15/04/2008
Ujian SIM A Jakarta
Membaca beberapa berita mengenai pemutihan SIM di Jakarta awalnya membuat saya berpikir, seberapa susah sih membuat SIM A di Jakarta?
Jadi, setelah beberapa bulan mengemudi tanpa SIM saya bepikir “it’s time to have one.”
Jadi saya pergi ke UI dan melihat jadwal SIM kolektif. Ternyata SIM kolektif itu sudah tidak ada. Yang ada SIM dari Sekolah Mengemudi dan tetap harus melalui ujian.
Sabtu lalu, saya pergi ke Samsat di Kalideres dan benar-benar mengikuti ujian untuk membuat SIM. Ujian teori tidak terlalu sulit. Ujian langsung di komputer. Soalnya 30.
Ada beberapa rambu yang memang jarang terlihat di jalanan. Selain itu soal2 umum mengenai lalu lintas. Soalnya memang banyak jebakan. Kalau tidak berhati-hati bisa salah menjawab. Tapi saya pikir ini hanya soal logika.
Setelah selesai menjawab soal ke 30, hasil langsung keluar di monitor. Untuk bisa lulus harus bisa menjawab dengan benar minimal 12 soal. Dan saya lulus. Dari delapan orang teman yang berangkat bersama dari UI, 6 diantaranya tidak lulus ujian teori.
Setelah itu langsung menuju ke tempat praktek. Kendaraan yang digunakan adalah Kijang kapsul yang sepertinya memerlukan servis karena suaranya menggerung dan kasar sekali. Selain itu juga ada Kijang Pick-Up. Saya menggunakan Avanza dari Sekolah Mobil di mana saya mendaftar untuk SIM. (Thanks God).
Ketika ujian praktek, salah seorang peserta mengalami kesulitan dengan Kijang yang digunakan. Kijang itu mudah sekali mati bila gasnya tidak ditekan, bahkan bila kopling diinjak penuh. Artinya, mobil yang digunakan memang tak layak untuk dikemudikan.
Tapi mungkin logikanya seperti ini : seorang yang bisa menggunakan mobil yang rusak pastilah seorang pengemudi yang handal yang memang layak memperoleh SIM.
Dibandingkan dengan ujian praktek motor, ujian praktek mobil tidak ada apa-apanya. Saya rasa mungkin karena keterbatasan waktu, maka tidak semua point yang seharusnya diuji dilakukan. Saya hanya diminta berkeliling, belok (dengan permintaan mendadak), jalan lurus .... benar-benar tidak ada tantangan apa pun. Saya rasa seorang pengemudi yang baru belajar pun bisa melakukannya.
Lepas dari sini, kemudian menanti di depan loket-loket untuk foto. Dipanggil ke loket sembilan untuk mengambil berkas lalu menuju tempat foto dan sidik jari. Setelah foto, tidak sampai lima menit, SIM sudah keluar. Semudah itu ...
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29/01/2008
My puppy infected by parvovirus
This morning, I took my puppy to Pondok Pengayom Satwa. She’s badly ill. After she refused t
o eat and drink the whole day yesterday and throw out all food and milk that I tried to put in her mouth, today she’s bleeding.
The doctor said, she is infected by parvovirus, which is a highly dangerous virus and this pathogen could be so deadly.
She added that if my dog could survive it two days ahead, she’ll probably cure. But, if she’s not strong enough, she’ll be ‘sleep forever’ before two days.
In a curiosity since I never heard this kind of disease, I searched on the internet to gain more information about the disease – my previous dog was never suffered serious illness until her death caused by infection because of her old age – and finally find out that parvovirus is a common disease.
It mostly attack young puppies (majority infects dogs less than 6 months of age, with the most severe cases seen in puppies younger than 12 weeks of age)– but it can infect at any age – causing gastrointestinal track damage and dehydration as well as a cardiac syndrome. It spread by contact with infected dog’s feces.
