scratch from the past

s e r a h a n

2007-08-01T15:17:00.000+07:00

poernama dua

2007-08-01T09:34:00.000+07:00

bulan penuh tlah lewat
purnama dua kian mendekat
sang waktu melesat begitu cepat
paduan cinta kiat erat

lapang melenggang berjalan
tiada lagi susah sedu sedan
jujur terang tiada kebohongan
merapat beriring isi masa depan

duhai istri pujaan
gandeng hati rapatkan pegangan
berdua atasi cobaan
berdua gapai kebahagiaan

selamat ulang bulan sayang

suamimu
july 27, 2007
puncak

Congratulations

2007-07-20T09:56:00.000+07:00

I read my sms on my cellphone to surprise that it sent by Tasha (did I spell it correctly?), my Malaysian friend who already get married this month [congratulations again, and welcome to the ‘new world’]. She wrote ‘Hello … how u doin’, huh?’

Suddenly I realize that she must be in Jakarta and I believe her husband Rudi who also my friend accompanied her. So I called her and we decided to meet on Saturday. Unfortunately we can’t meet cause they too tired after visiting few places which I recommend and also I have something important to do.

Anyway we reschedule our plan and the day after I come to their hotel, a very nice one, they’re so lucky to have such incredible discount J. So in the afternoon we meet and I took them to try a Sundanese food at Dapur Sunda, Tenda Semanggi. And after that I delivered them to the airport.

The meeting was to short but at least I had a chance to congrats them personally since I can’t attend their wedding ceremony.

Once again, ‘Congratulations my friends…’

July 1, 2007
Joeffry
Jakarta

titi hari hari

2007-06-27T12:14:00.000+07:00

184 hari berlalu dalam masa perkenalan
terdudukku di sofa empuk pertemuan
mencuri pandang sambil sesekali terdiam
dimasa akhir terlahir juga ucapan

147 hari sudah kita mengikat janji
ungkapkan asa, cita dan cinta dihati
terjerembab tertatih perlahan tapi pasti
tumbuh semaikan cinta bersama dalam diri

135 hari lewat sudah kita bertunangan
torehkan suka duka rintang dan cobaan
dua anak manusia coba berbenah diri
berharap gapai ridha Illahi Rabbi

30 hari tlah kita berjanji
dihadapan Ar-Rahman pemilik diri
disaksikan penjaga langit dan bumi
gerbang titian hidup baru nan suci

smoga cinta kita kan abadi

joeffry
jakarta
may 27 - june 27, 2007

c o m p l e t e

2007-05-27T15:05:00.000+07:00

qabiltu tazwijaha wanikahaha bilmahril mazkur [saya terima kawinnya dan nikahnya wanita tadi dengan mas kawin tersebut diatas], tegas dan mantap kudengar suaraku meluncur tanpa ragu mengikrarkan akad nikah di minggu dua puluh tujuh mei dua ribu tujuh pukul sebelas dua puluh itu

hilang sudah degup memburu kala kucium dengan lembut punggung tangan aba yang kuhormati sambil sesekali melirik tersenyum kepada kamera video tersebunyi yang terhubung kedalam layar kaca pujaan hati sambil diiringi riuh rendah ucapan sah dan alhamdulillah

seuntai kalung kutautkan melingkar di leher jenjang sebagai tanda kasih pengikat cinta yang Insya Allah bersemi slamanya

penantian lama serta tanda tanya takdir terjawab sudah, disela ucapan selamat terselip doa di hati semoga dikaruniai keluarga yang berkah, sakinah mawadah dan warahmah.

i love u ...

jakarta
minggu may 27, 2007
faizal - fauria

last snow in tropical country

2007-05-10T15:00:00.000+07:00

the day

2007-01-13T16:20:00.000+07:00

january 13, 2007 is a big day for me.
it’s a day that will give a big influence into my entire life direction.
damned, I supposed to have thousands words to shout to the world but now I’m speechless.
there was one thing I’m sure about; I’m happy, happy and happy

let the glitter engage ring picture explain, cause one said that picture speak more than thousands words

jakarta
january 13, 2007
joeffry -happy mode-

jadikan hamba percaya

2007-01-02T17:43:00.000+07:00

tuhan
jadikan hamba percaya
bahwa janji wanita
bisa jadi nyata

bukan hanya pemanis kata
membuai asa
dan akhirnya
tiada ...

jakarta
january 2, 2007
joeffry

Ied ul-Adha, New Year and New Celebration

2007-01-01T06:26:00.000+07:00

this weekend is very amazing. We celebrated two special occasions at the same time, first is Ied Adha and then New Year 2007.

Ied ul-Adha is when we Moslem people celebrated in honour of the prophet Abraham when he intended to sacrifice his son Ishmael as a proof of his loyalty to God. Eid ul-Adha is translated into English as "The Feast of Sacrifice", when Muslims all over the world present an animal (usually a cow or sheep) sacrifice as a gratitude action for God saving the Prophet Ismail's life. As with Eid ul-Fitr, there is an early morning prayer for the Eid, and celebrations are extended for three days.

to welcome the Ied ul-Adha I decided to do the sunnah 2 days fasting before the celebration called tarwiya and arafah, and in the morning at the last day of 2007 I woke up on a very sleepy condition coz I spent the whole night called her since she decided to stay alone at home that night to celebrate the Ied ul-Adha and New Year with me. Love u lots babe.

after the morning prayer, me and my whole family went to our relatives until early evening. It’s really fun but tired trip, but I can’t get a rest since I need to prepare for another celebration, yup the Old and New 2007 with her.

so around 8 i came to her house and went for a dinner at a small but cozy resto in Kemang. After that we went straight to Planet Hollywood for New Year celebration.

but the show was not interesting so we decided to spend the night watching fireworks at Ancol. The jammed was very frustrating but we managed to went there and saw a beautiful fireworks.

and the best thing happened to me, under the sparkling fireworks at a small café in Sarinah area, she answer ‘yes’ to my question. Yup, she said ‘yes’, without any hesitation.
the feeling was indescribable, but there is one thing I’m sure about, from now we have another occasion to celebrate…

let me love you forever babe.

batavia
january 1, 2007
joeffry

26 desember - kita untuk mereka

2006-12-26T15:22:00.000+07:00

Wahai kawanku tercinta
Keringkan air matamu
Jangan kau tangisis lagi hidupmu
Karena hidupmu masih kan berarti

Kepalkan lagi tanganmu
Labuhkan perih hatimu
Kuatkan langkah kakimu kawanku
Untuk menapak hari depan nanti

Uluran tanganku ini
Tak tertandingkan oleh hancurnya hatimu
Saat ia meninggalkan dirimu

Tak pernah semudah bicara
Takkan semudah ku berkata
Namun percayalah bahwa esok hari
Semua akan berganti lebih baik

Ulran tanganku ini
Tak tertandingkan oleh hancurnya hatimu
Saat ia meninggalkan dirimu

dari padi untuk atceh tercinta - indonesia

26 desember

2006-12-26T11:10:00.000+07:00

26 desember tepat dua tahun lalu
amuk tsunami hampiri negeri
torehkan luka tak terperi
iringi parade ribuan syuhada yang mati

26 desember tepat dua tahun lalu
dua hati mengikat janji
kejam dunia coba arungi
lewati riak riam ego diri

26 desember kini
luka mengangga sisa tsunami
masih tersisa dalam negeri
tertatih coba benah diri

26 desember kini
dua hati tlah mati
kubur harapan dan mimpi
jalani hidup sendiri
toreh luka tanpa benci

hidup pernah bersisian
berpisah di persimpangan
sampai jumpa,
kawan ...

teriring doa dari sepenggal kenangan…
jakarta
december 26, 2006
joeffry - the seasonal man -

pocket pc essentials

2006-12-25T09:55:00.000+07:00

one of my useful toy that I ever bought is my HP6282, it’s equipped with Intel® PXA272 416MHz Processor with the latest windows mobile 5.0, almost makes your dream come true.

Although it doesn’t support 3G but it packaged with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and infrared so communication supposed to be no problem, and hey who need 3G if one can easily get a free 4G at café and other hotspot area?

But of course like other windows products you need to armour your os with one-must-have third party software’s. OK, here is the list:

Adobe Acrobat Reader (Free)
Microsoft Reader (Free)
Adobe Flash Player (Free)
Pocket Translator (Free)
Pocket Divx Player (Free)
Pocket Divx Encoder (Free)
Magic Button (Free)
Skype (Free)
IM+® Mobile Instant Messenger (Free Trial
Resco Explorer (Free Trial)
Opera (Free Trial
Wolftech Paper Agenda (Free Trial
Mapking (Free Trial)

Additional software
Pocket Islam (Free)

jakarta
december 25, 2006
joeffry

coretan hati akhiri hari

2006-12-25T09:54:00.001+07:00

sang surya tenggelam tersaput mega
benderang redup perlahan terselimut kelam
tarikan lenggok bintang dan rayuan rembulan
selamat datang duhai malam

oh putri anggunmu atasi sang dewi malam
tenang terjarak tak tersentuh jalang
langkah terjaga titah Illahi
kerlingmu cipta berjuta mimpi

jelang akhir dari hari
selamat malam putri
smoga gapai bahagia diri
raih ridho Illahi Rabbi

jakarta malam hari
december 24, 2006
joeffry

coretan hati awali hari

2006-12-24T09:33:00.000+07:00

mentari genit mengerling di ufuk
nakal menggoda lelap sang putri
buyarkan mimpi malam tadi
selamat datang duhai pagi

wahai putri yang semburatnya lebihi mentari
kilau tak silau hangatkan hati
laksana permata surgawi
senyummu mabukkan hati

selamat datang pagi
selamat pagi putri
teriring doa dalam hati
jalani bahagia hari

jakarta pagi hari
december 24, 2006
joeffry

pinta, asa serta rasa

2006-12-16T19:14:00.000+07:00

perlahan hampir tak teraba
sebaris nama terengkuh dalam dada
terapal bak mantra pujangga
terselip gemulai dalam doa

sekejap memang baru pertemuan
seumur hayat terasa perkenalan
waktu tak pernah jadi pertimbangan
rasa dihati pastilah kebenaran

dipuncak tertinggi kota
terlantun pinta, asa serta rasa
duhai putri dari nirwana
akankah kau teteskan buliran cinta

hilangkan kering dalam jiwa
punahkan haus dahaga raga
tumbuhkan tunas asa bahagia
bersatu slamanya

puncak kota
desember 16, 2006
joeffry

global warming

2006-12-15T19:04:00.000+07:00

now it’s december but the weather seems like in mid of august at Bornoe Island. It’s bloody hot, so hot that I’ve got 2^nddegree sunburn. You just can’t predict the weather anymore; maybe it’s because of the global warming things, I don’t know, what I know december is supposed to be a rainy season here in

Indonesia

.

Thank God, at least I brought my sunglasses when I went there cause my friend already warn me about the weather but I never realize that the temp will be so high, around 35C, but the humidity is very high so it makes you sweat every time.

Prayer time quickly become my favorite cause I can washed my face, hands, legs etc and hide under the roof for a while.

And to make it worse when I went back there was an emergency call, so I had to give my private plane seat to someone else. So I had to gone through more than 500 km by almost-not-working-aircon car.

God … Borneo, have you ever seen the rain?

sangatta-bpn
december 15, 2006
joeffry

seeds of corruption

2006-12-07T18:24:00.000+07:00

this time I went to Surabaya to visit a port and container related companies, and it makes me sick pal. From company to company their asking the same question, “what is our benefit if we try your products?”. No no no, they’re not asking about company benefit but ‘their’ benefit

what a sick world, not even a single person asked for their company benefit, it’s really gone to fa for me. I’m not a sales guy, the reason I went there is only for better understanding my company position and brand awareness but of course I can’t avoid if they raise a question regarding price. But this time, exactly after they know the price, they will followed with another question similar like, “so, how much will I get if we (our company) buy your products?”

I know,

Indonesia

is well known as a corrupt country, but this time … speechless …

may they rooted in hell !!!

surabaya
december 7, 2006
joeffry

viva academia

2006-12-03T14:49:00.000+07:00

I can't believe it; it’s already 13 years since the first time I stepped into my beloved campus, Pancasila University. Now, eventhough we spread all around the world but somehow we always can manage to hangout at least twice a year.

Many thanks to Yuli who never give up to called us and arrangged this reunion every year.

Solidarity Forever
TETAP SEMANGAT !!!

kotabunga - puncak
december 3, 2006
joeffry

HIV+

2006-12-01T22:05:00.000+07:00

Every December 1^st, we celebrate (well, celebrate is not the right word) World AIDS day, but this time I celebrate it in totally different way, yup once in a lifetime experience maybe.

I have friend, a close one, and he’s an HIV positive but overall he’s ‘healthy’ and got a good job at one of the best rehabilitation centre in

Indonesia

. Last week he called me and asked me a favor, boy, it’s an extraordinary and amazing favor.

He asked me to propose a girl (she’s HIV positive too) to become his wife. Can you imagine? Well in our culture usually his father will do this job, but since his father was passed away several years ago he asked me to replace his father job.

I do flattered actually but, man ..., yeah year ago I propose a girl one time and eventhough is not working, at least I already had experience regarding this propose stuff, but again its totally different thing.

But at the end after muse several nights I said, ‘Ok, I’ll do it.’

So, at night, to completed the WAD celebration thing, we went to her house and me, myself, for the first time in my life, proposed a girl to become my friend’s wife. Thank God everythings run just like what we wanted to be right now.

What an unforgettable experience.

jakarta
december 1, 2006
djoeffry

good luck and enjoy your new life my friend

if I don't exist

2006-11-28T17:37:00.000+07:00

if I don’t exist, will you bored?
I’m pretty sure that you must be very bored

that’s why you must be nicer to me

if I don’t exist,
than …

there is no one who will ask you; “where will you go?” anymore
you will fell bored

there is no one who fussy to you anymore
you will be bored to death

there is no one who mad to you anymore
you will feel that life is too usual

there is no one who spoil to you anymore
you will feel meaningless

there is no one who angry to you when you lavish anymore
you will feel that shopping secretly is not exiting

there is no one who cry in front of you anymore
you will feel that yourself is not important

there is no one who demand you to remember his/her birthday anymore
you will feel that your good memory throw in vain

there is no one who will give you a stalk of roses anymore
you wil feel that world is not beautiful

there is no one who will ask you; “pick me up after office hour, will you?” anymore
you will feel that you don’t know where to go

there is no one who will massage you anymore
you will feel tired all the day of your life

there is no one who will ask you to listen his/her story anymore
you will feel dive and plunge

there is no one who jump to you and said, “hug me, kiss me” anymore
you will lost your life spirit

there is no one who will ask you “will you marry me?” anymore
you will feel that life is no meaning

if I don’t exist, will you bored?
I’m pretty sure that you must be very bored

if I don’t exist ...

djakarta
november 28, 2006
ps. thx for your mail n.m.s

cousin connections

2006-11-26T00:38:00.000+07:00

i’ve made a big decision this weekend, the decision that I believe I’ll not regret it cause i know I’m in the wrong path this time. What I’ve done in the past few weeks, I’m pretty sure it’s not the correct one even though I tried very hard to believe the opposite.

it will be perfect if it’s true but I can’t fool my self, also I don’t want to hurt others feeling’s anymore, before it’s to late.

it just … not working, my mind wasn’t there, my heart also wasn’t there. I just trying to escape and I don’t want to wrap someone else with me. It seems so unfair for both of us.

btw, the day after, me and my cousins went to Berly, one of a few Family Karaoke in Bogor, and boy, it’s very nice to know that you have a lot of cousins that you can count of to cheer up your blurry day.

on the home it was already late and I feel very exhausted, sleepy and dried so I decided to called her, cause I know if there is someone who can make me life, it’s gonna be her.

