Boring

Really, I feel boring with my job and tasks. Everyday likes yesterday (not everyday likes Sunday). Always prepared report, meeting, meeting, and meeting…. Sometimes meeting result nothing. Meeting sometimes make you feel sleeping and bored. Like today, I have no interest with the meeting. My boss feels the same. Because he is my supervisor, he has authority to order me follow the meeting. Like told before, there have no result. Always talk but no action. Now I make report for my boss. But I still remember quotation from Og Mandino quotes (American Essayist and Psychologist, 1923-1996): “The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams.”
Ok, I try to enjoy my job.

My BlackBerry Curve 8520 Gemini

Yesterday I bought BlackBerry Curve 8520 Gemini at Supermall Lippo Karawaci Tangerang because my pervious cellular phone is out of date (you can see in picture). My Sony Ericsson K-750i looks old, dirty and fat. I have been used this K-750i for more 3 years. Now, this is time for me to change cellular phone. BlackBerry Curve 8520 Gemini itself claimed as cheap Blackberry with price is Rp. 3.2 million (US$ 300). This price is not expensive for cellular phone like Blackberry. BlackBerry Curve 8520 Gemini shape is almost similar with BlackBerry 8900 Javelin but lighter because used plastic texture. Not ignored slam resistance and solid. But Gemini has some decreased specification likes only equipped with 2 megapixels camera and have no GPS tools. This cellular phone looks cool and nice.

Specifications :
Network : Quadband GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
Dimension : 10.9 x6 x 1.39 cm
Weight : 106 gram
Operating System : BlackBerry OS
Camera : 2 MP
Display : 2.64 inch, TFT MCD 65.536 colors, 320×240 pixels
Messaging : SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging, Email (push-email) corporate and individual account via BIS/BES
Transfer Data : EDGE 10, GPRS 10
Browser : BlackBerry Browser
Memory : Internal 256MB Flash Memory, External MicroSD (TransferFlash) up to 16GB
Connectivity: WiFi 802.11b/g (optional), microUSB data cable.
Battery: Lithium Ion 1150 mAh, Standby time 408 jam, 5 hours talk time.
Other Features : BlackBerry Maps, BlackBerry Messanger,Polifonik (mp3), full QWERTY keyboard, Trackpad Navigation, Media Player, GPS/A-GPS support (optional), java, BlackBerry Maps, Organizer, Calculator, Voice dial, Word ToGo.

Five government leaders attend Yudhoyono's inauguration

This news I quoted from Jakarta Post on Tuesday 10/20/2009 :

Government leaders from Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and East Timor are attending the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Australian Prime Minister Minister Kevin Rudd, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and East Timor Prime President Jose Ramos Horta all have arrived at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) building. Representatives from Japan, the United States, South Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Czech Republic are also on attendance.
In addition to the foreign dignitaries, former president B.J. Habibie and former vice president Try Sutrisno were also among the guests. Megawati Soekarnoputri, who lost to Yudhoyono at the presidential elections, was absent, but her daughter Puan Maharani was there. Meanwhile, outgoing vice president Jusuf Kalla, who also lost to Yudhoyono at the elections, attended the inauguration. Megawati's husband, Taufik Keimas, the MPR speaker, will swear in Yudhoyono.

Today when I going to my office, I passed through Majelis Perwakilan Rakyat or People's Consultative Assembly building at Slipi, South Jakarta. Many police and army around there place. If usually day trip in this area always traffic jam, today is going worse. Beside traffic jam, Jakarta condition also so hot. Police and blockade and secure traffic infront building and we must looking another way to our destination place. This is take extra time. Be patient. The result, I came late to my office….. But not only me, my boss came late too…Ha..ha..ha.., he doesn’t angry because he came later than me…..

