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Semarang job excursion

Akhirnya sampai juga.
Memang tidak lah sama, orang yang tahu dengan yang tidak tahu. Akibat salah pilihan moda transportasi, perjalanan Makassar Semarang ini menjadi panjang dan lama....
Tapi opsi kita memang tidak selalu banyak... Tanggal2 ini tiket pesawat agak sulit didapat. Mungkin sisa arus balik...
Jadilah bertiga kami turun di Juanda, dan harus via darat ke tempat acara di Semarang.
Pilihan kereta, bus, atau Travel. Nah, karena ketidaktahuan itu tadi, saya mengusulkan Travel saja, alasannya, langsung diantar ke alamat tujuan. Nggak usah repot cari taksi lagi dari dan ke terminal/stasiun.
Ternyata..... Travel SBY-SMG sama sekali beda. Katanya langsung berangkat, tertunda2 terus, alasan ini itu, padahal intinya ngetem nunggu penumpang cukup. Kayak angkot....
Akhirnya keluar Surabaya baru jam 12. 00.WIB.
Sampai di Hotel di Semarang, jam sudah lewat angka delapan.

Apartment5

Dropped Pin near Avenida Presidente Nicolau Lobato Díli Timor-Leste http://goo.gl/maps/V6kOy

Sepinggan Pratama Sport Center

Dropped Pin near Jalan Mohammad T. Haryono http://goo.gl/maps/VY6Id

Shalawat

اللهم صلي على محمد وعلى آله وأصحابه أجمعين
الهم صلى على سيدنا محمد و أشغل الظالمين باظالمين
و أخرجنا من بينهم سالمين و على آله و سحبه أجمعين

Hevindo Badminton Court

Al-Maarij

Martabak Bangka

At Work.

Sync. Live writer, Blogger, FB

I love this kind of thing..... Shortcuts.

Ramadhan 1434H – A different experience

Never expected that I would experience most of Ramadan days without my family. This is not the first time actually. But this time, it feels even harder for me. Back in 2005, there was only De… Now, more people to miss, De and the kids.

But the bright side is, the distance is a lot closer now than UPG-MEL. It takes only about an hour to fly BPN-UPG. The only thing to consider is the ticket fare. ‘Cos even for the so called low-cost carrier, seems to be not that low for me ;-). Especially around peak seasons.
 
For the moment, my schedule is to go home every two weeks. And in between,well….I should content with their voices over the phone. Since my arrival about a month ago, I have two round trip BPN-UPG, and at least fifteen minutes call, almost every day. It’s worth it. Every minute and every rupiah, if you ask me….
However, this circumstances teaches me to value the moment with them even more. Things that we usually take for granted suddenly become a luxury, when they are scarce.

For the same reason, I should value every minutes in this holy month more than any moment outside Ramadan. We’ve been told this since we were kids, so that most of the time, it is heard just like another cliche.

However, some experiences, like living separated from your loved ones, would give meaning to those words. And would certainly leave deep impression in your heart and soul.
… I love you De, Div, Qil, Qi………..

...Rabbanaa waj’alnaa muslimaini laka wa min dzurriyyatinaa ummatan muslimatan laka. Wa arinaa manaasikanaa wa tub’alainaa. Innaka anta tawwaburrahiim……

Mengurus Penggantian STNK di samsat Makassar

Usually I have someone at the office to do this kind of things. Everybody knows it usually involves long queue, inefficient processes etc. We have to dedicate special time slot in our agenda should we want to handle it ourselves.

But I still on my Leave from the office, and actually have this long curiosity about how our public service measured up with their promise of 'reforms'. Everybody I ask about this suggests that it actually takes not that long. There're some improvements apparently. So I set out this morning hoping that the whole process is not like what it used to.