I never regret to love her, although our relationship also didn’t work as I wish, I do really love her and I always will. And hey … to love and to be loved is not an option; it’s a beautiful gift from The Almighty, the best we can do just follow our heart and let the rest to the fate. I just hope that she didn’t mad with me cause I always bothered her.

again to love and to be loved is not an option, it’s a gift

good night everyone ...

joeffry
bogor
november 26, 2006

ratapan ranting kering

2006-11-24T22:28:00.000+07:00

kering kerontang meradang
terik merobek pandang
gundul sudah rimba raya
punah serta margasatwa

alih-alih pembangunan
tipu daya keserakahan

selamat datang kawan
di dunia pertambangan

joeffry
sanggata, east borneo
november 24, 2006

poverty according to the world bank

2006-11-20T22:09:00.000+07:00

sungguh mengejutkan sekaligus mengherankan membaca hasil kajian Bank Dunia dalam East Asia Update yang menyebutkan kenaikan harga beras yang sebagian disebabkan kekurangan pasokan akibat larangan impor beras, sepertinya menjadi penyebab utama meningkatnya angka kemiskinan di Indonesia dan yang lebih parah lagi dilanjutkan dengan saran (baca: tekanan?) untuk membuka import beras.

semua juga tau kalau bangsa Indonesia ini adalah bangsa agrasis yang berarti sebagian besar dari penduduk kita notabene adalah petani, bisa dibayangkan kalau beras yang dihasilkan mereka yang harganya memang tinggi karena panjangnya rantai distribusi, ketidakefektifan cara mengelola pertanian, tersentarlisasinya pemilikan lahan dan segudang masalah lainnya yang bahkan tak terpikirkan oleh kita harus diadu dengan beras import yang harganya memang jauh lebih murah

pada periode pertama mungkin mereka masih memiliki kesanggupan untuk membeli beras tapi pada periode berikutnya hampir dapat dipastikan kemampuan itu akan semakin mengecil dan pada akhirnya bukan pemberantasan kemiskinan malah pemiskinan nasional yang akan terjadi

di negara besar seperti amerika saja pemerintahnya terus mensubsidi hasil pertanian rakyatnya, kenapa kita yang jelas-jelas memiliki daya beli sangat jauh lebih rendah bisa disarankan untuk membuka import? coba kita tanya kepada amerika apa mau mereka menghilangkan subsidi pertanian dan beradu head to head dengan hasil pertanian negara lain? saya yakin 100% mereka akan menolak, ini kok bank dunia yang katanya isinya orang orang pinter yang gelarnya panjang sampai nggak sanggup diingat malah memberi usul yang nyeleneh

kemiskinan kok cuma diukur dengan daya beli beras, semudah itukah mereka menyimpulkan tentang kemiskinan?

permasalahan yang dihadapi bangsa ini memang sangat kompleks, menurut saya yang paling penting dalam pemberantasan kemiskinan justru penguatan di sektor pertanian dan hasil alam serta industri-industri pendukunganya, karena peningkatan pendapatan para petani atau para pekerja di sektor hulu yang merupakan porsi terbesar dari rakyak Indonesia akan berdampak pada peningkatan daya beli yang luar biasa yang ujung-ujungnya akan menciptakan peningkatan di segala sektor apakah itu di sektor manufaktur, industri maupun jasa

memang sepertinya saya juga ikut menyederhanakan masalah, tapi kayaknya itu lebih masuk akal dibandingkan dengan mencoba memberantas kemiskinan dengan membuka import beras, bagaimana menurut anda?

djakarta
november 20, 2006
djoeffry

parijs van java

2006-11-19T23:00:00.000+07:00

oleh oleh weekend dari bandung :)

what dou you want Mr Bush?

2006-11-17T22:32:00.000+07:00

“berani karena benar, takut karena salah”, kalimat itu meluncur begitu saja dari mulutku kala dia dengan gayanya yang khas mencoba mencairkan kejenuhanku dengan membahas rencana kedatangan sang tamu agung (?) dari negara yang mengaku embahnya demokrasi, Mr. George Walker Bush, si devil kata Chavez

menurut saya pribadi sih gak ada masalah dengan kedatangan bush ke Indonesia, tepatnya ke Istana Bogor, yang namanya tamu, suka atau tidak suka sebagai bangsa yang bermartabat wajib kita menghormati dan memberikan hak-haknya sebagai tamu, apalagi dia bukan datang sebagai tamu yang tak diundang

cuma saya sedikit gegetun melihat persiapan yang dilakukan pemerintah kita untuk menyambut kedatangannya, kayaknya kok sangat berlebihan dan menghamburkan hamburkan uang serta semakin menyiratkan betapa besar ketakutan bush terhadap keselamatan dirinya

saya jadi teringat cerita mengenai khalifah pertama dalam Islam, Abu Bakar As-Shidiq yang sangat sederhana dan tak pernah memiliki pengawal dibangunkan kala tertidur berbantalkan pelepah pohon kurma selepas dzuhur dipelataran masjid oleh tamu dari negara yang jelas bukan negara sahabat yang kagum sekaligus heran melihat ketenangan, kepercayaan dan kepasrahan dirinya yang begitu hebat. Kapan yah kita bisa memiliki pemimpin idaman seperti beliau?

kembali ke pada persiapan pemerintah, bayangkan beberapa minggu sebelum hari H-nya saja persiapan yang dilakukan sangat menyita energi dan perhatian rakyat mulai dari pembuatan landasan heli di kebun raya yang rencananya akan dibongkar lagi setelah hanya sekali dipakai, penghentian armada pesawat komersial di bandara Halim Perdanakusumah, pengalihan dan penutupan jalan di bogor dan sekitarnya, pemberhentian operasi angkot dan bus, penutupan kantor kantor, himbauan tidak keluar rumah, pengacakan frekuensi telepon genggam serta yang parah peliburan sekolah sekolah di bogor

belum lagi ditambah demo-demo yang marak dilaksanakan di berbagai pelosok negeri yang sebagian besar menolak kedatangan presiden AS itu yang posisinya sekarang sedang dalam keadaan yang tidak menguntungkan karena kekalahan partai republik dalam pemilu sela di AS

saya sebagai wong cilik sih cuma bisa berharap Insya Allah hasil dari kedatangan bush yang cuma 6 jam itu lebih baik dan mampu menutupi kerugian dan dampak sosial yang terjadi bahkan sebelum masa kedatangannya. Kebayang gak sih, pemkot bogor saja mengalolasikan dana 6 milyar rupiah khusus untuk menyambut bush, belum ditambah kerugian terhitung dan tak terhitung yang terjadi karena hal-hal diatas

coba dengan uang sebesar itu berapa banyak sekolah bisa dibangun, berapa juta buku bisa dibeli, berapa banyak puskesmas bisa disehatkan? saya sih bukan orang pintar memang, tapi sebagai rakyat saya lebih suka melihat hal-hal konkrit yang berdampak langsung kekehidupan kita sebagai rakyat, bukan janji-janji tinggi membuai yang akhirnya perlahan hilang tersapu waktu

so, what dou you want from us bush?

bogor
november 17, 2006
djoeffry

thank

2006-11-15T17:55:00.000+07:00

have you ever waked up in the morning and feels everything was in place, so perfect that a man cannot asked for more?

I do ...

thank God, for everything

jakarta
november 15, 2006
joeffry

in search of flat stom...

2006-11-11T17:47:00.000+07:00

acupuncture (from Lat. acus, "needle" (noun), and pungere, "prick" (verb)) or in Standard Mandarin, zhēn jiǔ (針灸, needle therapy) is a technique of inserting and manipulating needles into "acupuncture points" on the body. According to acupunctural teachings this will restore health and well-being, and is particularly good at treating pain. The definition and characterization of these points is standardized by the World Health Organization [1]. Acupuncture is thought to have originated in

China

and is most commonly associated with Traditional Chinese medicine. Other types of acupuncture (Japanese, Korean, and classical Chinese acupuncture) are practiced and taught throughout the world.

believe me, no pain just a little bit itchy, and guys it’s worth to try. No need to work out, just control your food and voila you'll get what you want.

jakarta
november 11, 2006
djoeffry

long and winding week

2006-11-10T17:16:00.000+07:00

what can be bitterer than sick during your travel? Something very wrong with my stomath during my trip to Newmot Batu Hijau, West Nusa Tenggara, and it takes three painfull days to recover.

when I can manage to let it through I’ve got a bad news that my friend Basuki Rachmat alias Bang Ben was passed away in the morning. Hurried I browse through my pictures folder on my laptop and then I saw him with his innocent smile and comical style.

good bye my friend, we’ll gonna miss you.

but seems like it’s not enough, the day after, again in the morning I received another sms from my high school buddy, and yes, his father was passed away. I felt very sorry that I couldn’t go to his home for takziah.

what a perfect way to start a new day :(

benete
november 10, 2006
joeffry

back to nature

2006-10-28T22:20:00.000+07:00

I feel blessed that I have a very wonderful big family, yup big family; I don’t even remember how many cousins that I had.

Three days after Iedul Fitr we went to Curug Cilember (Cilember Waterfall) for camping. Boy, I really miss the close-to-nature journey. And it was so great, full of laughter, amusement and of course foods J, from hotdog to singkong rebus (steamed cassava), fried rice to chicken barbeque, french fries to sambel goreng ati, cappuccino to wedang jahe (hot ginger ale) and last but not least indomie.

We defenitly need to do it more often, I never realize that I miss the smell of bushes so badly. For you out there please take care your environment before it’s to late, or you’ll be sorry someday.

cilember
october 28, 2006
joeffry

fajar satu syawal

2006-10-24T11:06:00.000+07:00

Allah Akbar
Allah Akbar
Allah Akbar
Laillahaillalah
Allah Akbar
Allah Akbar
Walillah Ilham

Masih pedas rasanya mataku kala sayup sayup terdengar kumandang takbir, tahlil dan tahmid dari masjid dekat rumah. Kurasakan sekali lagi guncangan lembut dari tangan suci ibunda yang tak bosan bosannya kucium penuh cinta.

“Subuh nak, ayo sholat, mandi dan siap siap shalat berjamaah hari raya"

Kumelangkah perlahan dengan sajadah ditangan sambil mereguk mentari satu syawal yang tlah merekah sempurna. Ya, hanya dengan sajadah di tangan, tak ada lagi kursi roda tua tempat lelaki tercinta yang dapat kudorong dengan semangat beroleh kucuran pahala.

“Ya Abbati, Insya Allah kau bahagia disana, dapati janji Azza Wajalla. Ananda hanya bisa berdoa dan mohon ampun tak bisa penuhi pintamu dan tepati janjiku.”

Allah Akbar
Allah Akbar
Walillah Ilham

Takbir terakhir bergema meresap ke relung jiwa disela daun daun yang jatuh berguguran dipelataran masjid yang sesak oleh lautan manusia yang serta merta berdiri saling salam maaf memaafkan. Perlahan kuberjalan menembus rona rona ceria manusia yang kembali fitri, menapak tilas jalan aspal berdebu yang penuh dengan lembaran koran pengganti sajadah, penggal demi penggal kenangan melintas penuhi sukma yang kering merintih.

“Ya Allah, jadikanlah hambamu yang penuh dosa dan nista ini kembali fitri di hari yang suci. Inna shalati wanusuki wamahyaya wamamaati lillahirabblilalamin.”

Pintu rumah tlah terbuka lebar kala kubergegas masuk berlinang air mata hampiri ibunda yang kasihnya lebihi udara. Hanya tiga patah kata yang sanggup terucap, terapal berulang seperti mantra disela peluk yang kian mengerat dan tetes air mata.

“Maafkan F, bu ….”

djakarta
1 Syawal 1427H
djoeffry

lalu kini

2006-10-22T10:39:00.000+07:00

bisikan dari masa lalu itu datang lagi
lembut mendayu menoreh hati

akankah dia datang lagi?
hiasi hari hari penuh mimpi?

sungguh
hidup terlalu rumit tuk dijabarkan
tumpang tindih ketidakpastian

tapi
terlalu indah tuk disia siakan
digerogoti mimpi juga angan

mari
tegar titi masa depan
kenangan dilupakan jangan

djakarta
october 22, 2006
djoeffry

dah zakat belum ?

2006-10-20T01:15:00.000+07:00

zakat itu akar katanya dari tazakka yang kurang lebih artinya : tumbuh; berkembang dan berkah (HR. At-Tirmidzi) atawa bisa juga berarti membersihkan atau mensucikan (QS. At-Taubah : 10)

en kalo menurut terminologi syari'ah maknanya tuh kewajiban atas harta atau kewajiban atas sejumlah harta tertentu dari golongan yang mampu untuk golongan tertentu yang berhak menerimanya (mustahik) dalam waktu tertentu

rada ribet yah? hmmm … kurang lebih zakat tuh kewajiban buat ngasih kelebihan harta buat orang-orang yang memang berhak menerimanya

kalo dari segi hukum agama Islam ibadah zakat mendapat legitimasi lewat beberapa ayat dalam Alquran, antara lain firman Allah swt. yang berarti, "Dirikanlah salat, bayarlah zakat dan rukuklah bersama orang yang rukuk." (Q.S. Al-Baqarah, 43).

juga dalam firman Allah swt. yang berarti, "dan orang-orang yang dalam hartanya tersedia hak tertentu buat orang yang meminta-minta dan orang yang tidak bernasib baik." (Q.S. Al Ma'arij, 24-25)

Para penerima zakat (mustahik) terdiri dari 8 golongan:

Fakir; ini golongan yang miskiiiin banget, buat hidup bener2 susah
Miskin; kalau ini golongan yang punya sedikit harta tapi nggak cukup buat hidup
Amil; para petugas pengumpul zakat
Muallaf; orang yang baru masuk Islam
Hamba sahaya yang ingin memerdekakan dirinya
Gharimin; golongan orang yang berhutang hanya untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidup
Fisabillillah; mereka yang berjuang di jalan Allah, lagi perang etc, etc
Ibnus Sabil, musafir yang kehabisan biaya di perjalanan

Nah kalo syarat-syarat umum wajib zakat ada 5:

Islam
Merdeka
Milik sepenuhnya
Cukup haul (1 tahun)
Cukup nisab sejumlah 86 gram emas

kalo ngeliat syarat2 diatas, Insya Allah yang sedang baca blog ini adalah mereka yang termasuk golongan para wajib zakat (muzakki) dan kita semua tau belaka secara logika aja kalo zakat tuh manfaatnya luar biasa banget, selain buat diri kita sendiri karena harta kita disucikan tapi juga buat orang lain yang menerimanya yang ujung-ujungnya bisa meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat dan bangsa

saya denger beberapa hari lalu di televisi kalau potensi zakat Indonesia tuh sampe 19 triliun rupiah loh, coba bayangin duit segitu banyak kalau disalurkan kepada para mustahik, dampaknya pasti sangat luar biasa

nah pertanyaannya sekarang, sudahkan kita menunaikan kewajiban zakat kita?

banyak orang yang berkilah, “aduh ribet, khan gak gampang nyari orang yang harus dikasih” (padahal gampang banget khan apalagi dimasa krisis berkepanjangan kayak gini).

ada lagi juga yang bilang, “duh, gak ada waktu tuh, khan pulang kerja dah malem, masjid or mushola yang nerima zakat dah pada tutup” (he he he malah jadi ketahuan klo gak pernah tarawih yah)

benernya berzakat itu gampang kok, asal kita memang niat melakukannya. Di era informasi sekarang ini banyak lho badan2 amil zakat yang dah online selain transfer ke bank secara manual sehingga kita jadi makin gampang untuk berzakat. Jadi gak ada alesan ribet en susah apalagi kemaleman lagi deh, yang penting .. niat.

so, mari budayakan zakat, mengutip kata Aa Gym, ‘dimulai dari diri sendiri dan mulailah hari ini’

mari berzakat ..

joeffry
october 20, 2006
djakarta

Daftar Badan Amil Zakat Online
Pos Keadilan Peduli Umat
Bazis DKI
Rumah Zakat
Dompet Dhuafa

lebih lanjut mengenai zakat dapat dilihat di mualaf, syariah online, humas departemen agama RI, dan almanhaj.

