Journey to Snowdon, Episode 1 : The Car
Episode 1: The Car
"The payment has declined",
said the card machine for the 20th times, I lost count, tbh.
It was our second day after we arrived in London. We were supposed to pickup the rented car that we've booked and paid in-advance, and heading Northwest to Snowdon first thing in the morning since it will be a long journey and we hoped to arrive before it gets dark.
Breakfast in our AirBnb, and stairway to hell to the flat. I just remembered that I took this photo because Junda fell off when carrying our luggage in this narrow & steep stairs. Maybe that was the sign. Haha
All cheered up and happy when waiting for the bus. The weather was lovely.
Everything seemed smooth, we had breakfast and packed our lunch and brew our own coffee. We then rode the bus for around 1,5 hours from our Airbnb in Muswell Hill to Europcar office in Park Royale. Considering that we brought along two huge luggages, bus was the most convenient options albeit took longer than tube, but still, we managed to arrived on time at 9AM. There was no problem when we mentioned our name for the reservation, hand in our passport and driving license. The major problem revealed itself when the Europcar guy asked us to hand in our card since he needed to secure £250 deposit before giving us the key.
We then hand in our first credit card.
"The payment has declined",Strange, we thought. We didn't see it coming.
Mengenal Alan Turing Lebih Dekat di Bletchley Park
Postingan ini akan bercerita tentang kunjungan saya ke salah satu museum bernama Bletchley Park di tahun 2016 lalu (haha basi banget ya). Saya sebenernya ga terlalu suka ke museum, gak kayak Junda yang hobinya ke Natural History Museum atau British Museum saban weekend. Hanya museum-museum dengan tema tertentu yang bisa bikin saya tertarik untuk berkunjung. Waktu Junda cerita tentang Bletchley Park - museum yang berisi cerita tentang Alan Turing dan perannya di Perang Dunia ke-II, saya langsung tertarik banget untuk berkunjung. Yah, sekali-kali jalan-jalannya faedah biar keliatan kayak anak Computer Science beneran :)) Saya pergi ke Bletchley bersama Rumeysa, sahabat saya di kampus.
Pernah mikir ga sih, segala kenyamanan teknologi smartphone dan komputer yang kita nikmati sekarang itu hasil jerih payahnya siapa? Jauh jauh sebelum Sergey Brin dan Larry Page bikin Google, sebelum Steve Jobs bikin Apple, ada Alan Turing yang berjasa menciptakan 'neneknya' komputer. Sebagai mantan mahasiswi Teknik Informatika, nama Pak Turing (haha akrab) memang gak begitu asing karena sering banget disebut, terutama di mata kuliah Teknik Komputasi. Di mata kuliah itu saya belajar Turing Machine, sebuah konsep komputasi yang jadi cikal bakal komputer modern yang kita pakai dengan nyaman saat ini.