The incubation period is from 7 – 14 days. Active excretion of the virus in the feces can be begin the third day after exposure and may last for one to two weeks after the onset of the disease. The illness is characterized by vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration and dark or bloody feces. The disease progresses rapidly and death can occur as early as two days after the onset of the disease. The most –and probably the only one- treatment is replacing fluids lost by intravenous administration of a balanced electrolyte solution. It is also necessary to apply food restricting during periods of vomiting. The mortality rate caused by this disease is high.Though most website said the disease is deadly, www.marvistavet.com said with proper hospitalization, survival rates approach 80%. Beside fluid therapy with IV, potassium is usually added to the fluids to maintain electrolyte balance and dextrose (sugar) is also frequently added to bump up the blood sugar which may go lower as the dog stress of the disease. Second way, it is necessary to give antibiotics added into the IV fluid bag. Because though mostly infected dog killed by dehydration, parvo also kills through bacterial invasion of the circulatory system.
I just hope my puppy could be one of the survival. One of the website said if a puppy survive through this disease, it will be immune for at least twenty months.
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11/09/2007
40th Day
In Javanese tradition, people that has already passed away would stay 40 days before leaving the earth. I don’t actually believe this, but it’s a nice way of thought that someone you close with stay close to you for sometime after passed away.
For sometime after my close friend passed away, I feel that he’s still around with certain signs. Sometimes, I feel like he’s far away, but there’s time when I feel that he stay close to me especially when I feel down.
Nobody knows what’s life after death as some friends of mine said. I hold on to the belief that human soul return to the Creator.
In memory of your 40 days departure friend, I’d like to say again …. Farewell. Hopefully you have a nice life up there …. With angels surround, no illness and no burden … where joy flooded in every corner … as you are now united with the Owner of soul, the Creator of heaven and earth …. The Almighty God you served along your life … An everlasting life in heaven
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09/09/2007
Dear Friend
I wanna say farewell ….I’m sorry for whatever I did that hurt you …
And Thank you … For every beautiful time we shared together for the last seven years… It has been so meaningful … I really really appreciate your attendance, attention and willingness to help me
As for now, I know that you must be very happy meeting your creator … A rest that you need after long time of suffering with those troubles … Troubles that was not created by you but you had to bear the burden too
So again … Thank you … For those beautiful days … and for the last day together … May your days now filled with happiness only …
I’ll be ok and will try hard to be ok … As the song you kept on listen while you were with me:
Lonely, the path you have chosen … restless world no turning back … One day you will find your light again, don’t you know … don’t let go, be strong
Follow your heart, let your love lead through the darkness, Back to a place you once knew, I believe, I believe, I believe in you
Follow your dreams, be yourself an angel of kindness, There’s nothing that you cannot do … I believe, I believe, I believe in you
Rest in peace Only happiness in your days now and ever
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15/02/2006
For Everthing There Is A Season
For Everything There Is A Season
For everything there is a season,
for every season a plan,
for every plan there is a reason,
The time will help us understand.
There’s a time to learn, a time to grow
And pass things on even as we go.
A time to keep, a time to give,
A time to love, a time to live.
There’s a time for sadness,
A time for pain, a time to find happiness again.
A time for joy, a time for peace,
A time for life to be complete
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11/12/2005
Time To Retreat
Time to Retreat
Trying to escape from the same mistake, but sometimes I just couldn’t help to resist.
I should stop myself, and I should have someone near me to stop me doing bad things
Even though I won’t really disturb other, it affects my feeling badly
Trying to be honest, but sometimes my surrounding make it not easy for me ..
I have to hide, hide behind the mask, ideal mask which created by people
Hardly reveal the real me to public as it will wreck the harmony
So in silent, I keep it … reveal it only to significant person in my life, to my close circle
Even I reveal the contrast self, someone which I hardly known as me
Trying to demolish the feeling …even to kill my desire
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27/11/2005
Reflection
Reflection
The greatest win is when you can beat yourself. I do think I can beat my self not to do things that so tempting. But it is not stop only to the moment you successfully prohibited yourself of doing things you must avoid. The feeling as it subsequent is even more hurt than not doing it.
In the world where you have to communicate with people around you, sometimes you just have to listen and do what others want. I remember a friend of me said that he has an ear to listen to so many people’s problem as his work, but he barely has a significant and caring person to listen to his problem.
This things even more complicated if it deals with someone that you love. Sometimes you really wanna do something for whatever the reason is, but the one that you love doesn’t want it. And at the contrary, you really don’t wanna do things that your love want it badly. You trapped in a peculiar feeling whether you’re going to do what you want or what your spouse want. Kinda sticky situation that you really want to avoid. And if this things happen regularly that you start to recognize the rhytm it sometimes cause a bad effect. A friend of mine who happen to experience bad relationship with his spouse and always controlled by her seemed to lose his own personality and desire. Od course I never expect myself to be in the above situation.
