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Being 28

At this phase of life, I think I'm done achiveing high in life. Lately I've been focusing to spending time with things I love, which is Netflix and Kpop Idol binge-watching. I consider this an effort to love my self more.

I realize that I don't have as much interest with instagram life like before. My social media life is now spent on Twitter. Just like the old time back at campus when Twitter was blooming.

In our country, 28 is considered a matured age. I'm not gonna argue with that. Mature in term of settling in life. Most of people that age has already had a little family of their own, with a cute little baby or two. For the last twelve months I've been thinking about it a lot. I think that was one of the lowest points in life that I've got. It's not like I don't want to. But more like I couldn't to because I don't have that significance one.

I was at the point of questioning whether perhaps there was something wrong with me being all the people I knew on social media getting married one by one each weekend. That was the condition I was in.

My family is people I can count on. A very kind one they didn't feel the urge to pester. But I know deep down what they feel. I think this was my biggest regret in life, not being able to present the biggest achievement in life.

Being 28 like me is hard. So I'll just focus to love my self and having a positive mind.

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If you don't mind me littering...

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Thought

Life isn't something you could predict. But every choice you made led to one another. It is also your choice whether you accept or deny it. I never regret coming here, though I'm not completely feeling great either. I'm consiously aware that this could be the best choice made for me, of all probabilities I ever thought in mind. Sometime the choice was made for you. But defining best or worse of that choice is totally your responsibility. You may don't agree with choices universe picked for you, but eventually you'll learn that even the best could come from the worse. I finally learned that agreeing with the universe is one way to be free from constant torture of endless thought of why. And life wouldn't wait for you to get your mind right any longer.

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This is Water

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys, how's the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?”

The immediate point of the fish story is that the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about.

Written and Delivered by David Foster Wallace for Kenyon Commencement Address, May 21, 2005

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci

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Kenapa Aku Suka Medan (Part 1)

(Without proper order)

The people. Masih serumpun Melayu, yang berarti tipe orangnya sama. Budayanya masih mirip.

Bahasa. Karena aku sering mendengar logat Medan dari rekan kerja di tempat lama dan menurutku, aku sudah terdengar native kalau soal logat.

Kota besar.  Come on, the biggest city in Sumatera.

Transportasi online. Thank God for the creator of Gojek and Grab, and their investment in Medan. I can commute everywhere easily.

Teman-teman. Karena perusahaan lamaku berasal dari Medan, aku banyak kenalan di Medan. I feel like no stranger here.

Work mate in my division. They’re absolutely kind. I feel like we’re already family.

The job. Well, obviously.

Murah. Kalau dibandingkan dengan Jakarta, disini itu heaven. Sarapan kenyang lima ribu itu sudah banyak.

Dekat rumah. Walaupun sebenarnya jauh, tapi tiket pesawatnya murah. Walaupun murahnya masih relatif.

Kenapa ini part 1? Karena aku bahkan belum satu bulan di kota ini. Let’s wait for another part.

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Terima Kasih Untuk ‘Medan’

Aku bersyukur sekali aku di tempatkan di Medan. Hal yang baru aku sadari setelah berada dua minggu di kota ini. Pada awalnya aku agak sedikit kecewa karena aku sangat berharap dapat di tempatkan di Pekanbaru, dimana mimpiku bisa dekat dengan keluargaku lagi bias terwujud (no judgement please, I have my own reason). Walaupun kadang-kadang aku juga membayangkan ditempatkan di Medan dengan segala hubungan yang pernah kumiliki dengan kota ini.

Medan mempunyai hubungan personal sendiri denganku. Dengan riwayat pekerjaanku yang lama, aku mempunyai beberapa teman di kota ini sehingga aku tidak merasa begitu khawatir dengan kepindahanku kesini. Tetapi tetap aku merasa ada sedikit ganjalan perasaan. Medan bagiku merupakan kota besar, aku tidak pernah merendahkan kota ini dan membanding-bandingkannya dengan Padang atau Pekanbaru karena jelas, Medan lebih unggul. After all, the biggest city in Sumatera.

Selain karena aku berharap di tempatkan di Pekanbaru, aku juga berharap ditempatkan di Kantor Wilayah, bercermin dari teman-teman yang lebih dulu bergabung dengan perusahaan ini, dimana aku berasumsi bahwa fungsi humasnya lebih jelas dan lebih produktif. Kenyataan bahwa aku ditempatkan di Kantor Induk Pembangkitan, yang levelnya sejajar dengan Kantor Wilayah, aku merasa sedikit kecewa karena nampaknya fungsi humas di sana akan lebih sedikit dan benar-benar bersifat pendukung. Tidak seperti yang mereka gadang-gadangkan di kelas pembidangan.