talife [that’s a life]

2006-10-14T16:04:00.000+07:00

sumpah deh, beneran, gak ada satu pun manusia yang bakal tau apa yang akan terjadi esok, bahkan satu detik kemudian pun tak ada yang bisa meramalkannya.

setelah jum’at menjelang pagi ku dapat berita yang menyayat hati, duniaku terasa sempiiit sekali. siangnya dengan malas kupaksakan diri beranjak menuju masjid illahi tuk tunaikan shalat jumat walau cuaca terasa panas terik memanggang diri.

pintaku hanya satu, ‘Ya Rabbi, gantilah apa yang hilang dari diri dengan yang sempurna untuk jalani hidup ini’

sekali lagi, kita gak bakal tau kemana takdir akan membawa kita, sorenya pada saat berbuka puasa, ibunda bercerita kalau tadi ada saudara yang datang dan membawa berita bahwa nun disana ada sebuah keluarga yang memintaku datang berkunjung bersilaturahmi menambah pahala.

aku berpikir, ‘why not, it's worth to try, i don't want to drown in sadness and living in the past, now its the time for the future'. so I said ‘yes’

malamnya tak banyak yang kulakukan, karena sudah capek mengantar teman, hanya saja doa dan pinta tadi siang kembali terngiang.

esok paginya kupergi melaksanakan sebagian dari apa yang telah kurencanakan tadi malam, lalu ‘Bismillah’ kuberkunjung kerumah dia untuk menyelesaikan semua urusan dan mulai menatap masa depan. Masih terlintas jelas dalam benak tatapan terakhirnya kala menutup pintu rumahnya, menutup rapat pintu masa lalu, masa yang jelas indah yang tak kan terlupakan.

sekali lagi, gak ada deh yang tau mengenai masa depan. untungnya rumah keluarga yang ingin kutemui sejalan dengan rencana tadi malam, jadi klop deh. sebelum adzan Mahgrib berkumandang sampailah aku kesana dan ya Allah ...

kutatap dia, dewi yang terjatuh dari surga dan menjelma menjadi manusia. tinggi, putih dengan rambut panjang bergelombang bersinar keperakan. berdiri dia disana, menatapku ramah dengan pandangan bersinar bak bintang kejora, menyapaku sehangat mentari pagi di hari sabtu.

aku rasa aku jatuh cinta …
aku rasa aku jatuh cinta [lagi]

Tuhan, terima kasih, tlah memberikan ku kesempatan sekali lagi, tuk mereguk manisnya anggur cinta yang smoga kali ini kan abadi

djoeffry [on i will survive mode]
sabtu 14, 2006
djakarta

ps.
thanks buat waktu yang tak membuatku menunggu [ku tlah lelah menunggu]
thanks buat ibunda dan kakak-kakakku yang setia memacu
thanks buat cinta yang berbunga selalu

thanks juga buat kamu ...

out of tears

2006-10-14T16:00:00.000+07:00

I can't feel
Feel a thing
I can't shout
I can't scream
Breathe it out
Breathe it in
All this love
From within

I won't cry when you say goodbye
I'm out of tears
I won't die when you wave goodbye
I'm out of tears
Out of tears

I won't drink
I won't eat
I can't hear
I won't speak
Let it out
Let it in
All this pain
From within
And I just can't pour my heart out
To another living thing
I'm a whisper
I'm a shadow
But I'm standing up to sing

I won't cry when you say goodbye
I'm out of tears
I won't die when you wave goodbye
I'm out of tears, yes I am
I won't cry, I swear my eyes are dry
I'm out of tears
I won't cry, I'm going to tell you why
I'm out of tears
Out of tears
Out of tears

Let it out
From within
Some you lose
Some you win
I can drift
I can dream
Til I float
Off your screen
And I just can't pour my heart out
To another living thing
I'm a whisper
I'm a shadow
But I'm standing up to sing

I won't cry when you say goodbye
I'm out of tears
I won't die when you wave goodbye
I'm out of tears
Out of tears
I won't cry, I swear my eyes are dry
I'm out of tears
Out of tears
I won't cry, I'm going to tell you why
I'm out of tears
Out of tears
Out of tears

song and lyric by The Rolling Stones

balada sebentuk cincin

2006-10-14T15:49:00.000+07:00

terbeli
namun tak terpakai

termimpi
melingkari jari manis kiri putri suci

kupersembahkan cinta jiwa dan diri
dalam sebentuk cincin tak bertepi

rasa tamak ingin menjualnya kembali
namun getaran kalbu membuatku berhenti

‘jual …
hasilnya bisa kau belikan hp lagi’

‘jangan …
cincin itu bukan milik diri
tlah kau citai dia untuk sang putri
biarlah menjadi miliknya yang abadi
walau hanya dalam mimpi’

Bismilahhirahmannirrahim
dari sebentuk cincin bermata satu yang konon abadi
lahir puluhan sajadah dan kitab suci tanda serah diri
tercurah di masjid-masjid antara jakarta ciawi

terselip doa dalam hati
smoga lantunan merdu kitab suci
dan pahala mereka yang bersimpuh di sajadah serah diri
bersambung tali temali kepada sang putri
dan raih ridho Illahi Rabbi
sampai akhir jaman nanti

ya, raih ridho Illahi Rabbi
sampai akhir jaman nanti

djoeffry
saturday 14 , 2006
djakarta

[picture sengaja dikosongkan, biarlah hanya hati yang mengingatnya]

ATM BCA? daku kecewa ...

2006-10-13T15:40:00.000+07:00

at friday around 10 minutes after breaking my fasting my friend called me, she said that she was near to my house and asked me to accompanied her deliver a ‘lebaran cakes’ to several places at Bekasi area. Actually she asked me cause she doesn’t know the area, so I said OK. Shortly after we finished delivering the goods we went for dinner and again she asked me to accompanied her to her house cause her husband will come home late and cannot meet her at my house. Boy, do you know where her house is? Pamulang .... and its around 40 km from my house, but ok-lah, friend is a friend.

for your information I was driving her car not mine, so I need to take a cab to go home, but … I didn’t brought enough money so on the way home I was looking for a BCA ATM.

pyuh I already mention that the distance is around 40 km but I there was no BCA ATM along the way. no no no, we found at least 4 but all of them were closed, can you imagined, a close ATM ? So what does the ATM stand for?

I asked to the cab driver to search at Tebet area which is an opposite way to my home, but still I cannot found it. So I give up, I went to Mandiri ATM and the problem solved, just like that.

BCA, I really really disappointed with your service.

joeffry
friday 13, 2006
djakarta

lamunan masa depan

2006-10-13T15:34:00.000+07:00

tertatih ku menunggu
sabar walau kadang terselimut ragu
kupendam erat rasa rindu
tunggu dan jangan ganggu

luncurkan pesan pesan singkat
hampa lenyap tak berbalas
lagi kupendam erat rasa rindu
“ssshh” tunggu dan jangan ganggu

kala tengah malam buta
penantian berakhir pula
walau jauh nyata dari asa
angan kini cuma hampa

bukan .. bukan hampa
angan-pun sudah tak ada
angan yang berani berangan

kini tinggal lamunan
dalam hati remuk redam tercampakkan
menyatu dengan sedu sedan

joeffry
djakarta
friday the thirteen 2006

kenangan terindah

2006-10-13T03:45:00.000+07:00

Aku yang lemah tanpamu
Aku yang rentan karena
Cinta yang t’lah hilang
Darimu yang mampu menyanjungku

Selama mata terbuka
Sampai jantung tak berdetak
Selama itu pun aku mampu
Untuk mengenangmu

Darimu kutemukan hidupku
Bagiku kaulah cinta sejati

Chorus :
Bila yang tertulis untukku
Adalah yang terbaik untukmu
Kan kujadikan kau
Kenangan terindah dalam hidupku

Namun takkan mudah bagiku
Meninggalkan jejak hidupku
Yang t’lah terukir
Sebagai kenangan yang terindah

song and lyric by samson
'what a sad and beautiful song'

sending out at an s.o.s.

2006-10-11T19:22:00.000+07:00

Just a castaway,
an island lost at sea, oh
Another lonely day,
with no one here but me, oh
More loneliness
than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh

I'll send an s.o.s. to the world
I'll send an s.o.s. to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
message in a bottle

A year has passed since I wrote my note
But I should have known this right from the start
Only hope can keep me together
Love can mend your life but Love can break your heart

I'll send an s.o.s. to the world
I'll send an s.o.s. to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
Message in a bottle

Walked out this morning,
dont believe what I saw
Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
Seems Im not alone at being alone
Hundred billion castaways, looking for a home

I'll send an s.o.s. to the world
I'll send an s.o.s. to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
Message in a bottle

Sending out at an s.o.s.
Sending out at an s.o.s.
Sending out at an s.o.s...

song and lyrics by sting and the police

Ini Medan Bung !!!

2006-10-05T23:28:00.000+07:00

Actually I don’t want to go out of town during this Holy Ramadhan, but what can I say, job is a job, so here I am, in the heart of North Sumatera, Medan.

I was pickup by a friend of mine, Sondy, well actually I never met him before, we just chatted by phone and he is at the same company with me but stationed in Medan, but after several moments we spent together, believe me I consider him as a friend, not just a colleague J

First it’s nice to know that he’s younger than I thought, cause he has a very heavy accent on the phone, plus he said that he already married for the second times, whuuaa when is my turn yah ? he he he. Another thing is he is a Moslem, which is surprised me also, cause his name definitely is not a Moslem name.

So, my story begun when I check in at the hotel, somehow I don’t understand why, the receptionist was very slow and we need to wait excessively long only to get the room key after several hum and tapping on their table.

After shalat, we decided to go to Masjid Raya to break our fasting there, and guys, the scene there was hard to describe. Behind the Masjid Raya there is a big pedestrian walk straight to Istana Maimoon, and during the month of Ramadan, this pedestrian was full of small “tend restaurant” offering thousand kind of foods from Indonesia and Middle East. When I said tend, the roof is really like a tend they’re using during Hajj at Arafah, Saudi Arabia. To saw thousand of peoples with colorful Islamic clothes chatted, laughed and poured looked for food and the air full of shalawat from Masjid’s loudspeaker, boy, it’s a truly spiritual experience for a city guy like me.

For instant I felt something creeps in my heart, I felt Ramadhan … Alhamdulillah ….

So after looked around we decided to order the famous Soup Tulang, and the problem begin. When we want to pay, the price is very expensive, according to Sondy the actual price is more than a half, but what can we say, the waiter insist that it is the correct price. When I saw that Sondy started to get angry, I tried to calm him by saying that we’re still fasting and we must control our temper.

He just looked at me and said, OK, paid the bill and then asked the waiter to leave.

When we break our fasting he become so quite and after finished his meals he said that he will go for a while to do something. After wait for around ten minutes I told to the couple in front of me that my friend was looking for a trouble, just wait for a couple minutes more.

And it’s true, not long after I said that, I heard someone yelled and maybe ten blocks from me there was a bunch of people tried to hold my friend punched the waiter.

Well, actually he already punched the waiter 4 times at his jaw, but not a “deadly” punch. And you know what, Sondy was right, the waiter is not an actual waiter from Soup Tulang restaurant, so he’s acted like calo and mark up the price.

After the situation is under control, I said to him, “Wow, it’s a hard city yah”

And he said, “Yup, definitely, Ini Medan bung”

medan
october 4, 2006
joeffry

meeting, ceminar or pleasure ?

2006-09-26T23:42:00.000+07:00

He he he, kali ini saya kembali ke Malaysia, nggak jelas sih buat apa. Pokoknya mayan deh bisa ketemuan sama temen lama disana en nambah temen baru dari perusahan yang baru aku masuki ini.
Acaranya sih seru juga mulai dari meeting, trus besoknya ada ceminar tentang culture and besoknya jalan jalan deh.

the thin line

2006-08-25T16:31:00.000+07:00

There was a lot of things happened in the las two months. If I saw it separately seems like there is no connectivity among them but somehow when I tried to joined this occurrences altogether, voila, I can saw there was a smooth line connected among them, the line which I truly believe was set up by The Almighty. And what happened to me in the last two months can be my return point to entering totally the whole new world, to learn to see everything and react with a completely different perspective, to fight much harder for a quest of a better life.

At least there was four cases forced me to mused what is the meaning of it. First I was doing a medical check up and the result is bad, my doctor said that i was contracted a Nonalcoholic Hematogali Fatty Liver, which is again .. bad .. cause if it's not handle seriously will become Cirrhossis liver, and my friends, its uncured. I'm still under medicinal treatment right now, and luckily they found out my disease before it's to late, cause according to the doctor there will be no sign at all like fever, queasy, etc, and if you reach the phase 'feel something' it means too late :(.

I was endured a medical check up because its a one of terms to become a new employee in new company, and guess what, since I was acceptance as their employee long before the medical check up result finish, I decided to quit from my previous job and signed a new contract. So when the results materialize I was totally shocked and confused, thank God my new company gave me a second medical check up, and the result is acceptable. And this was a second case, a new job.

The third is my relationship with my girl, even though we’re experienced a very hard time and seems like there was no hope, now it become clearer and moved to certain point, which is good. Now, even she was move abroad to develop her career, I (we) believe there is a tight connection between us, and it also drive me to both work and study harder, I always have a dream to reach my MBA degree. Thanks babe.

The last but not least is my passion to go on Umrah and Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. I don't know exactly when I have a thought about this; it’s suddenly pop up in my head and ever since that passion become stronger and stronger and pushed me to be a better man than yesterday. Well, frankly speaking, I don't want to be in the city of God and Prophet with the body full of sin. Insya Allah the day will come when I utter 'Labaik Allahuma Labaik' (Dear God, I come to fulfill Your call),

Insya Allah.

joeffry
djakarta
August 25, 2006

i luv u

2006-08-22T16:18:00.000+07:00

tick tock tick tock
jarum jam berdetak tak lelah
titi pasti detik demi detik
dan sepasang anak manusia
smoga tak jua lelah melangkah
walau terkadang air mata menitik

tick tock tick tock
jarum jam tak jemu berputar
lewati menit demi menit
dan asa sepasang anak manusia
smoga tak luruh dalam gentar
terpisah jarak yang mencubit

tick tock tick tock
jarum jam setia berdetik
lalui jam demi jam
dan cinta sepasang anak manusia
smoga tak jemu berbisik
ceriakan malam malam kelam

jarum jam
selalu melangkah
tak pernah bosan
apalagi ingkar
tunjukan kuasa waktu
yang selalu maju

cinta sejati sepasang anak manusia
tak kan pernah lekang
walau oleh irama sang waktu

i love you ...

abang
djakarta
22 agustus 2006

Potret [makin] Buram Pendidikan Kita

2006-06-28T16:02:00.000+07:00

Siapa yang salah ?

Siswa SMK Kelautan Majene 100% Tidak Lulus
Hasil ujian nasional di sejumlah daerah mmenunjukkan tingginya angka ketidaklulusan siswa. Di Kabupaten Majene, Sulawesi Barat, lebih dari 200 siswa tidak lulus.

Yang tidak lulus itu, mayoritas dari Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK). Di Majene ada 5 SMK. Di SMK Kelautan Majene, tidak satupun siswanya yang lulus ujian.

Dari pantauan seluruh sekolah di Majene saat pengumuman dijaga ketat 4 orang polisi, satu orang di antaranya dilengkapi dengan senjata.

Menanggapi tingginya angka ketidaklulusan siswa SMK, Kepala Sekolah SMK Kelautan Majene, Sudarfiana menyatakan hampir semua siswanya yang tidak lulus itu, buruk dalam mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris dan Matematika. Untuk mata pelajaran Bahasa Indonesia, semuanya lulus.

"Bagaimana Bahasa Inggris mereka mau bagus, di daerah pelosok macam ini tak ada sumber penunjang. Beda di kota, selain gurunya bermutu, juga ditambah fasilitas laboraturium dan banyaknya alternatif, kursus," kata Sudarfiana di ruang kerjanya.

