency or first look at the people and special circumstances? This is called Thinking (T) or Feeling (F).  

Structure: In dealing with the outside world, do you prefer to get things decided or do you prefer to stay open to new information and options? This is called Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).

  

Favourite world: Introversion (73 - 75%)

Where do you put your attention and get your energy? Do you like to spend time in the outer world of people and things (Extraversion), or in your inner world of ideas and images (Introversion)?

I do feel that I am introvert. But do I?
Yes, I like to be at home all day because I feel uncomfortable whenever I am in the middle of a crowd. I don't like the reunion of my big family during the "buka bersama", Syawal, or "pengajian". Of course I will still join the event to prove that I am still a part of the family, but if I have to be there alone without my mother or sisters/brother, I better stay at home. My sisters/brother are indeed my only friends, my mother is always be there when I need her, and my father is always happily being around the people or......
sleeping -____-

But, honestly, I always look forward to joining any school reunions. However, I will choose not to join when I don't have my close friends joined the event as well. And, yes, I have missed many school reunions.

And I do hate if I face the fact that I have to get involved to a new community. Not because I don't want to, but I just don't know what should I do.

Deep down inside my heart, I wish that I can be an extrovert.

I love people, but it's tiring. *cry*

Anyway, I am still proud to be an introvert. But of course, there will be a time when I get bored whenever I am alone and want to go outside to meet new people.

  

Information: Intuition (61 - 62%)

Do you pay more attention to information that comes in through your five senses (Sensing), or do you pay more attention to the patterns and possibilities that you see in the information you receive (Intuition)?

I really don't understand how myself pay attention to information. I even have to look for the definition of these preferences in Bahasa Indonesia, as the information I got from www.myersbriggs.org are hard to comprehend. And, still, I don't understand T___T

But from the explanation provided by 16personalities, I can have a better understanding: indeed, I am an intuitive.

I like to see things from the bigger pictures, then break them out into small thoughts or steps. I am willing to take a step, or make a decision, if I can see what is the purpose, the possibility, and the consequences of the action. However, my big pictures are relative. I mean, I am stuck in a small thought too deep sometimes and unable to see the bigger pictures.

http://www.mrdynamics.com/isnt-the-moon-big-tonight/

And I can relate to this picture:

I will still see the instruction tho', but there will be a plenty of times when I trust my guts, and failed :(

  

Decisions: Thinking (49 - 55%) and Feeling (45 - 51%)

Do you like to put more weight on objective principles and impersonal facts (Thinking) or do you put more weight on personal concerns and the people involved (Feeling)?

 Thinking:

• I enjoy technical and scientific fields where logic is important - yes
• I notice inconsistencies - with some efforts, yes.
• I look for logical explanations or solutions to most everything - yes.
• I make decisions with my head and want to be fair - not really.
• I believe telling the truth is more important than being tactful - I wish I can be tactful
• Sometimes I miss or don't value the "people" part of a situation - sometimes. 
• I can be seen as too task-oriented, uncaring, or indifferent - sometimes.

Feeling:

• I have a people or communications orientation - not really.
• I am concerned with harmony and nervous when it is missing - yes.
• I look for what is important to others and express concern for others - yes, I try to, but..
• I make decisions with my heart and want to be compassionate - not really.
• I believe being tactful is more important than telling the "cold" truth - yes.
• Sometimes I miss seeing or communicating the "hard truth" of situations - ???
• I am sometimes experienced by others as too idealistic, mushy, or indirect - yes.

When I am making decisions, I used to think about the pros and cons, I also think about how my decision will affect others. It's really complicated tho'. I think I tend to use both my head and my heart, but if I have to choose between Thinking and Feeling, I think I would more fit to Thinking. But I'm sure, every decision can be made by different approach.

  

Structure: Perceiving (65 - 68%)

Do you prefer a more structured and decided lifestyle (Judging) or a more flexible and adaptable lifestyle (Perceiving)? This preference may also be thought of as your orientation to the outer world.

Judging:

• I like to have things decided - yes.
• I appear to be task oriented - no.
• I like to make lists of things to do - yes, but I will not stick to it.
• I like to get my work done before playing - yes.
• I plan work to avoid rushing just before a deadline - mmmm, I do really try for this.
• Sometimes I focus so much on the goal that I miss new information - no.