Today, I also realize that one of my friend seemed so gloomy. I was wondering what happen to him till I know from a source that he’s in the process to fix things in his life. Well, I really appreciate things that he described so trutfully. In the middle of the ideal condition he wanna create and the present comforting condition, he has no idea of what to choose. Dilemma is proven easily make people get crazy. But I learn that when you being in such situation, the easiest thing is being honest. Honest about what you want, especially to God.
Once, I was doing bad things against God’s will. I was trapped in a dilemma of stay in the sin which cause guilty feeling even it is so enjoyable, and in a conscience to fix self and please God with my behavior. I really hard to choose. So, I said that in my prayers. And God open the way. The comfy situation that brought me to sin, without my intervension, seemed to be taken away from me. Hurt, yes. But in the time when you cannot choose but accept, you’ll learn to survive it.
Life is full of contradiction.
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01/11/2005
SDASP
30 October 2005 11.47 p.m.
Special Day for A Special Person
What so special about today? Today is my boyfriend 25th birthday. I’ve known him for more than 5 years since the first time I recognized his existence at my campus on 1999. That time, he looked so young and naïve. But I was wrong. He’s much mature compare to his appearance.
The longer I know him, the more I aware that he’s such a great person. Smart for sure, wise, good leader, idealistic and so many other characters I adore so much from him. Despite all those things, I’m very happy to have him with me.
He’s just called me and make some reflections of the past year and future wish :
I’ve been through many big things this year. Final assignment, graduation, relationship’s problems, starting to work, and so many other. And I’m glad I can pass it.
For the next year, I want to have my life set up well, dare to take decisions, never hesitate for whatever the situation is.
Well, the same wish for me to him as well. My relationship with him was not so easy about several months ago. We’ve been through many conflicts and rearranges our relationship. As for me, our relationship condition now is much better compare to the past time. After so many war, we understand each other better and even getting closer and closer. At least, I feel that way. He also take a brave decision concerning my relationship with him, not only about the conflict resolution but also to take a step ahead for our relationship future.
One more thing, I believe that this year he learns more about betrayal and friendship. Well, sometimes a person who you trust very well can have hidden characters that you wouldn’t now until you get a clash with him or her. I wish he can fix it.
Hmmmm ….. start to get sleepy. So’ I’m going to sleep now.
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26/10/2005
After The Test
Wednesday, Ocotber 26th, 2005 11.08 p.m.
After the test ….
It feels like so released ….
Actually, compared to the test I had when I was on graduate program, the amount of the test is nothing. I usually had 7 to 8 test in a week. On my postgraduate program now, I just only had 4 test in two weeks.
The test I consider as the most difficult is yesterday test. It was Social and Development Theory test with close book system. Even though I had not have problem with time limitation, I hardly remember the theories dispersed in several books. Today’s test is probably the easiest test with open book system. But I had problem with the time restriction.
However, I really thank God that I can finish all the test without significant trouble. For God is good and His mercy endureth forever.
Tomorrow I will leave to Cisarua, in West Java for annual editorial meeting of Chorale magazine, a music magazine. Hopefully, it will have a fruitful result on fixing the work system as well as the preparation for next year plan.
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21/10/2005
Focus
19 Oktober 2005 10.33 p.m.
Focus
…. That’s what my Pastor friend often said concerning essential decision I made in my life. At the first place, he used this magic word on me when I was struggled for my graduate program. So, after two years pending my final assignment, I seriously make significant progress to focus on my final assignment.
That was happening again to me a month ago. I was in the intersection of choosing work, study and family last month. I could only choose two from the three option, and family wasn’t something to consider about. The first choice is family, the second preference might be work or study. After long consideration concerning my future, discuss it with my family and other significant persons in my life, I left my work as an editor in Maxx-M, a free lifestyle magazine.
Actually, I enjoy the kind of work as an editor there. It contributes me many opportunities to extend my network as well as learn more about media publishing not only from editorial side, but from the production, distribution, and marketing. Not to mention that I’ve got lots of chance to visit several interesting and distinctive places.
Talking about the working environment, I hardly say that I really enjoy working there, but at least I can accept the existing working environment and badly try to adapt there.
Actually, I have some good friends from the editorial department which made me enjoy to cooperate with them.