Flight with Garuda Airlines

Yesterday and the day before yesterday, I had call of duty to go to other cities. Not so far away from Jakarta. I had to go to Semarang, Central Java. I get flight at 9.20 by Garuda Airlines and arrived at Ahmad Yani Airport Semarang at 10.20. From Semarang I picked by my colleagues to three regencies, that is Demak, Kudus, and Pati. I have job to monitoring physical and finance progress. How far the progress until today, there any problem in field? Wow, so hot weather in these three regencies. The second day I visited Surakarta regency and Sragen regency. Same weather…. You can imagine monitoring how hot it field in the midday and dusty. Heavy vehicle traffic around me so noisy and make air pollution. From Sragen I decided to go back to Jakarta from Adi Sutjipto, Jogjakarta and bought Garuda Airlines ticket at their counter for flight at 16.10. I have not enough time to go to Prambanan Temple even the distance is near. At that time I must check in first. But flight from Jogjakarta make me a liitle bit scare and worried because in that afternoon the weather is not really good. Cloudy and looks would be rain. In one hour flight, fasten belt keep on even the plane was take off a half hour before. I sat near windows but I saw nothing but black and dark cloud. I can felt flight sometimes shake. I was chosen to read newspaper. But over West Java the weather going better and I can saw the sun and landed smoothly at Soekarno Hatta Airport runaway at 17.15. Thank God. Now I went go home, take a bath, eaten hot noodle, than go slept. I was tired.

Earthquake in Jakarta

Because my busy day to followed meeting about Lebaran Day route, I forget to write about my experience when earthquake disaster happened in Jakarta. By the way, Lebaran is that white gift and the day when all Muslims forgive each others' faults. Lebaran Day celebrated after fasting for the whole month in Ramadhan. Back to the topic, I was remembered at that time is September 3, 2009. I was at 8th office chat with my friends. Suddenly at 14.25, I felt my chair shake. I think this happen because the chair peer had no well function anymore. But I also felt floor also move to right and left like we surfing. What happened? I stared my friend with astonishment and he does the same thing. He stared at me without blink. “Earthquake?” ask me quietly. My friend no answered my question yet, suddenly my boss from his room shouted “EARTHQUAKE!”. This followed by another shouts from outside my division office room. “Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar (Allah The Mighty! Allah The Mighty!)!” shout another man. Ok, don’t panic! Relax. I said to my self. Relax doesn’t means I must slowly but I must think clearly. Earthquake goes harder than before. Lift automatically shut down. It is dangerous if we used lift when earthquake happen. We could be trapped inside lift. So I and my friends looked emergency stair. Some people choose to hide under their table. Before that I chose to do like that but earthquake shake not stopping yet. I better go to outside building. I am afraid this building will be collapse. I known my building office was designed to face earthquake till 8 Richter scale. But this building design 20 years ago. It’s old building. Some of women employees start to cry and panic. Some women behind me pushed me in emergency stair. “Hurry up! Harry up!” she says. “Calm down, please,” I say that because emergency stair is filled with panic crowded people. If we panic can make chaos. When chaos happened, someone can be fall down and stepped by another. I felt safe when arrived in wide field in front office building. Some of employee escape from building only used sandal even some of them ran in bare foot (what I are doing with yours shoes?). Duration earthquake shake maybe takes 3 minutes. Some employees already go home for the first time their arrived in field. After wait about half hour and think earthquake already stopped, I back to my office to take my bag I go home. I back to my room because in my bag I put my motorcycle key, important paper, and some money. I so tired when I must used stair to get 8th floor and back down again. They are who working in 1st floor was so lucky. My boss does the same thing. I pray to God, “Thank God, you save me today. Thank a lot.” Later from news on television I known the earthquake have powered 7.3 Richter scale and epicenter location about 142 kilometers from south Jakarta with 30 depth kilometer under Indonesian Ocean.

RIP of My Auntie

Yesterday on September 2nd, 2009, my beloved auntie dies at 56 years old. In my previous posting I written that my auntie get cancer but the last time checked is not breast cancer but breast tumor infection from inside wound already spread in her internal vital organs like liver, lung, and brain. The last day she gets bloody vomit from her internal organs wounds. Food gives to my auntie via small tube on her noses. But some food come to her stomach, she throws up four times of food sum mixed with blood. She can’t eat anymore. Doctors said the family must prepare for the worst condition. Doctor suggested to family that my auntie uses breath helper on her mouth but doctor also said this is only make longer her physical life but not her biological life because some internal organs is doesn’t works anymore. My uncle denied to used breath helper because if her wife dies, he doesn’t know that breath is from her beloved wife or machine. He wants his wife dies by naturally. And God have best plan for my auntie. She dies at 09.00 am at Dharmais Cancer Hospital in Jakarta. Doctor said my auntie dies because of multi organs failure. Goodbye my beloved auntie, I always remember your kindness, laughs, and of course your rica-rica (traditional delicious food from Manado, North Sulawesi). My auntie left husband and a daughter. Lesson from this happening is: don’t wait till everything too late.