Perceiving:

• I like to stay open to respond to whatever happens - yes.
• I appear to be loose and casual. I like to keep plans to a minimum - no.
• I like to approach work as play or mix work and play - no.
• I work in bursts of energy - yes.
• I am stimulated by an approaching deadline - yes.
• Sometimes I stay open to new information so long I miss making decisions when they are needed - yes.

I love things to be structured (yet I am an disorganised woman) but I am really open to other possibilities. I love when everything has been decided, but when I think it need to be modified, I will modify it.


The last preference, I think, it doesn't belong to Myers-Briggs, as I found it on 16personalities.com

  

Identity: Turbulent (82%)

One description from 16personalities.com that tells everything almost about me:

Individuals with Turbulent (-T) identity are self-conscious and sensitive to stress. They experience a wide range of emotions and tend to be success-driven, perfectionistic and eager to improve. They are also more willing to change jobs if they feel stuck in their current one and to spend time thinking about the direction in which their life is going. 

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I tried some online tests provided by other websites too. Here are the results:

http://personality-testing.info/tests/OEJTS/

INTJ
I don't think it's accurate, because I am sure that I am more Perceiving than Judging

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

INFP

http://kisa.ca/personality/

INFP

http://www.quistic.com/personality-type/test

INFP

25quiz.com

INTP

http://www.celebritytypes.com/personality-tests.php

INTP

41q.com

INTP

http://www.truity.com/test/type-finder-research-edition

 INFP and INTP
"you may be a feeler and a thinker"

***

Still INFP and INTP, with one test resulting in INTJ. I should repeat all the tests and do more other online tests provided by the internet. But, hey, it's tiring! Reading the almost same questions without knowing the meaning of some questions. My mind even mixed up. I tried so hard to reset my mind, but I failed, the result of the previous tests somehow interfered my mind. Even the new knowledge about each trait can influence my answer: oh, this answer is for I, for N, for S, etc. Since I have both F and T, but I like to be more T - just because, I would likely to choose the answer that I know will lead to the T trait. Meh.. Hahaha..

At http://www.celebritytypes.com/personality-tests.php there is an INFP or INTP test. This was my result:

To be honest, the questions were soooo difficult to understand. Pardon my iBT score.

But, yes, whatever..

Indeed, free online test is somewhat inaccurate and only can be used as a hypothesis. We should take the real test of course haha to get a real result.

So, I like the INTP result, but I will not brag too much about it as I believe that the result can be affected my many factors, both internal, like the stress level or emotions and existing knowledge, and external factors, such as the type of the questions, the English used in the test, and the scoring system.

***

This is the last result that I took on 16personalities.com after I wrote the blog content above. I took the test with a better understanding as I gained more information during the writing of this post.

INTP-T

Disclaimer: I do not endorse 16personalities.com as a best instrument.

But it has an eye-catching website :)

When two languages collide

Botchan Karakuri Clock, Dogo Onsen Station, Matsuyama, Ehime
(I have a fragile head during cold wind season -____-)

Last week, my lecturers from my former university came to Matsuyama. They came to participate in an international conference. They were Bu Zullies and Bu Triana. Bu Zullies came with her children as well.

Bu Zullies was a student of Ehime University while Bu Triana graduated from Düsseldorf University Germany. Both countries have their own mother language, Japanese and German. Since they lived abroad for doctoral study, the languages will somehow stuck in their mind, right?

During the conversation, I kept hearing them saying "ahsooo" in an intonation to show that they finally understood about something. In Indonesia, it is heard like "oh gituuuuu"

The funny thing is, since I currently live in Japan and I ever lived in German, I exactly knew what they were saying:

Bu Zullies was saying, "ああそう!" It is pronounced "aasoou", but somehow it is heard as "ahsoo". While Bu Triana was saying, "ach so!" and it is pronounced "ahsoo".

Is it homophone or it is not?

Indeed, these two words mean "oh gituuuuu.."