I entered the Samsat Office parking lot at about 11am. Hardly any space left. Busy indeed. Not knowing where to start, I just parked and straight to the information desk.
Turn out that for my case, which is 'Penggantian STNK' , I should do (or to be exact, the car) physical check first. There's somebody who will take the chassis and machine code number by stroking pencil on a piece of paper. The paper laid on the number pattern embossed on the machune/chassis. That pencil strokes would form similar pattern on the paper, and indicating the authenticity of the car. No formal charge here, but I felt it's impolite not to give some tips.
The next desk is registration for physical check. So it's the other way around, you check first then you register :-).
Then I was told to continue to counter C. I didn't see any C sign, so I had to ask. I should add here that you'd better have copy of your ID card and BPKB (A document to prove your car ownership-you get this from the dealership when buying the vehicle) ready beforehand. Or you would be asked to do so, before continuing to the next counter.
This counter only took about 5 minutes, before I was asked to pay the bill at cashier counter. For my 2007 Xenia, I must pay Rp 1.333.000,-. The bill includes Vehicle Tax (Pajak Kendaraan Bermotor), SWDKLLJ (Sumbangan Wajib Dana Kecelakaan Lalu Lintas Jalan-an accident insurance), and administration charges.
The next counter would be counter 15, 'cetak STNK' for cars. Here I found out that as my current license is still valid till next month (January),, the new one can only be printed next month. No one told me that. So, guess  I should be visiting this office again sometime in January. No biggies...
I should mention that there are some chairs reserved for seniors and disabled persons. It also separates the chairs and counters for women from the ones for men. This is good policy from the office. But I still see some employees smoking in there. I thought it is illegal to smoke on the public places, including for public services like this. 
The whole process took about an hour. Not bad, I actually rather impressed. But I can help thinking that it definitely can be and should be simpler and streamlined further. Too many counters and people involved. More than once I noticed, their specific task is only to write down our paper numbers in some kind of log books. Well, bar codes and its reader would be a lot faster, a lot cheaper, and error free I think.
So? I would suggest that if you have this kind of errand, you experience it yourself. That if you have enough time.

Mobile blogging is back

Jakarta First Timers - Kiddo.

Ini foto tahun 2010 kalo nggak salah. Habis dari acara Om Budi di Jepara, kita naik kereta ke Jakarta. Dari Jakarta cuma sempat bawa anak2 ke Ancol, trus belanja dikit ke Bandung.

Sayang sekali di Makassar sangat sedikit alternatif wisata keluarga yang cukup baik. Udah lah dikit, yg bagus mahal, yg murah nggak bagus ;-).

Tapi sebetulnya anak2 punya standar sendiri mana yg bagus mana yg nggak. Dan mestinya standar kita sebagai orang tua ya mesti ngikut anak. Sejauh apa mereka bisa tertawa-tawa lepas, di situ nilai bagus nggaknya. Benar begitu?

Amazing Android

Hampir setahun sudah, mengenal jenis OS/Handset satu ini. Sampai sekarang masih ada saja yang bisa dilakukan supaya HP terasa baru lagi.

Yang setia sejak pertama, Motorola Droid2. Spek lumayan (pada masanya) jadi nggak cepat usang. Sekarang mantap jalan diatas ROM APEX 2.0.0 RC2. Kemarin baru saja ganti launcher dari LauncherPro ke GoLauncher. Ditambah theme ICS, jadi lah sekarang tampilan mirip2 android teranyar.

Itu salah satu kelebihan android menurut saya, sampai sekarang masih betah main2 setting, trus bikin orang terheran2, "bisa gitu ya... ;-)".

 

De malah sudah pernah make dua model robot ijo ini. Samsung Fascinate Putih, yang hanya berumur beberapa bulan, sebelum akhirnya jatuh ke tangan pencuri berwatak jahat (nassa mi... jahat). Lalu sekarang setia dengan HTC EVO 4G, semacam handset android sejuta ummat barangkali, secara penggunanya amat banyak sekali (ini tebakan aja). Buktinya thread custom ROMnya paling hidup dibanding yg lain, artinya userbase besar. Beda dengan Motorola Droid2 saya yg susah kali cari update ROM.

Sayangnya karena tanpa pelindung body, HTC putih ini kelihatannya agak2 'teraniaya' oleh anak2. Lecet di sana sini, tapi layarnya yg memang pake Corning Gorilla Glass tetap kinclong mulus. Kenapa ya seluruh body nggak pake Gorilla Glass saja ? ;-).

Anak2 kayaknya lebih senang menganiaya HP Ummi ini daripada punya saya (gamenya lebih banyak). Dipake sampai panas, kalo jus batre tinggal dikit, tetap dipake sambil dicolok ke charger.. ckckck... Alhasil, sering ada keluhan De, lambat lah, program keluar sendiri lah (force closed) dll.

Untungnya, ROM untuk HTC 4G ada banyak, tinggal cari yang up to date dan cukup stabil. Terakhir flashing Shooter 3D, masih ada komplain De, so masih cari2 waktu pasang ROM yg lain.

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"Not destined to be a good writer" apologi yang langsung muncul. Bisa juga bilang, I'm a kind of shy to let people know what's inside my head.
Tapi alasan sebenarnya, people that abandon their blogs will silently agree :-), adalah semata komitmen yang kurang.

So? I'm not promising anything, but let me try to keep posting (at least about things my kids would love to read. Guess that could be a good, strong motivation....).
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