Okay, one file printed, another one to go. Well, make that five.
I was arranging the pile of papers I had just printed when suddenly ... the computer was off and so were the lights. My God. What joke were You playing to me?
Thursday, 18 August 2005
That day I had a load of things on my to-do list. Actually I had intended to come to the office on Wednesday to finish some of my works so that my Thursday's burden would come a bit lighter. But nope, I didn't come because somehow I felt so tired that day, I spent almost the whole day dozing off. It was supposed to be a holiday, anyway (i.e. Indonesia's independence day), so I thought I deserved a little break.
I arrived at the office much later than I wanted (as always). The first thing I planned to do was downloading some files from the mailbox and printing them because they were needed for the training that morning. So, I open mail.yahoo.com and there, the files I needed were already in mailbox. Good. What I needed to do next was download one file... open it... edit here and there, and... print. Okay, one file printed, another one to go. Well, make that five.
I was arranging the pile of papers I had just printed when suddenly ... the computer was off and so were the lights. My God. What joke were You playing to me? My head was instantly filled with all the tasks in my to-do list, all dancing ferociously waiting to be executed right away. I tried to calm off, hoping that the lights would soon be on and that it was just a temporary electricity shut down as it usually happened.
Well, no. I forgot how I knew it at the first place, but it turned out that the electricity shut down didn't happen in my office area, it occurred in almost all Java, Bali and Madura. Good God! I didn't know whether I had to thank God for this or went panic. I had to submit two works that day because that day was the deadline. What to do? What to do?
Trying to make an effort, or at least wanting to be seen making some effort, I went to the neighbour offices which apparently had a generator set (genset, to make it short). One office had a genset but it could only accomodate for the lighting and air conditioning, not for other electrical apparatus. And I found that out after carrying around an HP 1010 laser jet printer to that office. That made a good 300 m-journey.
The other office was much better. It allowed for the using of computers and printers and all other electricity equipments. So I dazed off back to my office to get the printer and then carried it back to the "much better" office. You think the problem's solved? NO. The computer in the "much better" office did not provide for CD drive (I needed it to install the printer), so I had to go back to my office to get a laptop. To get the laptop, I had to wait for the person who was in charge of keeping maintenance of laptops, who was out having lunch or whatever he was doing at that time. Since I hated to wait, I ran to my car and got my own laptop which was actually a lousy one and proved its lousiness because it couldn't read the printer's installation CD.
I went back to my office and finally I got the laptop I needed. Then, I walked back (actually, "climbed back" suited more perfectly because the location of the "much better" office was on the second floor) heaving the heavy laptop. I did all the steps needed to take to get the printer installed. So, I opened the file, select "print" from the command box and waited. What happened later was that I had to re-try installing the printer.
The installing effort had to be repeated at least five times before I managed to print. Then came the announcement: "Ladies and Gentlemen, to spare the genset energy, we have to turn off the genset in approximately half an hour". WHAT??? I still had more files to print yet I had to hear this?!
Feeling drained, I went back to my office and did my afternoon prayer (sholat Dzuhur). What else could I do? Better whine about all this mess to the Ultimate Creator. Like an answered prayer, after I finished my prayer, the lights went on. But I was too tired. There was no way the deadlines could be met that day. So, after a lingering moment at the end of that day, I thought: Was today really a disaster or a blessing from God?
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Friday, July 08, 2005
Alone again
Friend:
"You know, I was once mistaken. I meant to introduce F to Mas XYZ one day".
Me:
"Uh huh" (listening intently).
Friend:
"But then I couldn't find him in his room. So we went back to F's cubicle. There F told me that she was about to marry in three weeks! When I met Mas XYZ, I told him to forget my idea of introducing F to him".
Me:
"So Mas XYZ really means it when he said he's going to look for a second wife."
Friend:
"Oops! Didn't you know it? He just divorced his wife".
Me:
(Stunned)
Too many times I heard of the word "cerai" (English: divorce) being spoken lately. It's no longer a word that I frequently hear being said on TV; It's a word that now becomes spoken so often like the word "getting a baby", because it's not just celebrities who dare to commit divorce nowadays. Sadly, the "divorce" virus has gotten to people close to me. To mention a few, there have been my ex-office mate and current office mate; my ex-campus colleague; and my cousin who have been through the awful experience.
The reason of separation is different between one person to another, but the grand theme is the "unfit that cannot be tolerated anylonger". For someone who hasn't got married like me, this epidemy creates a new sense of fear. Previously the question that keeps bugging me is "Will I ever get married?", now a nouveau tingling question adds to my things-to-worry list: When I eventually get married, will my marriage survive to the day I (or my partner) die(s)?
Men.
When they don't worry, they complain.
"You know, I was once mistaken. I meant to introduce F to Mas XYZ one day".
Me:
"Uh huh" (listening intently).
Friend:
"But then I couldn't find him in his room. So we went back to F's cubicle. There F told me that she was about to marry in three weeks! When I met Mas XYZ, I told him to forget my idea of introducing F to him".