Jadi ketika aku tiba di Medan, aku tidak sesemangat biasanya. Dan ketika aku pertama kali menginjakkan calon kantor baruku, aku hanya bersikap biasa dan standar. Hari ketiga yang merupakan hari pertama aku bergabung dengan tim Hukum dan Humas tidak ada perasaan yang berubah. Hanya aku yang meyakinkan diriku bahwa aku dapat melalui ini seperti hari-hari biasanya. I’ve been trained before, right?

Seperti di Makassar, aku menyenangkan diri dengan mengunjungi mall-mall besar kota Medan. Mencari tau standar kehidupan sosial seperti apa yang ada di kota ini. Hal ini menyenangkan dan sangat menghibur. Hari-hari semakin berjalan dan aku semakin mengenal kota ini dan rekan-rekan kerjaku, khususnya di bidang Hukum dan Humas. Hari ini aku sadar, dan mengucapkan syukur kepada Tuhan. Bahwa aku ditempatkan di kota ini, di unit ini.

Medan. Budaya yang tidak jauh berbeda dengan yang aku akrabi karena kemiripan rumpun dan kearifan lokal melayu. Dimana aku bisa menemukan tingkat pergaulan yang modern dan juga yang kekeluargaan. After all, kita adalah orang timur.

Teman, keluarga, rekan kerja. Benar kata orang, it’s not the place that struck the memories, it’s the people. Kebaikan yang ditawarkan bagi orang baru sepertiku mungkin hal langka yang bisa ditemui di kota besar. Bagiku yang sudah cukup lama tinggal di kota metropolitan, hal tersebut sangat kuhargai. Aku dihargai sebagai keluarga. Aku bahagia. Aku bersyukur. Terima kasih Tuhan.

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Hi Padang!

I was in Padang last week!

It’s been a long time for me to come to Padang for other reasons but Eid Mubarak time. My best friend was having a wedding there and I came to attend it. It was amazing. I was longing for Padang. Me and my other best friends had the fun as we reunited back again like we were in Bandung. Gosh, I missed that moments.

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Places I Lived At

Since I’m recently moving to a new city, I’m just thinking that I actually have moved several times and lived in many cities in Indonesia. A new colleague once stated this “Since you’ve moved so often, then it should be no problem for you to move here, right?” I proudly say yes to that.

So, I’d like to tell about what I like and dislike about these cities.

After I was born in Padang 25 years ago, my parents brought me to live in a small village in the middle of Jambi. It was called Pamenang, a small transmigration village located very near with Suku Anak Dalam village, locally known as Orang Kubu. I have very little memories about this village. I only have fragments of scene that probably initiated while looking old photographs. So I’m gonna skip this one.

Around 4 years old, my father decided to go back to school again. Then we moved to Palembang, where he started his residency there. For almost 5 years we lived there and adding a new member of our family, my little sister. I went to kindergarten and elementary school there until 4th grade. I’m also gonna skip this because I only remember it vaguely. I remember the memory most rather than the city itself. But one for sure that I like very much of this city, Pempek and Tekwan! It’s just overwhelming.

The residency was over, so we moved to Tembilahan. A small city in Riau province located at the east coast of Sumatera (but not really as you picture it cool though, there’s more small river than you could imagine). I had my elementary school finished there and continue to junior high.

Tembilahan

Like        : Small community, no traffic, I can bike wherever I want whenever I want, lots of culture (melayu, minang, bugis, banjar, etc).

Dislike   : Horrible access, extremely hot, routine blackout, literally no public transportation.

 Continuing my senior high, I moved to Padang to upgrade the level of quality. I lived around three years here. I think it was a deciding phase for me since it was my high school year when teenager expanding and developing their self.

Padang

Like        : Bigger city than the last one, many department store with high quality, good tourism potential places, the language.

Dislike   : Almost none, except for the heat.

 Came the uni life! I moved to Bandung. Place I always dreamed to live in. I spent more than 5 years here. My entire college life. I seldom went home due to my activity. So practically I spent almost 11 months in a year for 5 long years, plus the time after I graduated.

Bandung

Like        : Language, culture, culinary, street, public transportation, tourist destination, easy access.

Dislike   : Pricy house rent.

 So I accepted at this company, then I moved to Makassar where I was assigned. Pretty much shocking, but I endured it. I spent a spectacular 10 months here. Excited, lonely, boredom, every kinds of feeling. But I enjoyed it and felt a deep sad to move but not that sad

Makassar

Like        : The foods are just amazing, big mall, sea, big city.