“Memang mudah mencari kambinghitam, bilang saja fasilitas tidak ada bla bla bla, di Metropolitan DKI saja yang notabene fasilitas mudah apalagi kursus tersebar dimana-mana ada 7 sekolah yang tidak lulus 100%, jadi apa dan siapa yang salah kalau begitu? Siswa-kah, guru-kah, sistem-kah atau semuanya saling berkait dalam kesalahan?

Seluruh siswa SMA Dharma Kirti, Karangasem, Bali Tidak Lulus

Seluruh siswa SMA Dharma Kirti, di Kecamatan Manggis. Kabupaten Karangasem, Bali, tidak lulus ujian nasional (UN), yang diumumkan Senin (19/6).

Dari 67 siswa, yang terdiri atas 33 jurusan IPA (Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam) dan 34 orang jurusan IPS (Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial) yang ikut UN tahun ini semuanya tak mencapai nilai syarat minimal kelulusan, yakni 4,26 dan rata-rata 4,50.

Siswa yang sebelumnya sempat dinyatakan lolos PMDK, tapi tidak lulus UN, PMDK-nya tidak bisa dilanjutkan.

Sekolah Lulus UN Nol Persen di DKI Sebaiknya Merger

Sekolah-sekolah di DKI Jakarta yang memiliki hasil kelulusan nol persen pada Ujian Nasional (UN) diminta melakukan bergabung atau merger, agar bisa meningkatkan mutu pendidikannya, sehingga mampu lolos pada ujian nasional tahun ajaran mendatang.

Sekolah yang memiliki hasil UN nol persen itu terdiri atas enam SMA swasta dan satu SMK swasta yang letaknya tersebar di seluruh wilayah DKI Jakarta.

Berdasarkan data tahun lalu sebanyak 25 sekolah swasta yang hasil ujiannya nol persen. Setiap sekolah umumnya mengirimkan 10-15 siswanya.

5.804 Peserta Ujian Nasional di NTB Tidak Lulus
Sejumlah 5.804 dari 38.800 peserta Ujian Nasional (UN) se-Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) tidak lulus. Kondisi tersebut terjadi dengan tingkat prosentase bervariasi pada 9 kabupaten dan kota yang tersebar di Pulau Lombok dan Sumbawa.

Prestasi Pendidikan di Batam Terendah di Kepri
Kota Batam menduduki prestasi terendah dalam kelulusan di Provinsi Kepulauan Riau (Kepri), rata-rata 55%. Padahal, daerah ini mendapat alokasi dana sektor pendidikan Rp86 miliar per tahun, tergolong tertinggi di provinsi itu.

Salah satu contoh, SMA Negeri 7 Batam, hanya mampu meluluskan 4 dari 23 siswa dalam ujian nasional (UN), akhir Mei lalu. Di sekolah lain, dari 28 siswa, hanya 8 yang lulus.

Ketua Korps Alumni Himpunan Mahasiswa Islam (KAHMI) Batam Ronny F Adam meminta Wali Kota Batam menempatkan kepala dinas yang profesional di bidang pendidikan. "Wali Kota harus mencari Kadis Pendidikan profesional, sehingga bisa meningkatkan mutu pendidikan dari sekarang ini."

Sementara itu Kepala Dinas Pendidikan Kota Batam Maaz Ismail mengaku puas dengan hasil yang diperoleh Batam meski kelulusan berada di bawah daerah lain di Kepri. Target Dinas Pendidikan Kota Batam, kata dia, tidak jauh dari hasil yang diperoleh sekarang. "Soal evaluasi dan keputusan akhir, itu terserah atasan yang menilai."

“Apa yang bisa kita harapkan dengan Kadis yang mengaku puas dengan hasil yang terendah dengan sokongan dana yang tertinggi?”

Aksi dan Reaksi

Tak Lulus Ujian Nasional, Ajip Mengamuk
Akibat tak lulus Ujian Nasional (UN), seorang siswa SMAN-1 Kecamatan Gunung Timang Kabupaten Barito Utara (Barut) Kalimantan Tengah mengamuk dengan memukul kaca sekolah hingga urat nadi (tendon) tangan kanan putus.

Siswa kelas III IPA SMAN-1 Gunung Timang tersebut bernama Ajip Supriadi (18) warga desa Majangkan kecamatan setempat terpaksa dirujuk ke Banjarmasin, Kalimantan Selatan akibat mengalami pendarahan di tangan.

Siswa SMAN-1 kecamatan Gunung Timang yang tidak lulus sebanyak 19 orang termasuk korban dari 62 orang peserta UN dan berdasarkan keterangan para guru setempat sebelumnya korban sempat minum minuman beralkohol.

"Saat datang ke sekolah mulut korban sudah tercium miras, setelah tahu tidak lulus siswa itu langsung mengamuk mungkin pengaruh minuman tersebut," katanya setelah melihat langsung kondisi kaca sekolah yang pecah tersebut.

“Beginilah mental para pelajar kita …”

Delapan Siswa SMA 10 Jakarta Tak Lulus
Delapan siswa Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) 10 Jakarta tak lulus Ujian Akhir Nasional (UAN). Mereka kini stres. Bahkan ada di antara mereka yang nyaris bunuh diri lantaran begitu putus asa. Karena itu, baru-baru ini, guru bimbingan dan penyuluhan (BP) SMA 10 Jakarta perlu mengundang mereka untuk berdialog.

Kesulitan itu pula yang berdampak buruk pada kondisi psikologis para siswa yang gagal lulus. Di Jakarta seorang pelajar mencoba bunuh diri. Begitu juga dengan di Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat, seorang pelajar nekat menghabisi nyawanya karena frustrasi .

Student tries to set fire to school after failing exam
A student depressed at failing the national exam reportedly tried to set fire to his school in East Bekasi as demands grow for an overhaul of the criteria for high school graduation.
The student, who was among dozens at Bina Karya vocational high school who failed the exam and was thus unable to graduate, entered an administration office Wednesday night and poured gasoline on the floor before setting it alight, police said.

A security guard saw him and the 19-year-old fled. The fire was quickly put out, although a computer and a desk were damaged.
East Bekasi Police chief Adj. Comr. Luthfi told The Jakarta Post that the student, who is now in police detention, was depressed after Monday's release of the exam scores.

“No Comment..”

T r a g e d i

Rencana Kuliah di IPB Pupus

SABTU 17 Juni 2006 pagi hari. Sebanyak 25 murid dan orangtuanya dipanggil ke SMA Perguruan Rakyat 2, Lampiri, Duren Sawit, Jakarta Timur. Mereka dikumpulkan di dalam satu ruang kelas, tanpa anak-anaknya.

Tak berapa lama kemudian, mereka keluar dari ruang kelas dengan mata berkaca-kaca. Mereka tak berbicara banyak dengan anak-anaknya yang menunggu di luar kelas. Setelah itu, giliran 25 siswa kelas tiga itu dipanggil ke dalam kelas.

Guru di depan kelas pun berucap bahwa anak didiknya di jurusan IPA yang dipanggil Sabtu pagi itu tidak lulus UN, karena nilai matematikanya di bawah nilai standar kelulusan 4,26. "Saat ini juga di kelas seperti lautan air mata. Kami menangis semua. Kami kecewa, kami sedih," ucap Siti Hapsa.

Hapsa dan teman-temannya yang tidak lulus UN tergolong siswa berprestasi dan selalu menduduki peringkat terbaik. Bahkan, berdasarkan nilai rapor dari kelas satu hingga kelas tiga SMA itu, Siti Hapsa diterima di Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) tanpa tes, pada awal Mei lalu.

"Kecewa banget," begitu kata gadis berkerudung putih yang akrab disapa Aca tersebut. Ia tak bisa menyembunyikan perasaan saat ditanya tentang ketidaklulusannya dalam ujian nasional (UN).

Matanya selalu terlihat berkaca-kaca. Wajahnya selalu menampilkan gurat kesedihan.

Aca selalu mendapat nilai minimal tujuh untuk setiap mata pelajaran di sekolah. Tapi, saat UN, ia hanya mengantongi nilai 4,00 untuk mata pelajaran matematika. Angka itu dibawah syarat minimal 4,26 Sedangkan untuk mata pelajaran lainnya tergolong tinggi. Bahasa Indonesia 8,00 dan bahasa Inggris 8,6. "Aku nggak tahu kenapa bisa dapat nilai empat. Memang soal-soalnya sulit, tapi saat itu aku yakin bisa lulus ujian matematika," katanya.

Rencananya, 4 Juli mendatang, putri bungsu dari lima bersaudara ini harus berada di asrama mahasiswi di IPB Bogor. Tapi, karena terganjal nilai matematika itu, impiannya pupus. Ia tidak ingin mengikuti anjuran pemerintah untuk mengulang di kelas tiga bagi yang tidak lulus ujian. "Saya malu, malu sama teman, malu sama saudara," katanya.

“Ini preseden buruk bagi pelaksana UN, untuk siswa yang diketahui berprestasi tapi gagal dalam UN mungkin perlu dicaritahu penyebabnya, apa memang standar yang hanya 4.26 itu terlalu tinggi bagi pelajar Indonesia ataukah ada penyebab lainnya?”

Lagi Kebijakan Pemerintah

Wapres Tegaskan Tidak Ada Ujian Ulang

Meski DPR RI mendesak agar diadakan ujian ulang, Wakil Presiden menegaskan tidak perlu dilakukan. Ujian ulangan itu menurutnya hanya akan melemahkan semangat belajar siswa.

Mengenai kebijakan tersebut, Wapres menjelaskan perlu diambil untuk memberikan pembelajaran bagi siswa dan orang tuanya untuk lebih memacu belajar keras. Sebaliknya, bila toleransi ujian ulang diberikan, hal itu dikhawatirkan akan menjadi kebiasaan yang nantinya akan selalu diandalkan siswa untuk memperoleh ijasah kelulusan. Hal itu, katanya, justru akan melemahkan semangat dan kemampuan siswa.

“Saya pribadi setuju dengan pak wapres, memang yang namanya belajar jelas harus ada ujian dong, dan kalau tidak berhasil yah harus ulang lagi dari awal, kalau terlalu banyak toleransi bagaimana mau bermutu lulusan kita"

djoeffry

djakarta

june 28, 2006

do

2006-06-17T21:04:00.000+07:00

the counting is over …
but the journey still goes on …

lets make the story complete

batavia
june 17, 2006
joeffry

- Alhamdulillah,
'the song remains the same' after another istikharah -

Potret Buram Pendidikan Kita

2006-06-16T17:41:00.000+07:00

Infrastruktur

Ruang Kelas SD di Kebumen Ambruk Saat Dipakai UAS
Sebuah ruang kelas di SD Negeri Jladri 1, Kecamatan Buayan, Kebumen, Jawa Tengah (Jateng), ambruk pada Selasa.
Padahal waktu itu, ruang kelas yang ambruk tengah digunakan ujian akhir sekolah (UAS) kelas VI. Tidak ada korban dalam peristiwa itu, namun peserta UAS panik dan berhamburan keluar.

63 SDN di Kota Bekasi Rusak
Wakil Ketua DPRD Kota Bekasi Dadang Asgar Noor mengatakan, sebanyak 63 dari 460 gedung SDN di wilayah Bekasi rusak dan dikhawatirkan roboh menimpa siswa saat proses belajar mengajar bila tidak segera diperbaiki.

Kesejahteraan dan Kemampuan Guru

Baru 8%, Guru SD di Jawa Tengah Penuhi Syarat
Dari sekitar 140 ribu guru sekolah dasar di Jawa Tengah, baru 8 yang memenuhi persyaratan sesuai
Undang-Undang 14 Tahun 2005 tentang Guru dan Dosen, yakni berpendidikan minimal Diploma IV.

Gaji Guru TK di Jateng Rp 1.000 Sehari
Ribuan tenaga pengajar lembaga pendidikan swasta hingga sekarang belum memiliki kejelasan nasib, bahkan banyak guru taman kanak-kanak di daerah di Jawa Tengah hanya menerima gaji Rp25.000 per bulan atau hanya dapat honor Rp1.000 sehari.
Lebih memprihatinkan lagi, banyak guru madrasah diniyah di provinsi ini tidak mendapat imbalan sepeser pun, kata Ketua Fraksi PPP DPRD Jateng Masruhan Samsurie, di Semarang, ketika menyampaikan hasil kunjungan kerja selama masa reses belum lama ini.
"Jangankan mendapat honor, para guru madrasah diniyah malah mengeluarkan biaya sendiri, agar proses belajar-mengajar tetap berlangsung," katanya.

60 Persen Guru di Sumbar Belum Sarjana
Implementasi UU No 14 Tahun 2005 tentang Guru dan Dosen di Sumatra Barat akan menghadapi permasalahan berat.
"Salah satunya, karena baru 30.787 orang dari total 76.135 guru di Sumbar yang berpendidikan sarjana," kata Kepala Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi Sumbar Dr Rahmat Syahni di Padang.
Jumlah guru yang belum sarjana tersebut baru sekitar 40 persen. Artinya, sekitar 60 persen lagi, tenaga guru SD, SLTP dan SLTA belum bergelar sarjana.

Sistem Pendidikan dan Kemampuan Siswa

Prediksi Angka tidak Lulus Unas SLTP di Blitar Capai 50
Diperkirakan sedikitnya 50 persen dari total 14.518 peserta ujian nasional (Unas) tingkat SLTP di Kabupaten Blitar, Jawa Timur, diyakini tidak lulus.
Besarnya prediksi angka tidak lulus Unas SLTP yang dimulai 22 hingga 24 Mei di Kabupaten Blitar itu berdasarkan dari persentase jumlah soal ujian yang tidak terjawab atau dikosongkan.
Masih Memprihatinkan, Sistem Pendidikan Indonesia
Sistem pendidikan di Indonesia yang dikembangkan sekarang ini masih belum memenuhi harapan. Malahan, terlihat terjadinya penurunan yang memprihatinkan, kata staf ahli Menristek bidang pendidikan Dr Ir Abdul Aziz Darwis.
Ketrampilan membaca siswa kelas IV SD di Indonesia berada pada peringkat terendah di Asia Timur setelah Philipina, Thailand, Singapura, dan Hongkong.
Anak-anak di Indonesia hanya dapat menguasai 30 persen materi bacaan, bahkan mereka sulit sekali menjawab soal-soal berbentuk uraian yang memerlukan penalaran.

Belasan Ribu Penduduk Ponorogo Buta Huruf
Jumlah penduduk Kabupaten Ponorogo, Jawa Timur yang buta huruf sampai akhir 2005 mencapai 14.439 orang dari jumlah penduduk 858.778 jiwa. Umumnya mereka berusia antara 10-44 tahun.

Moral dan Ahlaq

Mahasiswa Universitas Hasanuddin Tawuran
Mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik (FISIP) bentrok dengan mahasiswa Fakultas Tehnik di halaman Universitas Hasanuddin (Unhas), Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan. Aksi saling serang terjadi tiba-tiba. Sebelum insiden itu, sejumlah mahasiswa FISIP tengah menggelar jumpa pers menerangkan kronologis pembakaran ruang Majelis Perwakilan Mahasiswa, tadi malam.
Di tengah acara, tiba-tiba mahasiswa FISIP dilempari batu oleh sekelompok orang dari arah Fakultas Teknik. Para mahasiswa FISIP segera keluar dan membalas dengan melempari kelompok itu. Polisi yang disiagakan di Kampus Unhas bergerak melerai tawuran. Brigadir Polisi Awaluddin dan seorang pegawai FISIP terluka di bagian kepala akibat lemparan batu.