Sekolah S3 Teknologi Farmasi di Jerman: cari profesor

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Cari profesor untuk S3 di luar negeri, katanya, bukan perkara yang gampang. Dan saya sudah membuktikan: jalannya sungguh berliku. Sebenernya ada cara yang, sepertinya, relatif lebih gampang: PDKT ke dosen yang punya kenalan profesor di bidang yang kita mau. Tapi keberuntungan itu ga selalu bisa dimiliki. Entah karena kuper seperti saya, fokus penelitian profesor yang dosen kenal kurang sejalan dengan minat, ga berani menghubungi dosen (kalau menghubungi dosen sendiri aja ga berani, gimana mau bisa menghubungi profesor? -___- hmmmm), atau yang lainnya..

Btw, walaupun saya kuper, saya sebenernya punya keberuntungan itu, tapi saya ga pingin "berhutang" ke orang lain dan saya ga pingin ada yang saya buat repot in case saya bikin masalah (na'udzubillahi mindzalik). Sepertinya juga nanti rasanya wow kalau saya bisa dapet nobel (aamin) dengan usaha yang bener-bener dari saya sendiri, termasuk urusan mencari beasiswa dan profesor, ga pakai koneksi segala macam. But, I swear, punya koneksi itu lebih mudah.

Saya, dari dulu, punya keinginan untuk sekolah di Jerman. Alasan utamanya karena waktu SD kelas 1, saya sempat sekolah di Jerman sambil nemenin ibu saya yang sedang sekolah doktoral. Jadi ada semacam ikatan batin gitu. Halah. Selain itu, saya pingin bisa bahasa lain selain bahasa Inggris. Ich habe vergessen Deutsch. Nyesel banget karena saya ga mempertahankan kemampuan Bahasa Jerman saya, tapi untungnya, dengan ingatan yang sudah sangat terbatas itu, instingnya masih lumayan. Saya masih bisa paham waktu baca tulisan Jerman, meskipun masih susah kalau harus bikin kalimat atau ngomong. Ich lerne jetzt Deutsch, sendiri, modal google aja. Hahaha.. karena kondisi ga memungkinkan untuk ikut kursus. I am awesome, right?

Alhamdulillah-nya, di Jerman ada banyak universitas yang pantes banget untuk saya lirik-lirik :)
Saya yang sudah terlanjur kecemplung di dunia Teknologi Farmasi dan ga bisa ke lain hati selalu pasang muka pengen setiap kali riset tentang universitas di Jerman yang punya departemen Teknologi Farmasi, apalagi waktu baca judul publikasi profesor-profesor di sana. Judulnya aja loh yang saya baca, haha. Antara pingin, takut, kepedean ngimpi ngelab di sana, dan akhirnya jadi ga pede banget karena mikir yang enggak-enggak T___T

Salah satu masalah yang saya temui waktu proses pencarian adalah kenyataan bahwa Teknologi Farmasi itu ada banyaaaaaak banget sub-bidangnya.  Misalnya, formulasi sediaan konvensional, advanced drug delivery systems, farmasi fisik, dan biofarmasi. Kebetulan hati saya (halah) ada di formulasi sediaan konvensional dan advanced drug delivery systems. Nah, dua subbidang itu pun bercabang-cabang. Formulasi sediaan konvensional bisa dikhususkan lagi tentang tablet, kapsul, salep, emulsi, suspensi, spray/aerosol, kosmetik, coating, dll. Yg advanced dds juga dibagi-bagi lagi, ada tentang nanoteknologi, mikropartikel, transdermal, solid dispersi, kosmetik pun juga sudah banyak yang pakai advanced technology, dll. Dan saya kebetulan mau semuanya. Haha.. kecuali salep dan perlu mikir seribu kali untuk formulasi protein.

Karena bidang yang banyak banget itu, saya jadi pusing waktu mikir proposal. Dari hasil googling, step-step yang harus dilakukan untuk cari profesor kira-kira seperti ini harusnya:

1. bikin proposal
2. cari profesor yang sesuai
3. proposal diedit sedemikian rupa biar in line sama penelitian profesor
4. hubungi profesor
5. korespondensi lebih lanjut

Mengingat profesor-profesor di Jerman punya keahliannya masing-masing di bidang Teknologi Farmasi, proses mikir bikin proposal itu bikin sakit perut. Idealnya, saya bikin satu proposal dengan tema penelitian yang paling saya suka, baru cari profesor yang sesuai. Tapi kalau seperti itu, pilihannya jadi terbatas, sedangkan hati ini susah banget ditebak maunya apa dan gampang banget tergoda untuk switch ke bidang lain. Akhirnya, yang saya lakukan adalah seperti ini:

1. cari universitas
2. cari profesor
3. hubungi profesor
4. pasrah

Yes, saya ga pakai proposal. Saya cuma cerita di letter of motivation kalau saya suka penelitan di bidang-bidang yang sudah saya sesuaikan dengan keahlian profesor, sambil sebut-sebut dikit tentang penelitian beliau yang membuat saya tertarik sama beliau. Untuk yang satu ini, saya beneran baca beberapa paper profesor untuk memantapkan hati dan biar letter of motivation-nya meyakinkan. Pilihan ini saya tempuh (halah) dengan pertimbangan kekhawatiran saya kalau profesor ga tertarik sama ide saya (yang saya yakini sepenuh hati bahwa masih cetek). Kekhawatiran lainnya itu kalau ide saya ga in line. Misalnya saya bikin proposal tentang nanopartikel kitosan, eh ternyata beliau baru sukanya nanopartikel yang dibuat pakai mesin grinding. Atau bikin nanopartikel dari konstituen tanaman herbal yang ada di Indonesia (maksud hati untuk menarik perhatian), tapi beliaunya lebih suka obat sintesis, padahal saya-nya ga masalah pakai obat (atau metode) apa aja. Akhirnya, daripada pusing malah ga maju-maju, akhirnya saya maju tanpa proposal.

Ini step-step yang saya lakukan:

Step 1: Cari Universitas

Di Jerman itu ada buanyak banget universitas dan banyak yang bilang kalau universitas di Jerman itu bagus-bagus. Daftar universitas (dan Fachhochschulen) di Jerman bisa dicari di list ini. Dari list itu saya kerucutkan ke subyek yang saya mau, yaitu ke universitas yang ada farmasinya. Terus cek website masing-masing departemen. Ini list universitas di Jerman yang ada farmasinya:

1. Freie Universität Berlin
2. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
3. TU Braunschweig
4. Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
5. Uni Erlangen-Nürnberg
6. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
7. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
8. Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
9. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
10. Universität Hamburg
11. Universität Heidelberg
12. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
13. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
14. Universität Leipzig
15. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
16. Philipps-Universität Marburg
17. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
18. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
19. Universität Regensburg
20. Universität des Saarlandes
21. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
22. Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

 

Step 2: Cari grup studi

Langkah selanjutnya adalah mencari grup studi yang sesuai dengan yang saya mau. Untuk memudahkan in case ada yang pingin Teknologi Farmasi juga, saya coba rangkumkan, untuk biofarmasi dan farmasi fisik ga saya masukkan. Fokus penelitian saya tulis pakai bahasa Inggris hasil google translate dengan sedikit modifikasi tanpa merubah arti :p

 

Freie Universität Berlin

Grup Prof Dr Roland Bodmeier

• Oral drug delivery system (multiparticulate DDS, pulsatile DDS, gastroretentive DDS, matrix tablets, fast dissolving dosage form, delivery of poorly soluble drugs, formulation of moisture-sensitive drugs)
• Coating technology
• Microencapsulation (mikro/nanopartikel, incorporation micro-/nanoparticles into a final dosage form, liquid controlled release DDS)
• Biodegradable DDS (implants, microparticles, in-situ microparticle/implant system, lipid DDS, delivery systems for larger molecules)
• Mucoadhesive DDS (nasal, bucal)

Grup Prof. Dr. Rainer H. Müller

• Solid lipid nanoparticles 
• Nanostructured lipid carriers
• Nanosuspensions
• Nanocrystals
• Nanopearls
• Nanospheres
• Nanoemulsions

 

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

website-nya kurang update kayaknya. Ada 4 arbeitskreis, tapi yang dua ga jelas. Tapi mungkin saya yang kurang meng-explore.