Dislike   : Confusing public transportation, faraway tourist destination, high rate criminal, the heat.

 I eventually got called back to Jakarta office. So I came back (actually moved, this is my first time literally live in Jakarta) to this capital city of Indonesia. This was probably one of the best phase of my life. The city, the friends, work mate, and the work itself was at its best. So I really enjoyed my 11 months as modern citizen.

Jakarta

Like        : ALMOST EVERYTHING! Food, society, public transportation, easy access, etc.

Dislike   : Traffic, high living cost.

 Now I moved again back to Sumatera this time. Medan. Such a strange city. I never visited it before. Of all big city in Sumatera, I haven’t visited Medan and Banda Aceh yet. But now I got the chance. Let me enjoy it first and consume everything Medan has to offer. I’m gonna tell you later what I like and dislike of it (or not). I really looking forward to another city I could explore in the next future.

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Hopeless Hope

One thing that I hate is losing my flash disk, or as widely known as flash drive or thumb drive (since the size is as big as your thumb). This post is written under the condition that I might losing my flash disk.

Not because it’s pricy or hi-tech or what, but because the contents. That’s the first reason of my hatred while the other is because I simply have to go again to get a new one.

I hope you’re still there, though I don’t know where it might be. Since I can’t check it now, I could only hope for it to be found later when I get home.

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The Beginning

The order of my posted story might not be good. I just write when I’m in the mood, hence the order.

So, I’d like to share the process of my luck (?) in joining this electricity government-company. I’m no longer seeking money from coffee industry, instead I change the course to electricity. It was about months before my work-contract in my old company expired, around July or August. My senior from college organization shared this information on Whatsapp group. I never bothered to check it before, since I have no plan of leaving before that contract ends (though I occasionally apply for multinational company’s vacancy for management trainee). But somehow, one thing led to another (mainly because of the succeed of my friends in this company), so I checked it out. It’s easy to fill the form online. I do that often. But someday, my friend who applied the same vacancy told me that the applicant need to submit the document directly in a job fair in Bandung. That gave me second thought. Too many efforts while I’m still considering to stay at my old company.

But, I think this is Allah’s way of leading me to this path. My father happened to visit Bandung at the same time, inviting me to come to Bandung to check on my little sister. Then I thought, what a chance. So I prepared every files needed and packed my bag then went to Bandung. It was Friday night. I spent all Saturday with my family, since my father would be leaving on Sunday. So I thought submitting the papers on Sunday won’t be hurt, since the job fair last till Sunday. So when I went there, it was very crowded, too many people gathered in one place. I arrived around 11:45am, bad timing since the gate was closed for lunch break. So I waited for almost one and half hour. The queue is impossible, beside they also said that the entry tickets were sold out. Lucky me I got a very last place in ticket queue, while not so lucky for other job seekers at that time. My luck came again when they said that they opened a direct line only for paper-submit. And the other luck came again not long after when they divide the queue for online apply and manual apply which the line is a bit longer than the online apply.

I brought 2 files in a hope that I could submit it for my friend. Too bad they didn’t accept since the applicant itself need to submit it. That day was exhausting but little did I know that it would be worth. Around 3 weeks after visit to Bandung, I got an invitation to attend the first preliminary test. Of course it was in Bandung. The test was academic and English test. I still remembered that it was on Tuesday, while I got the announcement in less than a week. So I request an off day to my manager. It was easy to request a day off at my old office since it was a branch. You just need to tell that you want to take a day off give the paper, and get it signed. Voila, you have a day off.

The test was early in the morning, so I decided to sleep in Bandung at my friends’ that night. Thanks to two of my best friends, your part in my career is very substantial. I almost got late, as my behavior to hurry in the last minutes. I found the test acceptable. I could handle it well and had no worry after it. So I spent the day well with my friends and went back to Jakarta.

I passed into the second test. It was announced only the day after the test. I took a gamble here to go back that day hoping that I got the second test at the third day it was held. So I needed to act quick since all of the test took place in Bandung. The day was so close I couldn’t bear to request for another day off. So I told my boss that I was sick that day and asked to take a rest at home. He said he was okay with that. The test was at 11am, so I decided to go to Bandung that morning at 5am. The sun probably hadn’t rise yet. The second test is physical checkup. I did some research before the first test about the steps in the recruitment process. So I quite knew vaguely about the test. Since I only knew about the rumor, I only ate a bread in the morning because I didn’t want my cholesterol coming high. Turns out it was literally physical test, but I got to have 70 cm for my abdominal ring. That was my first physical checkup. I was shocked, though I’d expected it before.