Revolusi Seks Bangku Sekolah
Cianjur menyedot perhatian dalam kesan yang negatif. Kota Periangan yang selama ini dianggap setia pada nilai-nilai lama, dan religius, itu telah tercemari peradaban hedonis: seks bebas.
Seperti ramai diberitakan, 11 siswa dan siswi sekolah menengah umum negeri (SMUN) II Cianjur telah dipecat awal bulan ini karena terlibat seks bebas yang pamali itu. Bahkan kini beredar kepingan VCD berisi adegan sepasang pelajar melakukan, maaf, seks oral di kelas itu.
Yahya Ma'shum, Kepala Divisi Informasi, Edukasi, Motivasi, dan Advokasi Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI) mengatakan, peta seks memang sudah berubah.
"Dibandingkan dengan dua dekade lalu, hubungan seks di kalangan remaja telah meningkat, dan sudah terang-terangan,".
Hasil riset Synote tahun 2004 juga membuktikannya. Riset dilakukan di empat kota yakni Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung dan Medan. Dari 450 responden, 44% mengaku berhubungan seks pertama kali pada usia 16-18 tahun. Bahkan ada 16 responden yang mengenal seks sejak usia 13-15 tahun. Sebanyak 40% responden melakukan hubungan seks di rumah. Sedangkan 26% melakukannya di tempat kos, dan 20 % lainnya di hotel.
Survei Badan Koordinasi Keluarga Berencana Nasional (BKKBN) terhadap 2.880 remaja usia 15-24 tahun di enam kota di Jawa Barat pada 2002, juga menunjukkan angka menyedihkan. Sebanyak 39,65% dari mereka pernah berhubungan seks sebelum nikah.

Kebijakan dan Rencana Pemerintah

Ratusan Siswa SD Gagal Ikut UAS akibat Konflik Tapal Batas
Ratusan siswa tujuh sekolah dasar (SD) di lima desa, gagal mengikuti ujian akhir sekolah (UAS). Kegagalan itu akibat Dinas Pendidikan Kabupaten Kampar dan Rokan Hulu (Rohul) sibuk memperebutkan kewenangan penyelenggaran ujian di daerah tersebut.
Tidak terlaksananya UAS ini buntut tak tuntasnya penyelesaian perebutan tujuh desa yang merupakan tapal batas antara Pemerintah Kabupaten (Pemkab) Kampar dengan Rohul.

Kepsek Keluhkan Kebijakan Biaya Hardiknas
Sejumlah Kepala Sekolah (Kepsek) di Kota Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, mengeluhkan kebijakan atasan mereka yang membebani biaya memperingati Hari Pendidikan Nasional (Hardiknas) Tahun 2006 kepada setiap sekolah.
Berdasarkan surat edaran No.422/664/Pend/2006 tertanggal 22 Maret 2006 yang ditandatangani Kadis Dikjar Kota Palu Drs Djikra Garontina, setiap Kantor Cabang Dinas Dikjar Kecamatan dibebani setoran untuk membiayai kegiatan Hardiknas 2006 masing-masing sebesar Rp2,5 juta.

Pemerintah Belum Miliki Data Jumlah Guru Bantu yang Telah Diangkat
Kendati proses pengangkatan guru bantu telah dilaksanakan akhir tahun lalu, hingga kini pemerintah belum memiliki data rekap jumlah guru bantu yang telah diangkat.
Selain itu, sejumlah masalah masih terjadi dalam proses rekrutmen di berbagai daerah, mulai dari kekacauan data hingga proses pengangkatan.
Hal itu terungkap dalam rapat kerja antara Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia dan Dewan Perwakilan Daerah di Jakarta. Menteri Negara Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara (PAN) Taufik Effendi mengungkapkan pihaknya mengalami kesulitan mengoordinasikan proses pengangkatan tenaga honorer, termasuk guru bantu. Masalah itu dipicu oleh tidak adanya koordinasi antara Badan Kepegawaian Negara (BKN) di tingkat pusat dengan Badan Kepegawaian Daerah (BKD).

Menkeu: Sulit Capai Anggaran Pendidikan 20 Persen
Menteri Keuangan Sri Mulyani Indrawati mengatakan, pencapaian anggaran pendidikan hingga 20 persen dari anggaran belanja pemerintah pusat masih sulit dilakukan pada tahun 2006. Pemerintah hanya dapat meningkatkan anggaran pendidikan lebih tinggi dari 9,1 persen terhadap anggaran belanja pemerintah pusat.
"Anggaran pendidikan sebesar 9,1 persen sebagai batas tertinggi itu tidak melawan konsitusi, dan tidak mengikat secara hukum," katanya.

Wapres: Pemerintah dan DPR Langgar Konstitusi
Wakil Presiden (Wapres) Jusuf Kalla mengemukakan, Pemerintah dan DPR Republik Indonesia (RI)sama-sama telah melanggar UUD 1945 terkait dengan tidak terpenuhinya anggaran pendidikan sebesar 20 persen dalam Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara (APBN).
Pemerintah tidak bisa di-impeach (dimintai pertanggungjawaban), sebab pelanggaran juga dilakukan oleh DPR. "Baik pemerintah maupun DPR sama-sama melanggar konstitusi, jadi pemerintah tidak bisa di-impeach karena sama-sama melanggar," ujar Wapres saat memberikan pengarahan kepada peserta Kursus Lemhanas, Istana Wapres.
Wapres mengingatkan DPR tidak hanya menyalahkan pemerintah, karena besaran anggaran pendidikan di bawah 20 persen dalam APBN adalah kesepakatan bersama antara pemerintah dan DPR. " Kok hanya pemerintah yang didemo, ’kan ini keputusan bersama," kata Ketua Umum Partai Golongan Karya (Golkar) ini.

Sistem Pengelolaan Anggaran Pendidikan Harus Diperbaiki
Anggaran pendidikan sebesar 20 persen dari APBN tidak banyak pengaruhnya dalam peningkatan kualitas pendidikan. Sistem pengelolan anggaran dan birokrasi pendidikan harus diperbaiki.
Demikian hasil survei yang dilakukan Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) yang disampaikan oleh monitoring pelayanan publik ICW Ade Irawan.

Melihat potret pendidikan kita yang carut marut diatas sungguh membuat saya terenyuh mengelus dada. Bagi saya pendidikan adalah lambang kemajuan bangsa dan sebagai tolak ukur peradaban bangsa itu sendiri. Bagaimana bangsa kita bisa dengan bangga mengaku sebagai bangsa yang beradab jikalau rakyatnya bodoh dan terbelakang?

Saya memang bukan peraih gelar yang hebat2 seperti bapak2 yang ada di menara gading eksekutif dan legislatif tapi ada sedikit pemikiran yang terlintas, siapa tau bisa dijadikan tambahan dana untuk mencapai rencana Anggaran Pendidikan 20% diatas.

Jujur saja, saya kurang percaya dengan cara2 pencegahan yang direncanakan oleh pemerintah untuk menanggulangi korupsi dan sebagainya, walaupun hal itu bagus dan perlu diteruskan. Saya cenderung lebih kepada langkah2 yang ditempuh oleh Kapolri kita karena walaupun mencegah lebih baik daripada mengobati, di negeri yang terpuruk ini, mengobati [menangkap] cenderung lebih mudah dilakukan. Cara menaikan pendapatan dari sektor pajak pun saya rasa kurang efektif ditengah krisis ekonomi seperti sekarang ini.

Singkatnya saya berangan-angan bagaimana jika pemerintah dan DPR membuat Undang-undang yang mengatur hasil dari kejahatan yang terbongkar oleh pihak kepolisian seperti penyelundupan, korupsi dll, dana yang terselamatkan dialokasikan untuk dana pendidikan. Mungkin tidak semuanya, tapi bisa juga melalui pembagian yang adil.
Misalnya pada kasus penyelundupan kayu [illegal logging], maka hasil yang didapat diabagi antara Depdiknas, Kepolisian dan Dephut. Begitu pula untuk kasus2 lainnya, seperti penyelundupan ikan,batubara, emas, minyak, kelapa sawit, dan korupsi, Dana yang didapat jangan dikembalikan lagi ke pemerintah pusat, karena potensi kebocoran dana menjadi jauh lebih besar.

Untuk mencegah terjadinya kebocoran dana bisa juga dana yang didapat dipublikasikan ke publik melalui surat kabar dan website yang memang khusus dibuat untuk itu untuk membuatnya menjadi lebih accountable.

Saya yakin masyarakat pasti akan jauh lebih menghargai pemerintah jika berani melakukannya. Biar bagaimanapun sebuah bangsa tidak akan mungkin menjadi besar bila tidak didukung oleh pendidikan yang memadai.

Terima kasih

Faizal Aldjoeffry
Jakarta
16 Juni 2006

tembusan:
Presiden Republik Indonesia ; Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Sekretariat Negara Republik Indonesia ;Yusril Ihza Mahendra
DPR RI ; H.R. Agung Laksono
Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia ; Kapolri Jenderal Sutanto
Jaksa Agung ; Abdul Rahman Saleh SH
Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi ; DRS. H. Taufiequrachman Ruki, SH
Departemen Pendidikan Nasional ; Prof. Dr. Bambang Sudibyo, MBA
Departemen Keuangan ; H.E. DR. Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Departemen Energi Dan Sumber Daya Mineral ; Prof. Purnomo Yusgiantoro
Departemen Kehutanan ; H. MS Kaban, SE, Msi
Departemen Kelautan dan Perikanan : Laksamana Madya (Purn) Freddy Numberi
Departemen Pertanian ; Dr. Ir. Anton Apriyanto, MS
Departemen Luar Negeri ; Dr. N. Hassan Wirajuda
Departemen Perdagangan ; Mari Elka Pangestu

never let go of hope

2006-06-15T18:35:00.000+07:00

One day you will see that it all has finally come together.
What you have always wished for has finally come to be.
You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself,

"How did I get through all of that?"
Just never let go of hope.
Just never quit dreaming.
And never let love depart from your life.

~ Jancarl jampi ~

welcome to the machine

2006-06-15T18:30:00.000+07:00

I have a dream that someday everything in this world will be a machine or at least half machine.

It’s great to know that now robotic industry can create an amazing Artificial Intelligent which implant to the ‘brain’ of the machine/robot. They actually can act and think like human but the marvelous thing is they cannot feel.

Small example of the beautiful AI is on the “Lara Croft’s” game. We’ll almost never have the same experience when we replay the game cause the ‘enemy’ will react differently to our movement. They learn from mistakes without feel anything, no sorry, no remorse, no regret, not even broken heart and definitely will not do the same mistakes. Amazing isn’t it?

The great example is ASIMO, Honda’s advanced humanoid robot. The New ASIMO has made great leaps forward from its predecessor. In fact, the New ASIMO can walk along with you (holding your hand if you wish), and features advanced mobility, to the extent that ASIMO can now move carts and other objects around at will. And, with a newly developed total control system that controls all of ASIMO's functions, ASIMO can autonomously act as a receptionist, or even deliver drinks on a tray. The New ASIMO is also more agile than before, being able to run at 6km/h, and even turn whilst running.

I trully believe that someday they will find a way to implant this AI to ours but what will happen next I really don’t know. Maybe the world will be a better place if they can just ‘delete’ our heart [feeling] or maybe getting worst.

Nobody knows the answer, once again .. time will tell

djakarta
june 15, 2006
djoeffry
wish i’m a machine

surat kepada dewi

2006-06-15T18:09:00.000+07:00

funny, it never go publish at that time, i found it when i tried to formated my computer today. So, here it is, and I believe it's still valid.

duhai dewi
maafkan daku
yang tak mampu lagi
rangkai kata rayu nan mendayu

serak parau suaraku
coba singkapkan getir tabir ragu
menggelayut mesra dihatimu

satu demi satu
muncul hinaku
kotor nan berdebu
bahkan tak layak terinjak kasutmu

aku sayang kamu
jelas itu aku tahu
aku cinta kamu
tak pula terbersit ragu

tapi apa pantas
aku bersanding denganmu?

djakarta
feb 5 2006
joeffry

i'am a walrus

2006-06-08T14:09:00.000+07:00

happy 666 everyone

2006-06-06T06:06:00.000+07:00

666 is commonly known as the Number of The Beast in Book of Revelation chapter 13, verses 17-18.

Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Personally, i don't want to involve with religion things above, cause it's well beyond my know-how, but this 666 is very appealing and has been studied extensively by mathematicians because of its many interesting properties.

Here's for example:

The number 666 is a simple sum and difference of the first three 6th powers:
666 = 16 - 26 + 36.

The sum of the squares of the first 7 primes is 666:
666 = 2² + 3² + 5² + 7² + 11² + 13² + 17²

The number 666 is related to the golden ratio! (If a rectangle has the property that cutting off a square from it leaves a rectangle whose proportions are the same as the original, then that rectangle's proportions are in the golden ratio.
Also, the golden ratio is the limit, as n becomes large, of the ratio between adjacent numbers in the Fibonacci sequence.)
Denoting the Golden Ratio by t, we have the following identity, where the angles are in degrees:

sin(666) = cos(6·6·6) = -t/2

which can be combined into the lovely expression:

t = - (sin(666) + cos(6·6·6) ) [Wang, J. Rec. Math, 26(3)]

666 is a divisor of 123456789 + 987654321. [from Patrick Capelle]

666 is an abundant number. It is the sum of the squares of the first seven prime numbers.
Since 36 is both square and triangular, 666 is the sixth number of the form n2(n2 + 1) / 2 (triangular squares) and the eighth number of the form n(n + 1)(n2 + n + 2) / 8 (doubly triangular numbers.)

There is no number whose value of Euler's totient function φ is 666, making it a nontotient.

The harmonic mean of the digits of 666 is an integer: 3/(1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6) = 6. 666 is the 54th number with this property.

In base 10, 666 is a palindromic number, a repdigit and a Smith number. A prime reciprocal magic square based on 1/149 in base 10 has a magic total of 666.

The Roman numeral representation of the number 666 (DCLXVI) uses once each the Roman numeral symbols with values under 1,000, and they occur in exact reverse order of their respective values (D = 500, C = 100, L = 50, X = 10, V = 5, I = 1).

Well, I thought it’s already too much, isn’t it?

Btw, there is another interesting from conspiracy field, if you take a look closer to a UPC Barcode on the left, you will fin d out that number 666 will appear from the ‘guard bar’ at the beginning, middle and the end.

And the guard bar is a code for number ‘6’. Hmmm quite interesting for a person who like a conspiracy :)

Well then, Happy 666 day everyone …

djakarta
6-6-6
djoeffry

the best diet, but not for everyone

2006-06-04T23:12:00.000+07:00

it's funny to realize that you can loose weight so easily when you have so many things in your mind.
Yes believe me, its true. 2 months ago a was 73 kg, well its not ideal I know, last week I was 69 but today I am 68 :).

he he I’m in a proportional shape right know. No need to diet I was loosing 5 kg only for 2 months period.
But there is something which makes me curious, I never change my food consumption behavior neither diet, but I keep loosing my weight.

is the power consumption to running the tiny brain cells so enormous and will absorb whole your energy, especially your fat? Does it connected with your feelings and at the end will change your metabolism? It still needs to find out.

so for the conclusion, I would like to share my experience, if you want to loose you weight without diet or workout and you don’t give a damn [care] with your feelings, take my advice; find a seems-like-unsolved-problem. 100% guarantee.

djakarta
june 4, 2006
djoeffry
the problem is: i do really care

2752006

2006-05-28T17:45:00.000+07:00

sabtu duapuluhtujuh mei
lima limatiga pagi hari
bumi nusantaraku bergolak lagi

belum hilang pedih tsunami
gempa kini ganti hampiri
sekejap sesaat tapi pasti
tinggalkan sisa sisa takdir ilahi

tebarkan aroma ribuan kematian
berpadu luluh lantak kehancuran
rumah sawah kolam ladang candi
kambing kerbau ayam itik sapi
eyang mbah istri anak suami bayi
habis tak terkecuali
mati

Tuhan
belum cukupkah
Kau timpakan azab bagi negeri?

djakarta
joeffry

Insya Allah syuhada mereka yang tiada
sabar mereka yang hilang benda luka raga
sabar pula mereka yang tak kurang suatu apa

d i r i

2006-05-14T22:52:00.000+07:00

ketakutan, kegalauan dan kecemasan itu mendadak hampiri lagi
kali ini bahkan jauh lebih hebat
karena aku merasa sendiri
terombang-ambing antara nyata dan mimpi

sampai sepenggalah mentari
gontaiku bersimpuh di depan pusara abah Hasjim Aldjoeffry
yang termimpi memanggil nama diri

“ya abbati, Insya Allah indah ganjaran yang kau terima dari Illahi rabbi
jangan fikirkan lagi anakmu di dunia ini, ananda laki-laki
pasrah kuterima semua sebagai takdir illahi”

'rencana Allah semuanya indah
tapi jangan kau sangka Allah akan memberikannya begitu saja
ia terbungkus dengan tali-tali masalah
terikat dengan benang-benang susah
terjalin rapat oleh bisikan putus asa dan marah

dan Dia akan melihatmu
tergetar perlahan mencoba satu demi satu
mebuka simpul masalah, susah, putus asa dan marah
sampai kau dapati janjiNya
dan janji Allah adalah pasti adanya'

terngiang untaian kalimat murni
datang pasti dari hati
yang telah alami dan yakini

“terima kasih abah
ananda tak sendiri lagi
ada Allah menemani
dan Dia tak pernah ingkar janji”

may, 14 2006
jakarta,
joeffry

-ya Allah aku serahkan diriku yang hina ini padaMu dan jadikan hamba orang yang selalu berprasangka baik pada takdirmu, Amin-”

[tutup] lawang sigotaka

2006-04-26T14:12:00.000+07:00

Bismillahirahmanirahim,

Wednesday, 26 April 2006
Rabu, 28 Rabiulawal 1427

Wilujeng Mios Sadayana
Goodbye Everyone

Sadaqallah Hul Adzim
Faizal Aldjoeffry [abang] ...