Fly with BataviaAir Again

I am not fanatic with BataviaAir flight, but I don’t have choice. I prefer flight with Garuda than BataviaAir. Because I often used Garuda flight if go to other cities. But meeting invitation came late to my office. Only one day before meeting in Surabaya. My Boss gives me duty that I can’t denied. “Sir, can I not come to this meeting because I have another task to finished.” No way. My Boss still in his decision that I should come to this meeting. My Boss have another task so he can’t come to Surabaya. So here I am, ready to go to Surabaya, East Java. I go in the early morning and back again to Jakarta in the afternoon. At this time is peak season in Indonesia because is nearly time with Ramadhan time (when Moslem have obligation to fasting) difficult to find flight over 7 o’clock in the morning. I got flight at 06.00 and 05.15 I must already check in. So I must go from home at 04.30. Still sleepy head. You can see airport and runaway in Soekarno Hatta Airport still foggy. In the plane, I really sleep for a while. Jakarta to Surabaya take 1 hour and 10 minutes flight time. When I go to Surabaya, I flight with Boeing 737-400. But from Surabaya I get flight with Boeing 737-200 is smaller and older than Boeing 737-400. Flight time is same. In this flight, I only get small bread and mineral water glass. I still hungry. So in Djuanda International Airport, I take breakfast with hot chicken soup. Yummy but expensive, the price is third times more expansive. After meeting I directly go to Djuanda Airport, fly with BataviaAir again. From Surabaya at 17.00 arrived in Jakarta at 18.00. Beside me is cute woman but she still busy with Eiji Yoshikawa book, Taiko. I busy too with my newspaper. Swear, I afraid if plane started to take off. Thank for God, everything going well. Now I prepare report about meeting. Wait a moment, Boss.

My Auntie Got Breast Cancer

Yesterday I came to Dharmais Cancer Hospital (Rumah Sakit Kanker Dharmais) on Slipi Jaya – West Jakarta. I visited my auntie. She got breast cancer stadium IV. It was highest level of cancer spread. She came too late to hospital to check her bruise on breast. She think that only little soft tumor. But every day is bigger and bigger. Unfortunately, my auntie affraid checked this bruise to doctor. She think is not hurt and not disturbed her daily activity. Year by year goes by....and now is almost nine years the bruise going worse and start to disturbing her activity. Check to docktor, laboratory tested result is breast cancer. So lesson for this condition, never delay to check to doctor before everything going worse. This week doctor has already have plan to make big operation procedure and cemotraphy. But my auntie dispressed and her condition drop. So the operation must canceled wait till my auntie condition going better. My auntie looks so thin and pale. The last time I see her last months still productive and joyful. Now she only silent when saw me. It is difficult for her to talk because feel so weak and queasy. Now she was in hospital treatment for two weeks and she finally resigned for her job. I hope my auntie condition going better and recover.

Go to Barbershop

Yestedat I go to barbershop tp cut my hair. My hair is too long for an employee. So I look not like employee but freeman. Beside that, I feel hot in my head especially when I sweaty. So annoying. So after office hours, I had plan to directly go to barbershop near at my home in Tengerang City. I must stand in line because this barbershop is popular enough. After wait for 15 minutes, I go my turn. Tariff for cut hair in this barbershop is moderate. Not cheap and also not too expensive. For adult is Rp. 9,000 (US$ 0.9), child Rp 6,000 (US$ 0.6). The last time I cut my hair is a month ago, the tariff is Rp 7,000. I asked barbershop employee why they tariff increase. They said must increasing tariff because everything prices is increasing too. Like electric energy, soap, and other. But I think for barbershop they only use scissor and to do they jobs. For me, the inceasing tariff is fine, but many customers protest with this regulation. But what can we do?
Compare with cheap barbershop, the put tariff for Rp. 3,000 – 5,000 and for expensive class like executive barbershop or saloon, tariff is more over tahn Rp. 10,000. I had experience cut myhair in saloon, I must pay Rp. 30.000 plus tips. But the result is same with this barbershop. So why I must spend more money in saloon if I can get better.
I like cut my hair in this place because I know the employee. They are polite, patient, and as customer I get massage in head, shoulder, and hand after they cut my hair. Duration for cutting my hair is 15 minutes plus 2-3 minutes for massage. I give tips to barbershop employee Rp. 2,000. If you think the tariff is enough, is okay to not give tips. It is depend on us. I look myself in the mirror. I look more handsome than before, ha..ha..ha...