Grup Prof. Lamprecht

• Formulation development & optimisation
• Delivery of low molecular weight drugs, peptides, and proteins
• Micro-/nanoparticles
• Microemulsions
• Self-emulsifying systems
• Liposomes

Grup Prof. Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Steffens

• Tablet

 

TU Braunschweig

Grup Prof. Dr. Müller-Goymann

• Colloid drug delivery system (liposomes, nanoparticles, micelles)
• Effect of drug delivery systems on human stratum corneum or cell constructs

Grup Prof. Dr. Bunjes

• Nanostructured lipid carriers
• Solid lipid nanoparticles
• Colloidal lipid emulsions
• Supercooled smectic lipid nanoparticles
• Colloidal dispersions of cubic phase

 

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Grup Prof. Dr. P. Kleinebudde

• Pellet
• Granulation
• Solid lipid extrusion
• Coating processes
• Melt processes
• Ring shear cell measurements

Grup Prof. Dr. J. Breitkreutz

• Powders, granules, pellets 
• Minitablets
• Orodispersible films 
• Solutions, suspensions 
• Ion-exchange complexes 
• Taste masking and assessment 
• Wet, melt, and lipid extrusion

Grup Prof. (em.) Dr. rer. nat. Bernhard C. Lippold

• Coating/films 
• Extrusion 
• Granulation / compaction 
• Pediatrics, geriatrics, and personalized medicine 
• Veterinary medicines 

 

Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg

saya agak bingung baca website-nya T__T

 

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

Grup Prof. Dr. Jennifer Dressman (sebagian besar tentang biofarmasi)

• Predicting the in vivo performance of drugs and dosage forms after oral administration
• Dissolution tests
• Developing optimized dosage forms for GI diseases
• Improving the oral availability of poorly soluble drugs
• Improve the quality of medicines globally
• BCS and Biowaiver

Grup Dr. Matthias G. Wacker

• Industrial nanotechnology with emphasis on the optimization of manufacturing processes for nanocarrier devices
• Methodology for assessing the release of drugs and drug candidates from nanoscaled dosage forms.

Grup Apl Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hanns-Christian Mahler

• Protein aggregation and particle formulation
• Protein stabilization
• Excipients and excipient stability

Grup Prof. Dr. Kreuter

• Nanoparticles
• Liposomes
• Skin permeation studies and transdermal delivery
• Haze formation in parenteral (?)
• Polymeric devices
• Stability of dosage forms

 

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Grup Prof. Dr. Rolf Schubert

• Liposomes
• Surfactants
• Polymers
• Colon targeting
• Endocytosis
• Intracellular transport

Grup Prof. em. Dr. Kurt H. Bauer

• Solid dosage forms
• Colon targeting
• Polymer
• Surfactants
• Partial freeze drying

Grup Prof. Dr. Regine Süss

• Nanoparticular drug delivery systems: liposomes, lipoplexes
• Gene therapy, tumor targeting
• Upscaling technologies, manufacturing according to AMG in the GMP laboratory

 

Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald

Grup Prof. Dr. phil. nat. Sandra Klein

• Biorelevant dissolution testing
• Predictive dissolution methods and dosage forms for special patient groups
• Predictive in vitro test methods for lozenges, vaginal delivery systems and accelerated drug release methods
• Enhancement of bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs

Grup PD Dr. rer. nat. Anne Seidlitz

• Parenteral dosage forms including injections and implants
• Product development
• (Bio-)relevant dissolution testing

Grup Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Werner Weitschies

• Behavior of dosage forms in the gastrointestinal tract
• Development of nanoparticle based techniques for molecular imaging and physical therapy

 

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Grup Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Karsten Mäder

• Physicochemical characterisation of drug delivery processes and drug delivery systems using EPR spektroscopy, EPR imaging, NMR spectroscopy, MRI, DSC, FFF and other methods.
• In vivo and in vitro investigations of the behaviour of drug delivery systems in the GIT
• Polymeric micro- and nanoparticles with various structures as drug delivery systems: Production, characterisation and optimisation
• In situ forming implants
• Development of novel polymers as drug delivery systems for therapy of cancer
• Development and characterization of coated drug delivery systems
• Production, characterisation and optimisation special lipid delivery systems
• in vivo-ESR-spektroscopy and -imaging

 

Universität Hamburg

Grup Prof. Dr. Claudia S. Leopold

• Material science studies on active ingredients and adjuvants
• Tableting: metastable active substances (polymorphs, enzymes), adhesive or abrasive materials, minitervation (?), optimization of MUPS tablets
• Control of drug release from overcoated drugs
• Development and optimization of transdermal systems