2006-04-25T09:56:00.000+07:00

maison bienvenue mon amour

hope it'll be for good :)

-abang-

u can do it ...

2006-04-23T22:30:00.000+07:00

As the day of your big day nears
Remember the smiles, forget the tears.

Remember the times we've spent together
Cherish them now, cherish them forever.

Doing the routine one more time,
Let procrastinations out of the line.

You've had many falls and lots of tough breaks,
You took your chances but knew what was at stake.

You may exhausted and ready to rest,
But first you must show the world who is best.

You whirled, you ached, and you worked all the while,
And you hid all the pain with a convincing smile.

So show them now what you have worked for,
Give a little extra where there needs to be more.

Smile and know that you'll finished another race,
Becomes a winner and see the whole world with a bright face.

Insya Allah
Bismillahirahmannirahhim ...

at the end of the rainbow

2006-04-05T23:12:00.000+07:00

Today is a bloody mess, cannot concentrate at all, practically I’ve done nothing.
My mind wasn’t here, it’s jumping from a mpwfmz past to a dpogvtjoh present and ebslfojoh future.
Where ever I turn around I saw a bunch of people chatting, laughing or bussy with something, suddenly I felt alone. And it’s stung, deep .. very deep.

When I went home, I heard a song by John Denver from my favorite station, it’s a good sign to end this night, and I let my mind race from time to time and poured to endless black hole, looking for a shed of light.

For You
John Denver

Just to look in your eyes again
Just to lay in your arms
Just to be the first one always there for you
Just to live in your laughter
Just to sing in your heart
Just to be everyone of your dreams come true

Just to sit by your window
Just to touch in the night
Just to offer a prayer each day for you
Just to long for your kisses
Just to dream of your sighs
Just to know that Id give my life for you

For you for the rest of my life
For you all the best of my life
For you alone, only for you

Just to wake up each morning
Just to you by my side
Just to know that you're never really far away
Just a reason for living
Just to say I adore
Just to know that you’re here in my heart to stay

For you for the rest of my life
For you all the best of my life
For you alone, only for you

Just the words of a love song
Just the beat of my heart
Just the pledge of my life, my love, for you

Ya Allah, please guide me to pass this night and the night after.
I tried very hard; even to write this blog, maybe just maybe, this is my last blog.

batavia
april 5, 2006
joeffry
at the end of the rainbow ... there is a pot of golds

good lessons

2006-04-05T09:55:00.000+07:00

Friend of mine sent me an email yesterday, and I want to share it with you, especially for the people who deeply in love or people who dare to take another step and continue their relationship to more serious level.

TRUST is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship.

Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result in separation.

NO POINTING FINGERS

A man asked his father-in-law, "Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me your secret?"

The father-in-law answered in a smile, "Never criticize your wife/husband for her/him shortcomings or when she/he does something wrong.

Always bear in mind that because of her/his shortcomings and weaknesses, she/he could not find a better husband/wife than reating perfect relationshiops?

DON’T ASK TO MUCH

A person visited the government matchmaker for marriage, SDU, and requested "I am looking for a spouse. Please help me to find a suitable one."

The SDU officer said, "Your requirements, please."

"Oh, good looking, polite, humorous, sporty, knowledgeable, good in singing and dancing. Willing to accompany me the whole day at home during my leisure hour, if I don't go out. Telling me interesting stories when I need companion for conversation and be silent when I want to rest."

The officer listened carefully and replied, “Many relationships fail because one party tries to overpower another, or demands too much. People in love tend to think that love will conquer all and their spouses will change the bad habits after marriage. Actually, this is not the case. There is a Chinese saying which the meaning that "It is easier to reshape a mountain or a river than a person's character."

It is not easy to change. Thus, having high expectation on changing your mate character will cause disappointment and unpleasantness.

ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT YOU’RE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM/HER

A friend and her millionaire husband visited their construction site.

A worker who wore a helmet saw her and shouted, "Hi, Emily! Remember me? We used to date in the secondary school."

On the way home, her millionaire husband teased her, "Luckily you married me. Otherwise you will be the wife of a construction worker."

She answered, "You should appreciate that you married me. Otherwise, he will be the millionaire and not you."

Frequently exchanging these remarks plants the seed for a bad relationship. It's like a broken egg - cannot be reversed.

djakarta
april, 5 2006
joeffry

funny to know

2006-04-03T23:03:00.000+07:00

it's funny to know that love can make you up and down like playing a see-saw,

can make you do the unthinkable - unlogical things.

But even you do it; you do it on purpose, just to make him/her happy.

That’s it, that what I called l o v e… and like uncle John said ‘love is real’.

I WONT LAST A DAY WITHOUT YOU (Barbra Streisand)

Day after day I must face a world of strangers
Where I don't belong, I'm not that strong
It's nice to know that there's someone I can turn to
Who will always care, you're always there

When there's no getting over that rainbow
When my smallest of dreams won't come true
I can take all the madness the world has to give
But I won't last a day without you

So many times when the city
seems to be without a friendly face
A lonely place
It's nice to know that you'll be there if I need you
And you'll always smile, it's all worthwhile

When there's no getting over that rainbow
When my smallest of dreams won't come true
I can take all the madness the world has to give
But I won't last a day without you

Touch me and I end up singing
Troubles seem to up and disappear
You touch me with the love you're bringing
I can't really lose when you're near

If all my friends have forgotten half their promises
They're not unkind, just hard to find
One look at you and I know that I could learn to live
Without the rest, I found the best

When there's no getting over that rainbow
When my smallest of dreams won't come true
I can take all the madness the world has to give
But I won't last a day without you

djakarta
djoeffry

traveler’s log

2006-03-31T11:21:00.000+07:00

m a r c h 2006

01 : yesterday I went to Batam island and today I crossed the sea straight to Sambu island.

02 : another ferry trip to Tj. Balai Karimun island, visit some customers there.

03 : still in Tj Balai and at night went to the club with my old pal from university.

04 : s’pore by (again) ferry. Met Rafiq, friend from Malaysia and for sure my yayang. Dinner in El-sheikh restaurant and then clubbing at zouk.

...

05 : spore’s sushi.

06 : Chinese “rubber ladies” attraction at orchad road spore, can u image how they do it?

07 : shoping at arab street and bought a present for mom’s (thanks to remind me yang, love u)

...

08 : 31 years old, I only have 2 wishes and may Allah granted it. Got 1 card and 2 beautiful gifts from her. Another sushi but this time at Holland Village and got a surprise birthday cake from her. Love u babe … sampe tua. Back to Jakarta and got another present from my beloved mom (love u) and telkomsel, he he he I’m a loyal customer.

... ...

09 : o f f i c e

10 : reunion with my old friends from junior high school at Setiabudi Building and continued till dawn at my home. It’s been for 16 years already, there is a funny story behind the reunion actually.

11 : went to Ciawi to condolence my cousin who passed away yesterday and overnight there.

12 : second times unschedule reunion at Prinandhi’s house

13 : what a bored Monday meeting at the office

14 : take a plane to Makassar, South Sulawesi and continued with small plane to INCO, Sorowako.

15 : I n c o

16 : I n c o

17 : I n c o

18 : back to Jakarta and at night went to yayang’s house to bring her birthday present for Bunda (her lovely mother).

19 : abah’s 40 days passed away ritual

20 : went to Balikpapan, East Kalimantan and than continued with 2 hours driving + 1 hour with ferry + another 4 hours driving to Tanah Merah.

21 : visit Kideco, a never-get-it customer and another 7 hours driving to Tarjun, East Kalimantan

22 : visit Indocement Plan XXII, Tarjun and another deadly-7-hours driving to Satui, South Kalimantan. Booked 2 rooms but 4 of us slept in 1 room cause believe it or not, seems like our hotel is haunted.23 : unpredictable extended meeting at ITP, and the ritual of 7 hours driving comes again.

...

24 : visit Jorong Barutama Greston via Kotabaru and Indominco, place when our car stuck on the mud and need to be pull out by heavy vehicle. Went to Pelaihari city to entertain one of our customers there. This place is well known as a muslim area, as a matter a fact, in South Kalimantan is almost impossible to found a café or places which sell a beer, but he managed to show us where. And its quite surprising us when we found out that the café is beside the police office, it’s funny how the law works in my country. Late at night we drove to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.

25 : back to Jakarta and … got news and it’s complicated to comprehend :( , but at least I still saw a shed of light on the horizon and I hope it’s not a fatamorgana. I do really hope.

26 : went to Ciawi with my mom and visit relative’s in Bogor. 15 months anniversary?

27 : flew to Lombok Island via Djogjakarta. Overnight at Senggigi Beach Hotel.

28 : took a fast ferry to Maluk, Sumbawa Island.

...

29 : deadly meeting with peoples from Newmont Batu Hijau.

30 : went back to Lombok, but this time we stayed at Novotel Coralia, Kuta Beach, Lombok. It’s supposed to be a what-a-beautiful hotel, but I’m not in the mood. I don’t even bothered to swim, only tried to keep alive and finished my book.

...

31 : went back to Jakarta, hugged my mom so tightly and … what a bloody tiring journey.

joeffry
- here there and everywhere -

the perfect one

2006-02-26T03:25:00.000+07:00

It’s another beautiful perfect day .

When I get home I realize that how lucky I am and I thank for that, I really am.

After midnight prayer I thought about the days which have gone by, 424 days since I’m with you. For sure it’s not a short period to understand each others. Yes, I hope we can understand each others.

I still can’t sleep, to many things cross in my mind and suddenly I though about my dreams, dreams of getting right, of finding the right one, of discovering the whole world in another human being.

So I bow again, drifted in isthikarah prayer serenity, asked for the guidance from Allah, the One and only Almighty God.

The answer remains the same, you are the one. No doubt about it.

Alhamdulillah ….

djoeffry
february 26, 2006
djakarta

u can run but u can't hide

2006-02-23T09:26:00.000+07:00

Sekedar pikiran yang nggak penting ..

Pagi ini gue tidur abis subuh lagi, a lot of things cross in my mind. Pas lagi ngantuk-ngatuknya, yayang telp mau ngingetin shalat subuh [how nice she really is yah, love u babe] so gue shalat dulu en mo coba tidur.

Jam 7 tadi nyokap sampe naik ke kamar gue khusus buat ngebangunin karena helper di rumah nggak sanggup lagi ngebangunin :)

Nah pada saat terpaksa bangun pernah nggak sih kalian semua ngerasain yang maleeeeeees banget harus bangun karena klo bangun kita mau nggak mau harus berhadapan lagi dengan realita kehidupan yang kadang bikin loe rasanya mau lari walau loe tau nggak bakal ada tempat sembunyi?

Akhirnya gue ngomong ke nyokap kalau hari ini mau ke kantornya siang aja, padahal sebenarnya gue cuma pengen mau tidur, mungkin karena ngantuk atau juga mungkin karena gue nggak mau cepet-cepet berhadapan dengan kenyataan, yang pasti gue cuma mau tidur en mudah-mudahan bermimpi.

Ya, mudah-mudahan mimpi, karena di mimpi gue bisa jadi apa aja, bisa ngelakuin apa aja, bisa ngerubah apa aja. Gue bisa bikin dunia ini jadi tempat yang paling indah dan nyaman buat gue, dia, keluarga, saudara-saudara gue dan siapa aja yang gue mau.

Ahh betapa inginnya aku bermimpi. Apa karena gue ngerasa kalau nyata tuh terlalu tinggi, tersembunyi dibalik mega-mega nan abadi yang bahkan tak tembus oleh mentari? Apa mungkin ini azab dari Illahi rabbi karena diri nista ini telah berlumur dosa tak terperi?

Gue nggak tau dan nggak mau tau, pokoknya pagi ini gue cuma mau tidur lagi dan bermimpi!!

‘Faizal … bangun ..”

Dengan malas aku membuka sedikit mataku untuk merespon panggilan itu, kubalikkan badanku dan kulihat dengan nanar sosok ibunda tengah duduk disamping sambil mengguncang bahuku. Kubuka mata lebih lebar dan tertegun menatap wajah teduh berhijab yang menatapku dengan pandangan lembut yang menembus ke relung-relung hati, sorot mata teduh berusapkan cinta tanpa pamrih.

Ah ibu, betapa ingin kulari kepelukanmu dan menumpahkan semua galau dan risau, tapi aku tak mau lagi menambah beban dihatimu. Aku yang terlahir sebagai laki-laki tak layak merengek seperti bayi.

Jadi kuenyahkan mimpi, kutantang nyata walau harus merangkak tuk hadapi, sambil terselip doa Insya Allah malam nanti, ku bertemu lagi dengan dia, gadis suci yang memiliki mata teduh penuh cinta yang sama.

Ya .. kuenyahkan mimpi pagi ini …

djoeffry
february 23, 2006
djakarta

single rose

2006-02-21T23:38:00.000+07:00

kembali kita
terpisah ribuan depa
gumamkan syair lama
rindu dan pinta saling jaga

duhai
yang senyumannya memabukkan hati
yang kerlingannya mendebarkan jiwa
yang segalanya membuatku bahagia

tak putus diri ini berdoa
bersujud dan meminta
smoga tercapai segala asa dan cita
raih dunia dan sesudahnya

ya …
raih dunia dan sesudahnya

Ps. this is the ‘full version’ babe

djakarta
february 11, 2006
djoeffry

future

2006-02-21T15:05:00.000+07:00

On the occation like when you move to another job or enter a new college or when you’ve plan to get married, most of the people will say ‘may you have a bright future’.

Bright future?

I never believe there is a bright future, for me future will and always dark, cause nobody knows about the future. So instead of saying 'bright future', personally I prefer to say may you have a good or promising future. It’s totally in our hand when the future becomes present and then we can say it’s bright or dark.

So, once again I repeat, the future will and always dark. Full stop.

joeffry
February 21, 2006
djakarta

r e s t

2006-02-21T14:19:00.000+07:00

This is the first time I visiting my blog since my beloved abah passed away 2 weeks ago. [May he rest in peace and obtain what Allah promise to him, amien].I just want to share a unique story before he passed away, maybe a little bit strange and hhmm maybe contains a little bit supranatural things.