Me:
"So Mas XYZ really means it when he said he's going to look for a second wife."
Friend:
"Oops! Didn't you know it? He just divorced his wife".
Me:
(Stunned)
Too many times I heard of the word "cerai" (English: divorce) being spoken lately. It's no longer a word that I frequently hear being said on TV; It's a word that now becomes spoken so often like the word "getting a baby", because it's not just celebrities who dare to commit divorce nowadays. Sadly, the "divorce" virus has gotten to people close to me. To mention a few, there have been my ex-office mate and current office mate; my ex-campus colleague; and my cousin who have been through the awful experience.
The reason of separation is different between one person to another, but the grand theme is the "unfit that cannot be tolerated anylonger". For someone who hasn't got married like me, this epidemy creates a new sense of fear. Previously the question that keeps bugging me is "Will I ever get married?", now a nouveau tingling question adds to my things-to-worry list: When I eventually get married, will my marriage survive to the day I (or my partner) die(s)?
Men.
When they don't worry, they complain.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Narco
Gue suka kesel deh, kenapa ya gue sekarang kok suka gampang ngantuk? It's annoying banget, apalagi kalau lagi rapat di ruang yang gak begitu gede, dan pesertanya hadap-hadapan. Gak enak banget kan, jadi ketahuan banget ngantuknya. Gue pernah gitu, dua kali atau tiga kali malah, terkantuk-kantuk di tengah-tengah rapat. Padahal gue jadi notulen lho. Tulisan gue udah yang gak tau kayak gimana bentuknya, mleot-mleot gak jelas. Pastinya banyak omongan peserta rapat yang gue miss, hehehe. Nggak tahu deh, waktu itu ada yang notice atau nggak.
Pernah saking nggak tahannya, gue permisi aja ke toilet. Biar segeran gitu ceritanya. Pas deket toilet, gue ketemu office girl. Gue bilang ke dia, "Mbak, yang lagi rapat di ruang rapat sana nggak disediain minum ya?" Emang kita-kita di ruang rapat belum disediain minum sama sekali. Tapi kalau gue gak ngantuk, gue gak akan sampe minta-minta kayak gitu :P
Pas gue balik lagi ke ruang rapat, mata gue udah agak bisa diajak kompromi. Tapi gak lama, kliyeng... ngantuk lagi gue. Untung gak lama rapatnya udahan. Kalau nggak, bisa-bisa gue ketiduran beneran di rapat itu. Mana rapatnya di kantor klien, lagi. Gawat kan kalau kejadian.
Kalau udah ngantuk gitu, salah satu 'penyelamat' adalah kopi. Di kantor lama, pagi-pagi gue selalu bikin kopi. Favorit gue: kopi krim, dengan formula satu sendok teh kopi instan dan dua sampai tiga sendok teh krim, terus gulanya dua atau dua setengah sendok teh. Atau langsung aja yang sachet, either indocafe cappucino atau indocafe 3 in 1. Tanpa kopi di pagi hari, bisa-bisa kepala gue nubruk monitor gara-gara ngantuk.
Sekarang sih udah gak musti tiap hari ngopi. Berhubung di kantor gue yang baru gue bisa datang agak siangan, ya udah, gue tidur dulu aja abis sholat subuh biar di kantor gak terlalu ngantuk. Tapi ya tetep, kalau ngantuk eskapologi gue adalah kopi. Kopi yang gue minum sekarang nescafe 3 in 1 yang original. Yang krem udah gue cobain tapi kopinya kurang kerasa.
Tapi itu kalau gue lagi di kantor. Kalau lagi di luar, gue suka beli kopi siap minum. Gak usah mikirin Starbucks atau Excelso. Yang gue maksud itu minuman kopi dalam kemasan. Favorit gue: Cappuccini rasa Espresso, atau kalau itu gak ada, kopi Esco (bener gak sih? Itu tuh, kopi yang diiklanin ama Mat Solar) juga boleh. Biasanya gue beli kopi Esco di kampus Depok. Kalau yang Cappuccini belinya di kantin dekat kantor. Saking seringnya beli Cappuccini, gue sampe punya trademark tersendiri di antara temen-temen kantor gue: Metty (cewek yang) demenannya minum kopi.
Kalau ada yang suka kopi racikan model Starbucks atau cafe-cafe yang jualan kopi baca tulisan gue ini pasti ngetawain selera kopi gue. Yah, beginilah gue, kalau dikasih kopi 'beneran' alias kopi espresso asli, langsung pusing gue. Tapi masa bodo ah. Yang penting kan gue enjoy. Masa mau maksain minum kopi pahit demi gengsi. Nggak ah, makasih. Udah gitu mahal pula. Gak worth it ama kenikmatannya yang cuma sejenak.