Grup Dr. Albrecht Sakmann

• Manufacture and testing (especially solid) homeopathic remedies
• Pharmaceutical quality (low dose) allopathic remedies
• Optimization of production processes on a recipe scale

 

Universität Heidelberg

Grup Prof. Dr. Gert Fricker

• Drug transport through the blood-brain barrier
• Drug Targeting
• In vitro models for transport mechanisms study
• Improvement of drug resorption from the gastrointestinal tract
• Cellular transport systems

Grup Dr. Gabriele Reich

• Depot forms for parenteral and peroral application of peptides and proteins
• NIR Spectroscopic for drugs characterization

Grup Dr. Anne Mahringer

• Transporter regulation at the blood-brain barrier and in the kidney 
• Drug transport across the blood-brain barrier and the in the kidney

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Grup Prof. Alfred Fahr

• Liposomes

Grup Prof. Dagmar Fischer

•  New polymers for the transfer of DNA and RNA by nanotechnology
•  Bacterial nanocellulose as a drug delivery system
•  Toxicological characterization of nanomaterials for diagnostic imaging in medicine

 

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

 

Universität Leipzig

Grup Prof. Dr. Michaela Schulz-Siegmund

• Tissue engineering
• The development of polymer biodegradable biomaterials and their processing into cell carriers and controlled release systems.
• The cell culture of mesenchymal stem cells for the tissue engineering of bones and adipose tissue

 

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Grup Prof. Dr. P. Langguth

• New carrier systems for drugs
• Transport of drugs through biological membranes

 

Philipps-Universität Marburg

Grup Prof. Dr. Udo Bakowsky

• Nanoscale drug carriers
• Controlled release of drugs
• Micro-/nanoemulsions
• Liposomes
• Inorganic/polymeric nanospheres

Grup Prof. Dr. Cornelia M. Keck

• Nanocrystals for improved delivery of poorly soluble actives
• Lipid nanoparticles und nanoemulsions for improved delivery of lipophilic actives
• Characterisation and optimisation of nanocarrier based drug delivery systems
• Characterisation and optimisation of nanocarrier based drug delivery systems
• Formulation development of pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical formulations
• Application tests (in-vitro, ex-vivo) for pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical formulations

 

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Grup Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Frieß

• Formulation of proteins
• Drug delivery
• Composite biomaterials

Grup Prof. Dr. Gerhard Winter

• Formulation and delivery of peptide and protein drugs
• Colloidal drug carriers
• Parenteral process technologies

 

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Grup Prof. Dr. Klaus Langer

• Drug targeting using nanotechnology
• Target-specific tumor therapy
• Drug formulations

 

Universität Regensburg

Grup Prof. Dr. Achim Göpferich 

• Biomaterial
• Tissue engineering
• Drug delivery

Grup PD Dr. Miriam Breunig

• Colloidal drug carriers
• Polyplexes - complexes of polycationic polymers and nucleic acids
• Layer-by-layer coated nanoparticles

 

Universität des Saarlandes

Grup Prof. Dr. Marc Schneider

• Colloidal carriers (micro- and nanoparticles)
• Production and characterization of non-spheric particles
• Nanotechnology in the pharmaceutical industry
• Visualization techniques (atomic force, fluorescence, multiphoton microscopy)
• Pulmonary and transdermal applications of colloidal drug delivery systems

Grup Prof. Dr. Claus-Michael Lehr

• Biological barriers (in particular of the gastro-intestinal tract, the skin and the lungs)
• Appropriate carriers to cross these epithelial barriers to deliver an active molecule to its target
• New in vitro models of higher sophistication and relevance, based on the epithelial cells and tissues concerned
• Nanotechnology (formulating multifunctional nanocarriers)

 

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Grup Prof. Dr. Rolf Daniels

• Surfactant-free emulsions
• Lipid-based oral drugs
• Retard dermatics (?)
• Foam creams

 

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Grup Prof. Dr. Dr. Lorenz Meinel

• Protein drug delivery for regenerative medicine
• Development of poorly water soluble compounds

 

Step 3: Hubungi profesor

Untuk menghubungi profesor, yang saya siapkan adalah:

1. draft body e-mail
2. resume (CV)
3. letter of motivation
4. Ijazah S1, Apoteker, dan S2
5. Transkrip S1, Apoteker, dan S2
6. Surat keterangan beasiswa (SK LPDP)

 

Body e-mail

Body e-mail adalah sesuatu yang saya tulis di e-mail, karena mengirim e-mail tanpa body e-mail alias kosongan, adalah tidak sopan. Jangan pernah mengirim e-mail tanpa body e-mail meskipun ada attachment-nya. Body e-mail harus ada untuk menjelaskan siapa saya, maksud dan tujuan saya apa, dan penjelasan tentang attachment yang saya kirim.