But then, I had to choose. Even though it wasn’t nice to choose leaving my work, I had to make that decision. Now, I prefer to work as freelance reporter and as a piano teacher, as well as trying to find opportunities to work as a communication lecturer.
After almost a month leaving my work at Maxx-M, I really enjoy my life now as a piano teacher, writer to media, postgraduate student and maintain my little family. At the first place, there was a big hesitation that I could leave my work and lose my career as well as financial source. But no longer now.
I look at the world from different shoes. Maintain relationship to people you love is more important. Time to spend with family is precious. Since my mother and father already pass 60, I don’t know how long we can share stories and life together. Considering about Mira and Karis, I just don’t want them to feel like having nobody in the world after Jeffry’s irresponsible leave. Sharing love, being loved, enjoy comfortable life without any pressure which make you lose your liberty, is a very pleasant life to me and I don’t really want any of that to be changed. If there’s still one thing that I want to fixed is concerning my relationship to God and maintain my health by sports.
To whoever who read this, hope you comfortable with your life now. Don’t let someone or something control your life. You just only have one life on earth with time limitation, so you have to know what you want.
I know what I want, and what I wanna be.
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16/10/2005
Mid test First Day
First day of mid test after become a postgraduate student. Busy like hell preparing the test, reading so many books, lack of sleep ... and easily sensitive to little things. What a relieve after the test .....
I'll have another test in the next two days, which I haven't really prepared for it. Thanks to my friends who crazy enough to chat crazy things before test which make me feel better.....
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09/08/2005
Failure
In daily life, failure is common. But to learn how to manage disappointment when you fail is something difficult. Especially, if you're not prepare enough to face failure. I, myself, always manage not to expect on something desperately. As for me, I do my best and leave the rest to God to decide what the best for me. Even though sometimes it is hard to pray that way, asking God to show His will for me, I have to learn to accept things in mylife willingly.
Pfff, know what ... I'm waiting for something .... and prepare my self not to get dissappointed. (CP)
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05/08/2005
Confused
Life is sometimes confusing. Never cross in my mind that I will have several options of work in the same time and make me really confused coz all the opportunities are good. Not to mention how good the position is ... well, that's life. Any idea what to do? My friend said to look the future development .... I just learn something from this. when you have to choose, remember these things :
1. realize what you wanna be and adjust with your life's purpose
2. look ahead the future the positive and negative, the possibility of development when you choose something
3. Listen to what your heart said
4. The most important is pray and ask for God's will in our live
Hopefully those will work well on me!
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07/07/2005
"Friend from God"
Know what’s the most difficult thing to learn from Christ? Forgive someone who always react bad to you, no matter how hard you try to be nice. Probably, the reason why God created such person who makes you feel really eager to punch them on the nose is to help you to be patient. Talking that way about other, I hope I never create that feeling in others.
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15/06/2005
Objective
A view months ago, at the first edition of Chorale magazine, my friend watched a concert conducted by Jakarta Oratorio Society. To him, the only one who perform well is only Ndaru Darsono. So, after studying the history of "The Elijah" and asked several significant musician, he wrote about the concert. To his opinion, the choir a little bit looked unprepared in the show without good dynamics. My fellow journalist is a credicle journalist as I know that he always tried to be objectives in writing.
To my surprise, about a week ago, when Jakarta Oratorio Society conducted a concert, they refused to sell the ticket to one of the Chorale's editorial team. We highly understand their feeling to us that way. But of course we feel so sorry that such a growing choir afraid of being critized. Just learn that critics make you better and better. And to me, my friends writing is a positive critics in a strong base.
But well, again, I quote someone said in a magazine that "a person mild chilli sauce probably a dynamite juice to other". Hopefully, we learn and learn to be able to stand in an objective manner. (Camelia Pasandaran)
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08/06/2005
Life is Short
Last Monday, an old man in my church passed away. He was hit by a train just only some meters away from his house. Being healthy for almost along his life (86 years old), he’s good in maintaining his health by exercised every day. That morning, he was crossing the railroad in his usual habit of walking when a train passed and hit him. He’s head met the hard floor and terribly bleed. Some of his children and grandchildren are doctors.
Not long after that, last Saturday, some one who used to sleep in my church pass away. Some people who’s about to have a morning pray found his body at the church altar. People guessed that he might had a heart attack in his weak health condition.