Without No Seat on The Train

I had not really good experience with train. This happening two weeks a go when I have task in Central Java. I must survey road and bridge condition in this area. The last day of survey, I got news from my wife that my beloved son got sick. Influenza. He can sleep because cant breath well. So I have decision as soon as possible to come back to Jakarta. I am at that time at Purwakerto. That day was night, almost 9 pm. I have no choice to go back to Jakarta execpt by train. The schedule I have to back to Semarang and back to Jakarta by plane. However at that time no gurantee I got plane ticket for flight tommorow morning. Because this is peak season when student got holiday and week end. Then trip Purwokerto to Semarang, capital of Central Java, takes seven hours. Wasting time. No matter what, I must go back to Jakarta that night. I have 20 minutes to catch the train. Buy the ticket in locket price is Rp. 80.000 (approx. US$ 8). In ticket I can see the word : no seat. Many passenger luike me buy no seat ticket. I buy newspaper to use as match in train floor. Take pity on me. Floor is full by passenger. So I must seat in floor near toilet. So smell so stink and I got dizzy. To solve this problem I used my handkerchief as masker. This is not enough, I still can smell the toilet aroma. I spray parfume to my handkerchief. This is better.
My unluck not stop in that stink smell. Because I am in business train, amolst in every station, the train stop to wait another train pass through (becuase only one railway track). This is make worse by street vendor on the train to selling their good or food (like satay or friend rice on the package). So noise and I must be carefull because sometimes thief or pick pocket pretend as street vendor. I really can sleep by this noise, wind, and smell. Enough is enough. Next times I better looking hotel then go back by bus in the morning. It’s more comfortable and safe. So tired. Don’t laugh, I saw the worse condition than me. When the train stop for while in station ( I can see the name of station, but it is dark), I saw passengger in the enonomic train beside our train. The economic train really overloaded. Many passenger cant seat and only can stand up (they cant sit) in the toilet room with another six or seven passengers and the toilet have no lamp. So beside the smelly and small toilet room is also dark and hot. In that way, I feel lucky. The trip from Purwokerto to Senen Station takes 8 hours (compared to only one hour by plane). Lucky me, my son is going better and better. Makes my tired disappered.
NB : I still looking my train ticket. I want to show you.

Introduction

Day O Day.... I starting with my journal. I want to share about my experience, thinking, mind, and knowledge. It' better if we share what we know to anyone else. Why I use Day O Day to my blog? In the first time I want use Day2Day.... mean everyday I have something to share. But someone has already use this name. Then I choose Day4Day. Same condition. So... I chose Day O Day. Yeah, i think this have same meaning..... Ok, let me think first, what the first topic I want share...... Yes, I know. Last week I have survey to Central Java and Yogyakarta for preparation of Lebaran. Lebaran is the celebration that comes at the end of the Muslim month of fasting, Ramadhan (or called Idul Fitri). The Arabic meaning of Idul Fitri is “becoming holy again”.

One of the celebrations of Lebaran is Mudik. In order to reunite with parents and families, millions of migrants from big cities like Jakarta make long queues for train and bus tickets, jump into any overloaded transportation vehicles they can find and get stuck for hours in traffic jams. For them, all the pain and inconvenience is nothing but a small hazard of the home-sweet-home journey. In fact, the journey itself is often an interesting story to tell to the families back home. So I make survey with Public Works Department and Consultans to see progress build and maintance of road and bridge in Central Java and Yogyakarta. Where is location have potentiality traffic jam, flood area, landslide, or accident.