Surat standar dengan bahasa Inggris yang pas-pasan, jadi perlu banget proof reading ke temen yang pinter bahasa Inggris untuk cek grammar dan perlu juga untuk cek kelayakan isi e-mail. E-mail saya di atas sudah direvisi berkali-kali.

 

Resume

Resume atau CV, dibuat seperti CV pada umumnya.

 

Letter of motivation

Surat ini yang menurut saya penting banget karena dengan kesaktian surat ini, profesor bisa kenal siapa saya dan akhirnya memutuskan mau atau ga beliau menerima saya. Surat ini, katanya, jangan lebih dari satu halaman, tapi punya saya jadinya 2 halaman dengan ukuran font yang lebih kecil dari biasanya haha..

Surat ini isinya perkenalan siapa saya, background pendidikan, background penelitian, background pekerjaan, kenapa pingin S3, tau profesor dari mana, harapan setelah lulus, cerita tentang beasiswa yang sudah ada. Dibuat semanis mungkin, ditambah embel-embel publikasi profesor yang sudah saya baca.

 

Ijazah dan transkrip

dikirim dalam bentuk yang sudah diartikan ke Bahasa Inggris

 

Surat keterangan beasiswa

bagusnya sih pakai letter of guarantee, tapi menurut saya ngurusnya ribet, ya udah, jadinya pakai SK berbahasa Indonesia.

 

Step 4: pasrah

Selama step pasrah ini, selain berdoa, saya menyiapkan letter of motivation untuk profesor incaran selanjutnya. Saya masih bingung mana yang lebih baik antara mengirim lamaran ke banyak profesor sekaligus atau satu-satu. Banyak yang menyarankan untuk langsung kirim banyak profesor karena lebih cepet. Tapi saya lebih suka satu-satu, kalau feed back-nya tidak sesuai harapan bisa dipelajari mana yang salah, bisa juga trial-and-error. Ada beberapa lamaran yang saya tambahkan proposal, ada yang saya tambahkan abstrak, dan e-mail yang ada tambahan ini ga ada yang direspon.

Tambahan:

Beberapa website universitas di Jerman sudah ada versi bahasa Inggrisnya, ada yang cuma bahasa Jerman, dan ada yang dwi bahasa tapi versi bahasa Inggrsinya ga selengkap versi bahasa Jermannya. Jadi memang lebih baik pakai yang versi bahasa Jerman dengan bantuan google translate kalau belum bisa bahasa Jerman.

Term-term dalam bahasa Jerman yang sering ditemui di website universitas:

• APL (Außerplanmäßiger Professor) : dosen yang sudah lama kerja di suatu universitas, sudah pantes jadi profesor, tapi ga diangkat jadi profesor (bukan karena ga mampu)
• PD (post doc) : mahasiswa post doc yang kerja di lab, titelnya masih doktor tapi boleh bimbing mahasiswa S3 (perlu dipastikan lagi)
• Fachbereiche : semacam fakultas
• Forschung : penelitian
• Arbeitsgruppe : kelompok peneliti/grup studi
• Schwerpunkte : fokus penelitian
• Mitarbeiter : staff

Kira-kira begitu.

Demikian cerita saya tentang step-step mencari profesor di universitas di Jerman. Modal internet sahaja, dan keinginan yang tak lekang oleh waktu. Lelah itu pasti, kecewa itu biasa, yang penting adalah tetap melakukan sesuatu untuk mimpi-mimpi itu, sekali pun cuma cek ulang surat yang kita buat.
Cara di atas sepertinya bisa dipakai juga untuk cari profesor di negara lain. Selain Jerman, saya pernah juga cari profesor di universitas Belgia dan Austria.

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