2013 The Best Moment

Summary of the 2013 - The best moment include personal and professional trip

During this year I have travelling around Southeast Asia ( Manila, Laos, Thailand, Singapore include the small islands of the countries) and Australia ( Western Australia and Queensland).

My dream come true, I have visited all the large island In Indonesia, I went to Papua and South Sumatera on November and December this year.

2013 is Amazing year .

The Best Moment :  March 2013 - My wedding

The Best Holiday : Gili Trawangan, Lombok Island


The Best Achievement As a Professional Engineer :  To be presenter in the Workshop Indonesian Rock Mechanics Society and present a paper in the rock mechanics professionals .


The Best Business Trip to Western Australia , BHP Iron Orea Pilbara Mining


The Best Activity - Kelas Inspirasi Makassar

The Best Event : International Slope Stability Symposium Brisbane 2013


The Most dangerous trip ( Freeport Grasberg, Bulletproof Bus and high altitude place up to 4000m above sea level)

2013 landslides – the five most important events of the year

Source : http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2014/01/02/2013-landslides/ by Dave Petley

2013 landslides – context

Having taken a break from blogging (and indeed from all work) over the Christmas and New Year period, I started to ponder the most important landslides of 2013.  This is of course purely subjective, but this is the list that I came up with:

1. The two debris flows at Kedarnath, India

http://www.indianexpress.com/picture-gallery/first-pictures-of-devastated-kedarnath-temple/2935-1.html

The extreme rainfall event in Uttarakhand in June was without doubt the most deadly multiple landslide event of the year.  The twin debris flows that struck the temple at Kedarnath were the defining event of the disaster, with a very complicated origin.  This event also presages the types of event that we can expect in the future as the climate in high mountain areas continues to change.

2.The Bingham Canyon Landslide in Utah

http://www.flickr.com/photos/riotinto-kennecottutahcopper/8643310015/in/photostream

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The award for the most spectacular landslide goes to the Bingham Canyon slide in Utah in April.  This may well be the largest mining-induced rapid collapse of all time, and the most expensive single landslide too.  That the slide was anticipated is notable, although it does appear that the volume and runout distance were somewhat greater than had been expected.

3. The Jiama / Gyama mining landslide in Tibet

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013-03/30/c_132273063_3.htm

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On the subject of mining induced landslides, in March the spectacular and remarkable mining induced landslide at Jiama / Gyama in Tibet killed 83 workers.  Although denied by the authorities, there is little doubt that this slide was triggered by the mining activity.  The long runout and high mobility of the debris is notable, as is the continuing lack of information about the event, in notable contrast to Bingham Canyon.

4. The La Pintada landslide in Mexico

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jgxArPD5xS2gHI95daKQfXYvvyNA?docId=CNG.f3b813c83565864ba6d2d2ae56dd28ec.6c1

In September, a pair of tropical cyclones brought exceptional rainfall to Mexico, triggering floods and landslides.  The most spectacular event occurred in the village of La Pintada, where a large landslide struck the town, killing 68 people.  This is the type of event that is extremely difficult to anticipate, but deadly in terms of impact.

5. The Izu-Oshima debris flows in Japan

http://mw1.google.com/crisisresponse/2013-japan-typhoon/photos/DSC00490.JPG

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Finally, the multiple debris flows at Izu-Oshima, triggered by typhoon Wipha, were remarkable not just for the cost in terms of lives lost (which was unusual for a more developed country), but also for the mechanisms of failure.  In this case, as the image above shows, the entire side of the hill has failed in multiple shallow landslides.

Slope Monitoring

Keterbatasan practikal dapat menyebabkan pembentukan dinding tambang untuk membentuk lereng interim dan final dan dinding akhir tambang dengan informasi yang tidak lengkap. Pada waktu yang sama potensi kestabilan pada dinding tambang yang tinggi sulit untuk diprediksi dengan ketertersediaan data hasil investigasi dan analisis, terutama pada tahap design . Hasilnya adalah ketergantungan yang kuat pada sistem manajemen lereng dimana bagian utamanya adalah sistem pemantauan yang komprehensif .

Longsoran di tambang

Olahraga Jantung di Canopy Bridge, Bukit Bangkirai

Weekend ..saatnya jalan-jalan. Saatnya mengeksplore objek wisata di daerah Kaltim, dan tujuan kita hari ini adalah Bukit Bangkirai. Bukit Bangkirai adalah kawasan wisata alam yang dikelola PT. Inhutani I Balikpapan. Kawasan wisata ini terletak di Kecamatan Samboja, Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara, Kalimantan Timur.

Pintu Gerbang Bukit Bangkirai

Bukit Bangkirai dapat ditempuh melalui perjalanan darat selama 1,5 jam dari Kota Balikpapan .Jika anda berangkat dari Balikpapan, pada KM 38 anda harus berbelok kekiri menyusur jalan beraspal hotmix yang mulus. Setelah berkendara sekitar 10 km, anda akan bertemu pertigaan jalan. Arah ke kanan menuju Sepaku dan yang ke kiri ke Bukit Bangkirai. Jalan masuk ke lokasi sedikit agak rusak. Kita akan melewati perlintasan jalan hauling batubara PT Singlurus Pratama dan setelah menempuh jarak 8 km anda akan sampai di lokasi.

Eksotisme Laos

Welcome to Lao PDR, menginjakkan kaki pertama kali dinegara ini sama dengan menarik kembali ingatan ke Indonesia tahun 90an, Motor tua, oplet mirip oplet sidoel , becak ala Laos dan kehidupan masyarakatnya.

first class first experience to Bangkok

Akhirnya tiba waktunya untuk tugas pertama mengelilingi Asia, negara pertama yang dituju adalah Laos, ke Phu Bia Copper and Gold mining. Perjalanan panjang harus ditempuh dari Balikpapan ke Singapura kemudian transit satu malam di Bangkok dan menuju Vientiane Laos untuk selanjutnya menempuh jalan darat dengan waktu sekitar 6 jam. Pengalaman pertama bisa menikmati kelas eksekutif Singapore Airlines dengan pelayanan kelas satu dan sangat memanjakan penumpang dengan sunset yang indah sepanjang perjalanan , jadilah saya berbuka puasa pertama diatas pesawat dengan pelayanan prima tanpa harus berdesakan di kelas ekonomi.

Things to do at Changi Airport, Singapore

Perjalanan ke Brisbane harus transit ke Bandara International Changi selama enam Jam. Banyak hal menarik yang bisa kita lakukan di Bandara ini dan dijamin akan memberikan kenyamanan kepada setiap penumpang yang transit.

Bandara ini disetting untuk menjadi pusat transit dari dan seluruh negara di dunia yang dilengkapi dengan pusat perbelanjaan, food court, city train antar terminal dan entertainment area. Lokasi Singapura yang strategis didarati oleh hampir semua meskapai terkenal didunia, sekitar 5000 penerbangan ke lebih dari 200 tujuan negara transit di bandara ini.