Thank God I still passed into the third test. The announcement came a week after so I request for another day off. My manager guessed it correctly that I was taking a test, so he asked where I applied. The third test also happen on Tuesday (perhaps it was my lucky day). I arrived early that day so I went to visit my friends before the test. The test was a new developed adaptive test. It depended on every each of your answer. I felt pretty confidence at that time.

Lucky me I still allowed to take the fourth test. It was only a week after the last one. I felt happy cause I didn’t need to wait for a long time to get assurance. On the other side, I was furious on how to ask a day off. My branch manager won’t have a problem with it, but the head office surely will ask about my absence. Though it was my right to claim the day offs, but it was odd to have too many in a month. But I thought I was saved because it was a new circular attendance calendar in my old company. The off days didn’t look too obvious. The test was early morning, so I stayed at my friends that night. This time I was worried sick after the test. It was a usual psychology tests I used to take. None of it I hadn’t tried before. But I kept have a feeling that I was caught using an eraser when drawing by one of the observer. It was forbidden to use eraser but I couldn’t handle an itchy feeling to erase a bad line in the drawing. But however I went home that night praying that I didn’t matter and I would pass this test.

The fifth test was lab test, where your blood would be tested and all. It was scary according to many people in their blogs and online forum of this recruitment test. The one thing I fear was my cholesterol level. Even though I’m from West Sumatera, I rarely eat its food. I’m not that really fond of Minang food. Lucky me. But still, I was worry that my cholesterol was high. Other thing I fear was my blood pressure. I always knew that I had low blood pressure from the time in college. I often felt dizzy after taking too many stroll or taking stairs. Some people at the forum recommended to have a healthy diet after psychology test. It would give us around two weeks to wash out bad things in our body. As much as cleaning our blood. I followed the suggestion, but didn’t fully gave much attention for it. I only controlled to have a less rice, ate green veggies, and took less eggs. I was very worried about the psychology test so I didn’t put my full attention into my diet. I ignored the fruits and more green veggies since I thought there might be a chance that I didn’t pass the test.

When the announcement published at the website, I prayed hard, even the days before. And thank God, I passed it. I feel a big relieve and ready to plan another trip to Bandung to attend the fifth test. For a week I planned my diet and prayed that it wasn’t too late. On the day before weekend, I checked my blood at pharmacy that served instant blood-checking. Man, the cholesterol was the nightmare. Not really high but above the high line by 7 points. But surprisingly my blood pressure was normal. So after that I went to supermarket and brought apple, pear, lemon, cucumber, papaya, mango, dragon fruit, broccoli, and tomato. That was my big plan to suppressed my cholesterol. I even bought brown rice. Whole weekend I spent by drinking fruits and veggies juice combination. The first time I drank it, it tasted like shit. I almost threw out, literally. But I endured it and somehow, the day after the juice became a more acceptable. I also drank honey-lemon shot and lemon-infused water for a week before. The test was Tuesday. Before the day, I took the blood test twice. The first one stated that the cholesterol came down to 197. I was relieved. But that was not enough. And after many efforts I took another test on Monday. The result was 174. Thank God all my efforts weren’t useless.

So I went to Bandung after working on Monday. I took a day off again this time. The test was at 6am, and I also felt the need to have a good sleep before the test since it would affect my blood pressure. After fasting for 12 hours, my blood and urine samples were taken. I had another test. This was my first lab test so I felt a little bit exciting. I had electrocardiograph (ECG) test, chest Rontgen, and hearing test. The hearing test was giving me feeling the same as psychology test. I knew I did it right, but I didn’t have a clean start. That was my habit. If I did a mistake at the start then I started to feel anxious for the rest of the event, even though I didn’t make any other mistake.

The announcement was 2 weeks after. I felt worry when I opened the file. But, once again, I had my luck. The sixth test was interview with human resource and a psychologist. This time I took another day off, probably my last one. I decided to sleep at my friend to avoid coming late. The interview was going well. It took about one and half hour. Form what I read in the forum, that was normal. After that I went to visit my little sister. Her place was not far from it. I also had a good time with my friends. I felt very confidence about the result and that affected my mood. The interviewer even advised me to give a resignation letter as soon as possible. But I’m not a risk taker that much. The confidence I had still had some worry of failure. So I postpone the resignation plan and continued my work life as usual. 2 weeks after the announcement came. I couldn’t tell how I felt that day. I waited it for 2 days and was sure that the announcement would came that day. And it was, at 2 pm. Alhamdulillah, perhaps it was the best path Allah decide for me. I told my mother and that night wrote my resignation letter. It was the craziest week of my work life. Plus, I needed to go to Bandung again to sign the work contract. This time I ask permission not to come to the office. My day off was pretty much run out.  The sudden leave and the problem I had at that time took all my energy. And so my last day which was on Friday was extended to Saturday since I kept missing small things.