OK, let’s start. Two days before he passed away, at night my house was fulfilled by fragrant aroma of gaharu. That aroma was so clear so everybody, especially my mother, start to think what’s going on, couse nobody burnt gaharu at that time. In fact we don’t have any gahru in the house, so where the gahru aroma come from still a big question for us.

On the next day, my abah called my mom and asked her to shave all of his body hair and cut his hand and toe nail. He said that he wants to look good and clean, for whom we don’t know, but my mom did what he wants without question. Your love, loyalty and faithfull are uncomparable mom.

… continued

-still trying hard to mend the pieces of a broken heart and mind-

joeffry
february 21, 2006
djakarta

black umbrella

2006-02-07T12:02:00.000+07:00

this morning accidentally I open a unknown file in txt format.

p a y u n g h i t a m

pagi ini kulihat payung hitam di jok belakang
payung berfungsi untuk memayungi
entah dari panas maupun hujan

pagi ini kulihat payung hitam di jok belakang
payung yang merenda sejuta kenangan
yang tlah memayungi dua hati yang kasmaran

pagi ini kulihat payung hitam di jok belakang
akankah sang suci
masih merelakan payungnya terkembang

pagi ini kulihat payung hitam di jok belakang
diseling mentari pagi yang meradang
kuterima sebersit jawaban

pagi ini kulihat payung hitam di jok belakang
perlahan mengembang
payungi secercah harapan

pagi ini kulihat payung hitam di jok belakang
tertatih bertahan
walau badai menghadang

pagi ini kulihat payung hitam di jok belakang

djakarta
feb 07, 06
djoeffry

pyuuhhh, alhamdulillah

2006-01-24T11:23:00.000+07:00

termangu ditengah hiruk pikuk galau yang mencekam
datang akhirnya seulas jawaban
Alhamdulillah
puji syukur tak putus terlantunkan

abah
smoga
lekas
sembuh

djakarta
january 24, 2006
joeffry

renungan akhir tahun

2005-12-31T09:17:00.000+07:00

jauh jalan yang harus kau tempuh
mungkin samar bahkan mungkin gelap
tajam kerikil setiap saat menunggu
engkau lewat dengan kaki tak bersepatu

duduk sini nak, dekat pada bapak
jangan kau ganggu ibumu
turunlah lekas dari pangkuannya
engkau lelaki kelak sendiri

engkau lelaki
kelak sendiri

djakarta
dec 31, 2005
many thanks to bang Iwan

anniversary

2005-12-26T00:00:00.000+07:00

365 hari
bukan masa yang panjang memang
365 hari
bukan pula rentang yang sebentar

365 hari
masih jauh dari arti memahami
365 hari
cukup untuk berani berkata mengerti

365 hari
orang bilang anniversary
365 hari
hamba bisikkan alhamdulillah ya illahi robbi

terselip doa dalam diri
apa yang ada dihati
terjaga nan abadi
smoga masih banyak hari
berdua tuk dilalui

djakarta
dec 26, 2005
joeffry

to all moms on earth

2005-12-22T15:33:00.000+07:00

22 desember
kata orang sih hari ini hari ibu
hmmm lucu ..
kita punya satu hari dalam setahun
tuk mengingat jerih payah ibu

kemana saja kita
364 hari lalu
kala ibunda tercinta
tiap detik memeras keringat
tiap detik mengawasi
tiap detik menjaga
tiap detik berdoa
tulus ikhlas
hanya untuk kita
yang mengaku cinta

sungguh ibu
cintamu tak terperi

sungguh ibu
kasihmu tak berbatas

tersudutku disini
bersimpuh memohon ampun
atas ucapan yang meninggi
atas bantahan yang tak terhitung
atas perilaku yang tak berkenan
atas keengganan mejalankan permintaan

ibu
maafkan aku

ibu
doaku untukmu

ibu
restui anakmu

djakarta
dec 22, 2005
joeffry
-happy mothers day-

Jannatul Firdaus

2005-12-06T10:17:00.000+07:00

this morning I woke up cause my cell phone rang like crazy, indolently I peep at my cell screen and found my yayang’s name on it. Immediately I pressed the ‘yes’ button to answer but after I said hello there was no answer, in fact there was a gap for a couple seconds and then I heard she said [whispered exactly];

“bang, Ami Jawa meninggal tadi pagi” [bang, Ami Jawa was passed away this morning]

“Innalillahi Wa innaa ilaihi Raaji'un”
[To you (Allah) we belong and to you (Allah) we shall return]

"Inna lillaahi maa akhadhaa, wa lillaahi maa a'taa, wa kullu shay'in 'indahu li 'ajalin musammaa"
"To Allah belongs what He took, and to Him belongs what He gave. And everything He has given an appointed term"

May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala grant our beloved Ami Said Badruzzaman Almahdali Jannatul Firdaus [a high station in paradise] and reward him abundantly for his services to Islam.
Indeed this is very sad news. May Allah give his family patience during this difficult time.
Amien.

djakarta
Nov 06,2005

" When Allah takes away from His believing servant his beloved one of the people of the earth, if he displays patience and ihtisab, Allah will not then accept any reward for him less then Jannah."

on the night like this

2005-12-05T23:58:00.000+07:00

on the night like this
there's so many things i wanna tell you
on the night like this
there's so many things i wanna show you

cause when your around
i feel save and warm
cause when your around
i can fallin love everyday

and the kiss like this
there's a thousand good reasons
i want you to stay

lyrics by mocca

welcome home my love [bye bye merlion]

2005-12-05T12:07:00.000+07:00

maison bienvenue mon amour
welkom huis mijn liefde
willkommenes Haus meine Liebe
sede benvenuta il mio amore
repouso bem-vindo meu amor
hogar agradable mi amor
selamat datang sayangku

djakarta
dec 5, 2005
joeffry

cousins and spontaneous

2005-12-04T13:04:00.000+07:00

on Saturday night I went to Bogor to visit my cousins Husein and Syarif. But before that I also went to my other cousins in jakarta, Abdurachman and Muhammad, to fix my tv, he he he that’s the best part to have a cousins who expert in electronics.

after bla bla bla, three of us decided to go to ciawi to pick up my another cousins, before our plan is go to Pelabuhan Ratu, but changed spontaneously after someone mention something about Bandung, he he he what a coincidence that i also have another cousin who still study in university there. Shortly we (now increased become 6 persons) went to Bandung via Puncak.

When we got there and enter Rahman’s (my cousin) flat, we surprised to saw his flat was empty, I mean empty-without-any stuff except several cupboard box stacks in the corner. Guess what, he wants to move to another flat this afternoon. What a perfect time to visit :)

At the end we managed to get some sleep, thanks to rachman’s neighbour who was very kind to lend us a room. In the afternoon before lunch we visit our aunty who have a bakery he he he ; “Sambil menyelam minum air” said Indonesian proverb.

And then window shopping time :) Here’s our long list:

CiWalk
Cihampelas stores
Kampung Daun
Sapu Lidi
The Peak
Fame Stations

It’s a nice weekend actually. Bye bye bandung ..

bandung
Nov 04, 2005
djoeffry

[no] laptop ~ naked

2005-12-02T16:23:00.000+07:00

Today, I forgot to bring my laptop. For the first time it was ok cause for several hours I had a deep discussion with my boss about next year marketing strategy, but after Friday Prayer there was nothing that I could do anymore and I just walks to and fro among one table to another and hhmmm maybe a little bit teased my colleague :).
Pyuuhh I feel naked without my laptop ...

djakarta
dec 2, 2005
joeffry
-on addicted to technology mode-

between dream and reality

2005-12-01T16:20:00.000+07:00

kadang ada kala
harapan membuncah di dada
kadang ada masa
perlahan asa reda

kadang mimpi ingin jadi nyata
kadang nyata ingin jadi mimpi
kadang tak beda mana mimpi mana nyata

djakarta
Dec 01, 2005
joeffry
-like hanging on the spiderweb-

creative

2005-12-01T12:26:00.000+07:00

under pancoran flyover

b e l i e v e

2005-11-30T01:51:00.000+07:00

babe, believe me.
nothing .. I meant n o t h i n g can stop you to reach your dreams.
cause what you dreams is a good things, and Allah Swt are behind all the good things.

djakarta
Nov 30, 2005
joeffry

a l m o s t ...

2005-11-23T02:53:00.000+07:00

hari ini trip ke manado, pas mau mendarat cuaca rada kurang bagus, ujan gede banget. Like usuall kita naik garuda, and what unussuall is pas mendarat bumping 2 kali. Saya sempet ngomong sama temen seperjalanan, “kayak naik lion aja, bumpingnya 2 kali”.

Sumpah, nggak ada feeling apa-apa, nggak ada tanda apa-apa, begitu sukses mendarat kita masih harus nunggu satu rekan lagi yang kebetulan naik pesawat yang lain.
While waiting kita denger announcement klo pesawat yang tadi kita tumpangi dicancel untuk keberangkatan selanjutnya, still kita nggak menduga apa-apa.

Nah, ini yang seru, besoknya kita baca newspaper and realize klo plane yang kita tumpangi kemarin GA 602 tergelincir dan roda depannya hampir patah. Jelas kaget banget pas baca, tapi sumpah nggak berasa apa-apa lho.

Yah, sekarang cuma bisa mengucap Syukur Alhamdulillah karena diberi keselamatan oleh Allah Swt.

Manado
Nov 23, 2005
Joeffry
-masih terkaget kaget-

in and out

2005-11-21T01:57:00.000+07:00

This is one of my unforgettable journeys; the story began when I was decided to visit my yayang before visiting my clients in Tj. Balai Karimun; this was my 1^st pass through Spore custom during this journey. Since it was the longest period we hadn’t seen each other we spent most of the time chatting and having several deep discussion.

Oh boy, time was ran so fast; 5 happy days past very quickly and I had to go back to reality that I had a work to do :(. For this Karimun’s stuff, this time I was accompanied by one of our best agent. We were supposed to meet at Sekupang Harbour to catch ferry to Tj. Balai at 11.00 but he cannot make it, so at the end we had to take the 12.45 ferry. This was the 1^st lateness.

At night we met DQ, my S’porean friend Dick Tan and also my new customer Mr. Yap-whatever. He’s very talkative person; he dominated the conversation throughout dinner, and it was annoying me a lot cause every word that comes from his mouth was all about sex, sex and sex. In the beginning was funny, but after a while it make me sick. I really don’t understand how he can humiliate himself like that. For me, I never ever put a respect to a man who thinks that a woman is only some kind a toy to play with. I think he just exaggerated the stories, cause [sorry] he’s faraway from good-looking and rich, in fact he looks like [sorry again] a slant-dead-man-walking.

Thank God, at the last minute we got a valuable info from him regarding new big project in Tj. Balai, including the contact person in Spore, so we managed to meet this man on Friday in his S’pore office.

On the next day, we supposed to have a meeting at 9.30 O’clock but this was before my glasses frame’s got broken. Considering we were in Tj. Balai Karimun, it’s a miracle that I could manage to get the replacement at the nearest optics. Unfortunately, we were too late for the meeting, so this was the 2^nd lateness.
On the next following day we missed the 13.30 O’clock ferry to Spore, consequently we must take the 15.30 ferry, and it was the 3^rd lateness and also the 2^nd times pass through Spore Custom.

Luckily on board we meet one of seven (can u imagine s e v e n) customers that I should met, so at least we could save the time for tomorrow.

At night I went to my yayang’s apart and then she asked me to accompany her to (again) Prata House. Actually she was facing her final exam so she also brought her books and paper to read and that night I was exhausted and at the end fall asleep pillowed by arm on the table. Hmmm when I woke up, she stared at me -at my forehead to be precisely- and then gave an amusing expression, just a few second then she burst up in to laughter. I don’t know how long I’ve been sleeping, but seemed like enough time to leave a red sign on my forehead. Thanks babe, for you laugh and love :)

The day after I finished my works, we decided to eat at Amirah’s Café, a Middle East must-try restaurant in Arab Street, and most importantly its halal. You can find the same story with different perspective here …

On the next day, I woke up early in the morning to catch the bus to KL. This was my first time to go to Malaysia and I was very excited. After several hours finally I arrived at Puduraya Bus Station and my friends Rafiq and Rudi were already there to pick me up. At that night we + Tashya (their flatmate) + Syahrul went to Malaca to eat at Portuguesse Restaurant. Hmmm they do have an amazing oyster. yuummy. We also managed to go to a café, they played a good music there. So we decided to stayed there and enjoy the chill of the night. It was almost dawn and we saw 4 times car accident when finally safely arrived to apartment.

It’s very hard to open my eyes the next morning, or afternoon exactly, but I don’t want to spend my time in the apartment cause I only have 1 day to spend in Malaysia. First we went to the airport, why airport?. Cause Tashya is a stewardess and that afternoon she had a flight to Jakarta and forgot her passport, so we brought it to her,since it’s on the same way to Putra Jaya (the place we’ll going to see) anyway.

After take a pictures several times and had luch (nasi kandang), we (this time was only me and Rafiq cause Rudi had something to do) went to Genting Highland. It was raining all the time and again we saw 2 car accidents on the way there. I starts to believe that Kualalumpur is the accident city.

It’s almost 8 O’clock when we decided to go back to KL, btw my bro and his friend were in town so we managed to have a dinner together, Rudi and Tashya also joined with us. It’s fun to meet him so faraway from home, and at the end I can persuaded him to continue his trip to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

My bus to S’pore arrived around 6.30 (it’s the 3^rd pass through Spore custom) and I took a taxi to yayang’s apartment to return her backpack which I borrowed for this KL’s trip.

At noon we took a lunch at Prata restaurant and then we were separate, she was going to her campus and I must going back to batam to catch the latest flight to Jakarta. Unfortunatelly that was not my destiny said, I miss the flight (it’s the 4^thlateness) and after several discussion with my girl, I decided to go back to Spore to catch the morning flight to Jakarta. So it’s the 4^th times I pass through Spore custom.

What a journey…

Spore, Tj Balai, KL
11-21 Nov 05
Joeffry
-thanks babe, for ur effort-

2005-11-15T07:59:00.000+07:00

i feel like pariah ....

bulan pukul dua

2005-11-13T06:17:00.001+07:00

lelaki muda terseok gontai tanpa daya
dikepung belantara rimba kota
bulan pukul dua genit mulai purnama
bersanding suram rintik hujan pula

dalam diri bimbang bertanya
duhai gerangan keliru hamba
larakan hati tak bernoda
rengutkan jiwa tak tercela

hati ciptaan Yang Esa
memang tak mudah teraba
apalagi oleh pemuda
bodoh dan durjana

lidah karya Yang Kuasa
lentur bak ular berbisa
apalagi digenggaman pemuda
congkak penuh dusta

lelaki muda menggigil gelengkan kepala
coba usir rayuan kepulan asap neraka
sembari rapalkan doa pada Tuhannya
hati tak teraba dapatkan bahagia
sekarang dan slamanya …

s’pore
Nov 13,2005
joeffry

answer

2005-11-10T04:35:00.000+07:00

a restless young man who pursue his dreams
wake up in the bleak of the night and starts wonder

who the hell I am and what I am looking for?
thousand of thought tumbled in his mind
then he realized
no need to consider
for the thing he already know the answer

djakarta
nov 10,2005
joeffry
-thanks for being my answer-

rintihan ramadhan

2005-11-03T02:10:00.000+07:00

bulan sabit syawal terbit sudah
tinggalkan nuansa suci ramadhan
bulan tempaan syahru siyam
bulan seribu bulan

ter-eja kitabmu lembar demi lembar
tak terselami arti
tersungkur sujud di keheningan malam
sepi akutualisasi diri

ibadah kucari
mudah kudapati
asyik dengan diri
makna terlewati

duhai bulan rahmah
sungguh cepat dikau pergi
sisakan jiwa yang resah
sesal tak maksimalkan diri

duhai bulan maghfirah
al-marzuq wa al-midmar
terselip rintih pinta diri
mohon ridha illahi rabbi

bulan sabit syawal terbit sudah
smoga kembali fitri nan suci
tiada noda tutupi hati
Insya Allah tahun depan bertemu kembali

djakarta
1 Syawal 1426 H / Nov 03, 2005
djoeffry

al Inshirah [the widening]

2005-10-26T15:40:00.000+07:00

Have We not opened your breast for you

And removed from you your burden.