Several people said that how nice it is to leave your life in a quick way just like those two persons. No pain, no illness. But to me, that must be scary to leave the world without your closest family. You cannot leave any message. But learn something from this. If you want to say how meaningful your friends and family for you, say it while you have times. Who knows what’s going to happen to you or them.
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11/05/2005
Experience
Sometimes life make us do what we don't want to do. That will teach us to see whether we truly dislike it, or we were wrong about it. Do we have a good reason for dislike something or it just only unlogical subjectivity. That makes us wiser and confirm about decision & judgement that we take. and .... we bocome more and more MATURE.
(Oktamandjaya Wiguna)
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03/05/2005
Uncertainty
I rarely have myself in an uncertainty condition. But these days, I seem to find myself trap in it. Well, probably trap is not the perfect word, actually, it was my own decision. But several times I doubt whether I took a correct decision. In such condition like this, my boy friend said to me that he doesn't care whether I have took a wrong or right decision. He said that he'll always be there for me. It's nice to know that in the world full of things that change so fast, I still have people that I love and care who'll always stand beside me for all the way I choose.
Moreover, I have GREAT God that will walk with me all the way.
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02/05/2005
New Journey
After two years working in Yamuger, this year I'm going to move to another office and a total different kind of work. But I have a believe that it will help me to have better achievement and experiences.
Beside, while working in that office, I still can go on with my study plan.
Honestly, I'm a little bit afraid of moving. Not afraid of the new work but such simple feeling as "sad of losing my friends", whether I'm going to adapt well there, or whether I'm going to have time for my family and the next study.
Last Friday, I went to my campus to meet one of my lecturer. He gave me lots of advice concerning my plan to study. I met other lecturers as well and support me to keep on studying. They gave me great support.
Well, this week, I really wanna go to the waterfall .... I really want to be alone ... really, madly want to think again and again about my future.
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24/04/2005
Career Day
Last Friday, I joined a talk show about career planning for tenagee. I was there as a liturgost, but I actively listen to the program.
From all the speaker, I notice that one of the speaker, who work as an IT at a legal assistant company deliver the most systematic and practical guidance. The last sentence of him was very good to remember " work you love and love your work".
After received as a postgraduate student at UI, I think I have to consider again about my work now. Wish to have a good counsellor to talk with about this. Someone who's really objective and have a broad knowledge and point of view.
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06/04/2005
Waiting
Honestly, I don’t like waiting. If you’re waiting for a person to come, sometimes you can anticipate by doing other constuctive things while waiting. But, I don’t like being in an uncertain situation. This uncertain situation can be waiting for someone’s promise, or a news that will influence your entire life.
There are sevaral things I have to wait for weeks and even months lately. Firstly, a promise of one of my closest person who suppose to tell someone else about a certain condition. By delaying this work, he made me be in an uncertain situation.
Secondly, I have a big project that has to run quickly. But again and again, I have to wait for the same person to do something so it can work. Thirdly, I have to wait for a news that will affect me of what to do with my education plan. Fourtly, I have to wait for the result of selection test announcement of post graduate program that I plan to take.
The first and second condition reminds me of what my best friend said about me. I suppose to be alone. Because that way, I can be very productive and able to go faster compare if I’m depend to someone else. I disagree with his opinion.
The third and fourth, I have no choice instead of waiting and just waiting.
I learn something from my situation this month : PATIENT. This word is easily said but hard to do. The key to this attitude is practicing. Practicing to be patient and patient and patient, even when it hurts.
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05/04/2005
True Love
Almost the whole night I keep wondering whether I can found true love.
So I sent two sms to two advisors of mine and ask them whether they believe in true love. Both answer my Q, but one of them didn't give relevant answer. Here is the sms of my friend who lives in Australia :
"It's not easy to judge whether a love is the true one or not. Tp buat gw, true love itu adalah dimana kita tidak lg memikirkan 'what did i get?' melainkan 'sudah sepenuhnyakah saya mencintai dia?'
I keep thinking of that answer almost the whole day today, and make me hardly concentrate on my work. Till I start to find out that it's true.
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04/04/2005
Learn & Learn
As for me, life is a life time school for studying new things, exploring every its detail so you can be wiser and wiser. Never in my life, I think to publish my personal life in such blog like this, but then I know, that I can just remain unknown while I can share things in my life here. If there's no one open this blog, at least, I can open it regularly, make past life experience as a good mirror to make such important decision.
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