That exact Saturday, I went to Bandung because I need to check in on Sunday morning. One side I felt excited and relieve, the other side I felt exhausted and sorry not to resign early so that I had a few spare time to rest and do nothing.

But now, here I am. 3 months later. Survived. I couldn’t thank God more for this blessing. I am happy.

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I met them, then we say good bye. Good luck in your new places. We’ll be succeed. We will.

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The Next Adventure

You know, I never imagined that someday I’d be visiting Medan. Well, I thought about it sometimes, what if I’d get assigned to this city. But of all places, Medan! That would be such a coincidence. You see, looking from my history, I have quite a thing with Medan.

But here I am. Medan. Ready for the next adventure.

I’m glad that I have a chance to visit this part of Indonesia, where the sky is still bright at 6pm. I eager to find out my destiny. To be moved to a new city, is a chance to have a clean slate. I could establish a new me. A better version of me that I want to be. That is a very rare chance and not everybody could have it.

Another adventure I eager to find out is the nature and the tourist destinations. I am a tourist, you see. At least for several months ahead. Taking a picture and post it on social media, checking out a great stuff in downtown, and other tourist’s pleasure.

So I will have this adventure soon for sure. Look forward to a friendly welcome from this city and the society.

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Dilansir dari laman Sosial Media resmi PLN Distribusi Bali (Disbali), Kamis kemarin, diselenggarakan Rapat Kerja (Raker) untuk mengevaluasi pencapaian kinerja di tahun 2016, juga menentukan strategi di tahun ini. Bertema 'Strengthening and Moving Forward To Achieve 2017 Target Through Innovation and Discipline Execution,' PLN Disbali siap berinovasi dan komitmen untuk selalu disiplin dalam bekerja. Eh, ada lagi lho yang akan terus dikembangkan: Komunikasi dan Koordinasi!

Nah, di Raker ini, ada juga acara Serah Terima Jabatan Manajer SDM dari Bapak Tris Yanuarsyah yang bertugas ke PLN Disjaya, pada Raidir Sigalingging yang semula bertugas di Unit Pembangitan Sumatera Utara. Selamat bertugas ya, Pak!

Psst, kalau PLN Disjaya Rakernya pakai tema Superhero, di PLN Disbali semua wajib pakai pakaian adat Bali!

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Kapan sih PLN didirikan? Sudah tau tentang sejarah panjangnya PLN?

Berawal di akhir abad ke 19, perkembangan ketenagalistrikan di Indonesia mulai ditingkatkan oleh Belanda. Kemudian antara tahun 1942-1945 terjadi peralihan pengelolaan perusahaan-perusahaan Belanda tersebut oleh Jepang.

Setelah Jepang menyerah kepada Sekutu, pemerintah Indonesia tidak tinggal diam. Pada 27 Oktober 1945, Presiden Soekarno membentuk Jawatan Listrik dan Gas di bawah Departemen Pekerjaan Umum dan Tenaga dengan kapasitas pembangkit tenaga listrik sebesar 157,5 MW. Tanggal inilah yang saat ini kita peringati sebagai Hari Listrik Nasional (HLN) setiap tahunnya.

Pada tahun 1972, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) ditetapkan sebagai Perusahaan Umum Listrik Negara dan sebagai Pemegang Kuasa Usaha Ketenagalistrikan (PKUK) dengan tugas menyediakan tenaga listrik bagi kepentingan umum. Kemudian sejak tahun 1994 status PLN beralih dari Perusahaan Umum menjadi Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) dan juga sebagai PKUK dalam menyediakan listrik bagi kepentingan umum hingga sekarang.

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Saat ini masih ada banyak daerah yang belum menikmati listrik. Selain itu, banyak juga daerah yang mengalami defisit listrik seperti Sumatera Utara, Sulawesi Tengah, Sulawesi Selatan, dan Sumbawa Nusa Tenggara Barat. PLN menargetkan rasio elektrifikasi hingga 2019 dapat mencapai 97%. Artinya, tinggal 3% wilayah Indonesia saja yang belum terlistriki pada 2019. Saat ini rasio elektrifikasi secara nasional masih berada di angka 88%. Untuk mencapai rasio 97% daerah yang terlistriki, PLN terus mendorong program pembangunan pembangkit listrik 35.000 MW.

-35000 MW UNTUK INDONESIA-