Which weighed down your back

And have We not raised high your fame

Verily, along with every hardship is relief,

Verily, along with every hardship is relief.

So when you have finished, devote yourself to Allah's worship.

And to your Lord turn intentions and hopes.

Bukankah Kami telah melapangkan untukmu dadamu?,

dan Kami telah menghilangkan daripadamu bebanmu,

yang memberatkan punggungmu?

Dan Kami tinggikan bagimu sebutan (nama)mu,

Karena sesungguhnya sesudah kesulitan itu ada kemudahan,

sesungguhnya sesudah kesulitan itu ada kemudahan.

Maka apabila kamu telah selesai (dari sesuatu urusan), kerjakanlah dengan sungguh-sungguh (urusan) yang lain,

dan hanya kepada Tuhanmulah hendaknya kamu berharap.

Alam Nasyrah (94) 1-8

alhamdulillah...
-jangan takabur dan segerakanlah bersyukur-
joeffry

nasihat ibunda

2005-10-26T01:13:00.000+07:00

Nasihat ibunda tercinta bagi anak-anaknya dihari pernikahan ke 42:

"Yang paling penting dalam menjaga hubungan dalam sebuah keluarga adalah mampu bolak balik".

Maksudnya kita dalam menghadapi masalah harus mampu melihat permasalahan yang timbul dari kedua sisi, baik dari diri kita sendiri maupun dari sisi pasangan kita.
Apabila kita bisa melakukannya Insya Allah ego akan hilang, hati pun mendingin dan fikiran menjadi terang hingga kita bisa mendiskusikan masalah dengan tenang, solusi pun tercapai dengan mufakat.
Barakah Allah pun didapat.

"Jangan pernah sekali-pun menceritakan masalah dalam bahtera rumah tangga kepada orang lain".

Orang lain yang dimaksud disini termasuk dalam adik / kakak kita sendiri, bahkan terhadap orang tua pun kalau tidak sangat-sangat terpaksa jangan. Karena dikhawatirkan keadaan sudah tenang, orang tua kita yang masih gundah dan bisa menyebabkan keadaan tidak nyaman. Itu contoh kepada orang tua sendiri apalagi bila kita bercerita kepada orang lain yang ujung-ujungnya bisa menyebabkan terjadinya perselingkuhan.

"Jangan pernah sekali-pun bertengkar, mencela atau berkata sinis dihadapan anak-anak".

It’s amazing, 30 tahun aku hidup tak pernah sekalipun melihat mereka bertengkar. Pertengkaran yang disaksikan oleh anak pasti menimbulkan dampak yang buruk pada pandangan anak terhadap orang tua, dan membawa pengaruh buruk yang ditanggung seumur hidupnya.

djakarta
oct 26, 2005
joeffry
terima kasih ibu, Insya Allah mampu ikuti jejakmu
10 bulan tlah terlewati s’moga ribuan kan terjalani

you know you can do it !!

2005-10-25T15:00:00.000+07:00

when your name is coming up
don’t worry neither give up
when your name is coming up
you don’t need a ‘wish me luck’

when your name is coming up
i believe you’ll be ready for the fight
when your name is coming up
geared up your mind either your heart

cause when your name is coming up
millions of pray will be line up
cause when your name is coming up
the light will come abolish the dark

and when your name is coming up
you really don’t need a ‘wish me luck’

djakarta
oct 25, 2005
joeffry

- TETAP SEMANGAT !!! -

tunda mulai alum

2005-10-25T00:13:00.000+07:00

wanita muda tercenung
entah ragu entah bingung
galau kecamuk direlung
terdiam sepi mematung
bisakah atau cuma mengadu untung

wanita muda hela nafas panjang
usir galau keluh kesah
tengok jejak dibelakang
sudah jauh kayuh langkah
berhentikah atau jalan meski payah

wanita muda tercekat
coba runtuhkan beribu sekat
dikepung gelombang tunda sesaat
hari hari berjatuhan kian rapat
menyerahkah atau mulai tiada kata terlambat

wanita muda tersenyum
perlahan tunda mulai alum
kepal semangat kian berderum
tetesan doa tak lupa terkulum
benih ditanam kini berbuah ranum

djakarta
oct 25, 2005
joeffry
-selamat berjuang sayang-

stay the same

2005-10-19T20:09:00.000+07:00

I never like the idea of traveling during the month of Ramadhan, but I cannot avoid that, so here I am in the city called Soroako, South Sulawesi to visit INCO, the biggest nickel mining company in Indonesia. It’s been a long time I never been there, nothing’s changed except there was an always delay direct private plane to be here now.

I stayed in the hotel or-whatever-it-called-was. Sure they provided a big screen TV plus a DVD player, but with the electricity which droped every half hour so in a flash you will forget the idea to watch it. Hmmm there’s also an aparatus [I learn this vocab from my girl] but with no telephone line, and oh I forget, there’s a hot-cold water facility in the bathroom but yeah again you’re right, it does’nt work.

Thanks God they still can serve an early-in-the-morning breakfast for my sahur otherwise I’ll be in a deep deep trouble.

The situation was getting worst, look what they've done to me and my director. The suit is definitely for a giant, I feel like an astronaut on the way to the Mars :).

After an intensive meeting and to and fro checking their conveyor belts condition under the sting of the sun, we went to Lake Matano and take some pictures to killed a time waiting for Maghrib [in my home town it was called ‘ngabuburit’].

But we enjoyed it, and overall the city was OK. Anyway it’s always fun to saw again the city you’d seen long time ago, and just like Arnold said “I’ll be buk”

soroako
oct 19, 2005
joeffry

sepenggal doa

2005-10-14T00:47:00.000+07:00

“Inalillahi wa’innailaihirojiun”, gumamku sambil terkesiap menatap tak percaya sms yang kuterima di siang itu. Ya, temanku tlah tiada, dipanggil ke haribaan Raabnya di pagi hari dibulan ramadhan nan suci ini.

“Inalillahi wa’innailaihirojiun” gumamku tak terasa sekali lagi sambil membiarkan fikiranku menerawang jauh berusaha menggambarkan seraut wajah yang menemaniku menembus hutan-hutan Kalimantan Selatan beberapa minggu yang lalu. Sosok muda yang bersemangat menatap masa depan, riang tak gentar rintangan.

Selamat jalan kawan....

djakarta
friday, Oct 14, 2005
joeffry
-teriring doa dari sahabat yang ditinggalkan-

breaking fasting

2005-10-07T22:37:00.000+07:00

di djakarta kumandang adzan t'lah bergema
entah bagaimana dengan di bumi belahan sana
Allahuma lakasumtu
wabika amantu
waala rizqhika afthartu
birahmatika yaarhamarahimin
selamat berbuka cinta
Insya Allah raih ridho-Nya

di kemacetan djakarta
october 7, 2005
djoeffry

doa ramadhan

2005-10-05T13:56:00.000+07:00

Ya Allah ..

hanya satu pintaku
semoga Ramadhan menjadikanku
lebih baik dari kemarin
amien ...

joeffry
October 5, 2005
djakarta

Marhaban Yaa Ramadhan

2005-10-05T11:19:00.000+07:00

ANDAI INI RAMADHAN YANG TERAKHIR

wahai dikau...renungkanlah engkau akan nasib diri
wahai qalbu...sedarkah engkau akan gerak hati
wahai akal...terfikirkah engkau akan apa yang bakal terjadi

andai ini merupakan Ramadhan yang terakhir kali
buatmu sekujur jasad yang bakal berlalu pergi
tatkala usia bernoktah di penghujung kehidupan duniawi
apabila tiba saat tepat seperti yang dijanji Ilahi
kematian...adalah sesuatu yang pasti

andai kau tahu ini Ramadhan terakhir
tentu siangnya engkau sibuk berzikir
tentu engkau tak akan jemu melagukan syair rindu
mendayu..merayu...kepada-NYA Tuhan yang satu

andai kau tahu ini Ramadhan terakhir
tentu sholatmu kau kerjakan di awal waktu
solat yang dikerjakan...sungguh khusyuk lagi tawadhu'
tubuh dan qalbu...bersatu memperhamba diri
menghadap Rabbul Jalil... menangisi kecurangan janji
"innasolati wanusuki wamahyaya wamamati lillahirabbil 'alamin"
[sesungguhnya solatku, ibadahku, hidupku, dan matiku...
kuserahkan hanya kepada Allah Tuhan seru sekelian alam]

andai kau tahu ini Ramadhan terakhir
tidak akan kau sia siakan walau sesaat yang berlalu
setiap masa tak akan dibiarkan begitu saja
di setiap kesempatan juga masa yang terluang
alunan Al-Quran bakal kau dendang...bakal kau syairkan

andai kau tahu ini Ramadhan terakhir
tentu malammu engkau sibukkan dengan
berterawih...berqiamullail...bertahajjud...
mengadu...merintih...meminta belas kasih
"sesungguhnya aku tidak layak untuk ke syurga-MU
tapi...aku juga tidak sanggup untuk ke neraka-MU"
oleh itu duhai Ilahi...kasihanilah daku hamba-MU ini

andai kau tahu ini Ramadhan terakhir
tentu dirimu tak akan melupakan mereka yang tersayang
mari kita meriahkan Ramadhan
kita buru...kita cari...suatu malam idaman
yang lebih baik dari seribu bulan

andai kau tahu ini Ramadhan terakhir
tentu engkau bakal menyediakan batin dan zahir
mempersiap diri...rohani dan jasmani
menanti-nanti jemputan Izrail
di kiri dan kanan ....lorong-lorong ridha Ar-Rahman

duhai Ilahi....
andai ini Ramadhan terakhir buat kami
jadikanlah ia Ramadhan paling berarti...paling berseri...
menerangi kegelapan hati-hati kami
menyeru ke jalan menuju ridha serta kasihsayang mu Ya Ilahi
semoga bakal mewarnai kehidupan kami di sana nanti

namun teman...
tak akan ada manusia yang bakal mengetahui
apakah Ramadhan ini merupakan yang terakhir kali bagi dirinya
yang mampu bagi seorang hamba itu hanyalah
berusaha...bersedia...meminta belas-NYA

anonymous

BBM oh BBM

2005-10-01T01:38:00.000+07:00

Hari ini gue bangun kaget, mimpinya serem banget. Untung pas lagi mau ditembak sama penjahat gue bangun, khan nggak jadi mimpi mati khan akhirnya. Hehehe save by the bell klo kata orang bule sih.

Rencananya abis sarapan mau ke Lati, site batubara di Berau Coal pake speed boat, tapi nggak jadi karena boatnya nggak bisa jalan lantaran nggak dapet jatah BBM. Akhirnya gue terpaksa pake mobil yang waktu tempuhnya lebih lama 1 jam. Bete banget nggak sih.

Di jalan lagi-lagi ngeliat pemandangan yang bikin trenyuh, antrian BBM yang panjaaaaaang banget, kira kira 2 kilo meteran deh, mana harganya dah diatas standard lagi.

Trus abis makan siang kita langsung ke airport mau terbang ke Samarinda, rencana jalan jam 13.45 jadi molor sampai jam 2.30, kirain sih delayed biasa, tapi setelah tanya sana tanya sini ternyata pesawatnya telat karena nunggu pasokan (lagi-lagi) BBM dari truck pertamina. BBM lagi BBM lagi.

Sampai Samarinda kita juga seharusnya dijemput, eh yang ngejemput molor kurang lebih 2 jam, kata orangnya dia antri BBM dulu soalnya kita mau langsung ke Sangata, so butuh fuel tank. BBM lagi BBM lagi.

Yang parah sepanjang perjalanan ke Sangata kita kena macet beberapa kali karena antrian BBM di pom bensin makan ½ badan jalan sampai berkilo kilo jauhnya. BBM lagi BBM lagi.

Ada sih sebenarnya yang salah dengan negeri ini? Kita punya cadangan minyak yang katanya berlimpah ruah, Pertamina ngakunya sudah melakukan operasi pasar besar besaran untuk mengatasi kelangkaan minyak, tapi kok antrian tetap aja panjang. Mana sekarang ditambah listrik di Berau dan Samarinda byar prett lagi, bikin suasana makin nggak kondusif aja, sekarang aja gue dah kehilangan waktu banyak banget, sampe nggak jadi ke Sangata dan terpaksa over night di Bontang.

Yang gue nggak ngerti, kok bisa kita sampai kekurangan gitu lho. Pada kemana aja sih para pembesar negeri ini, masa nggak bisa memprediksi hal kayak begini. Ini khan krusial banget masalahnya, malah ditambah sekarang rencana mau menaikkan harga BBM lagi. Memang bukan kapabilitas gue sih menilai keputusan pemerintah mau naikin harga BBM, tapi kok kayaknya malah bakal bikin rakyat kecil makin sengsara yah. Soalnya efek domino dari BBM yang gue tau khan panjang banget, semua barang pasti naik deh, sementara salary mah teteeep. Khan ujung-ujungnya daya beli masyarakat jadi berkurang, en akhirnya kondisi perekonomian jadi stagnan klo gak mau dibilang mundur. (hehehe kayak ekonom aja omongan gue)

Ini aja rencananya abis shubuh mau langsung ke Pom Bensin, biar antriannya gak terlalu panjang, pokoknya bete banget deh. Gue sih mau coba berfikir positif aja sekarang, moga moga pemerintah bisa secepatnya menyelesaikan masalah ini. Tapi tetep aja .. bete ..

Update.

Dari Bontang kita ke Tj Bara dan pulangnya dah sore, abis jalannya ancur banget, hhmm lagi-lagi rugi waktu, so malem baru bisa sampai ke Bontang lagi, ampuuuun macet banget, kita hitung ada sekitar 8 km antrian bensin, ada lebih dari seribu motor dan rarusan mobil menuhin badan jalan. Sampai kapan yah semua ini berakhir ?

Bontang
september 29, 2005
djoeffry

elegi gelap terang

2005-09-28T01:17:00.000+07:00

Duduk bersilaku diberanda depan sambil menerawang menyusuri gerak mentari senja yang perlahan tapi pasti luruh ditelan kuasa sang malam. Semburat kuningnya lembut menerpa wajahku, baluri jiwa resah yang mendamba tetesan air cinta nun jauh disana. Rona pelangi melengkung seakan hendak menghujam dan mengorek ke relung jiwa yang pasrah serahkan seonggok hati untukmu.

Kutampik halus mega mega dan awan berkejaran yang tawarkan seusap salam padamu.

Lalu semua hilang, lenyap meluruh pada kelam.

Tidak … tidak semua, hatiku tetap ada, dan tak kan pernah hilang. Kutatap lekat binar bintang dan khayalkan .. bilakah dia menatap bintang yang sama disana, dapatkah dia menangkap pesan yang kutitipkan pada binarnya. Bulan mengedip menggoda kala gugup kuuntaikan rangkaian kata cintaku padamu.

Tapi perlahan bulan bintangpun meredup menyerah pada kilau surya pagi yang menerpa sapa muka bumi, tinggalkan tetesan bulir embun saksi sisa kedigjayaan malam.

Lalu semua hilang, lenyap meluruh pada terang.

Semua .. tidak .. tidak semua, hatiku tetap ada, dan tak kan pernah hilang. Kulewati ribuan terang dan kujalani pula kelam, datang silih berganti tapi tak abadi.
Kala kutatap beningnya sinar matamu yang sejuk buyarkan dahaga jiwaku, tergetarku tersenyum. T’lah kutemukan keabadian, dan kupersembahkan segenap hatiku padamu.

Hati yang pasti kalahkan terang maupun kelam.

Tj. Redeb - Berau
September 28, 2005
djoeffry