Ngomongin tentang ngantuk, kalau udah ngantuk, gue bisa tidur gimanapun posisi gue waktu itu. Mau lagi berdiri di kereta, lagi naik bis, hayo aja. Kan kalau ngantuk kita tinggal merem. Lucunya kemarin gue naik taksi dan pas di taksi itu gue ngantuk banget. Maklum, malam sebelumnya nggak nyenyak tidurnya. Pas udah hampir sampai tujuan, gue bangun. Karena kena lampu merah, gue tengak-tengok aja ke samping kanan dan kiri, siapa tahu ada pemandangan yang menarik yang bisa bikin gue gak ngantuk lagi. Gak sadar, pas lagi lihat ke luar, mata gue merem dan yak, gue ketiduran lagi deh. Orang yang ada di mobil di sebelah taksi gue mungkin udah senyum-senyum ngeliat gue yang ketiduran dengan posisi duduk tegak gitu.
Kalau dipikir-pikir, penyebab gue suka ngantuk adalah pola tidur gue yang emang gak beres. Gue suka baru tidur jam 12 atau jam 1 malam. Jam 4 atau 1/2 5 gue udah bangun, terus jam 5-an gue kadang-kadang tidur lagi. Ntar jam 7 atau jam 8 gue bangun lagi deh. Kalau dihitung memang jumlah tidur gue udah cukup. Tapi kenapa masih suka ngantuk ya? Mungkin karena suka tidur malam, gue jadi rada anemia. Yang bikin lebih parah, gue jarang atau bisa dibilang gak pernah olah raga. Makanya jadi gampang lemes dan ngantuk. Mudah-mudahan aja ini bukan tanda-tanda sakit diabetes, soalnya kalau dari indikasi lemes dan ngantuk, gue udah memenuhi syarat :(
Biar gini, gue masih belum masuk kategori narcolepsy, alias orang yang bawaannya ngantukkkk mulu. Eh, di Festival Sinema Perancis (FSP) 2005, ada lho film tentang penderita narcolepsy. Judulnya 'Narco'. Cek aja jadwalnya di www.ccfjakarta.or.id. Nah, karena malam ini gue ada rencana nonton salah satu film FSP, lagak-lagaknya besok gue bakal ngantuk mulu. Alamat ngopi lagi deh. Untung ada kopi, dan untung besok gak puasa. Kalau besok puasa, ya sudah, gue menyerah! Tidur aja lah, enaknya...
Pernah saking nggak tahannya, gue permisi aja ke toilet. Biar segeran gitu ceritanya. Pas deket toilet, gue ketemu office girl. Gue bilang ke dia, "Mbak, yang lagi rapat di ruang rapat sana nggak disediain minum ya?" Emang kita-kita di ruang rapat belum disediain minum sama sekali. Tapi kalau gue gak ngantuk, gue gak akan sampe minta-minta kayak gitu :P
Pas gue balik lagi ke ruang rapat, mata gue udah agak bisa diajak kompromi. Tapi gak lama, kliyeng... ngantuk lagi gue. Untung gak lama rapatnya udahan. Kalau nggak, bisa-bisa gue ketiduran beneran di rapat itu. Mana rapatnya di kantor klien, lagi. Gawat kan kalau kejadian.
Kalau udah ngantuk gitu, salah satu 'penyelamat' adalah kopi. Di kantor lama, pagi-pagi gue selalu bikin kopi. Favorit gue: kopi krim, dengan formula satu sendok teh kopi instan dan dua sampai tiga sendok teh krim, terus gulanya dua atau dua setengah sendok teh. Atau langsung aja yang sachet, either indocafe cappucino atau indocafe 3 in 1. Tanpa kopi di pagi hari, bisa-bisa kepala gue nubruk monitor gara-gara ngantuk.
Sekarang sih udah gak musti tiap hari ngopi. Berhubung di kantor gue yang baru gue bisa datang agak siangan, ya udah, gue tidur dulu aja abis sholat subuh biar di kantor gak terlalu ngantuk. Tapi ya tetep, kalau ngantuk eskapologi gue adalah kopi. Kopi yang gue minum sekarang nescafe 3 in 1 yang original. Yang krem udah gue cobain tapi kopinya kurang kerasa.
Tapi itu kalau gue lagi di kantor. Kalau lagi di luar, gue suka beli kopi siap minum. Gak usah mikirin Starbucks atau Excelso. Yang gue maksud itu minuman kopi dalam kemasan. Favorit gue: Cappuccini rasa Espresso, atau kalau itu gak ada, kopi Esco (bener gak sih? Itu tuh, kopi yang diiklanin ama Mat Solar) juga boleh. Biasanya gue beli kopi Esco di kampus Depok. Kalau yang Cappuccini belinya di kantin dekat kantor. Saking seringnya beli Cappuccini, gue sampe punya trademark tersendiri di antara temen-temen kantor gue: Metty (cewek yang) demenannya minum kopi.
Kalau ada yang suka kopi racikan model Starbucks atau cafe-cafe yang jualan kopi baca tulisan gue ini pasti ngetawain selera kopi gue. Yah, beginilah gue, kalau dikasih kopi 'beneran' alias kopi espresso asli, langsung pusing gue. Tapi masa bodo ah. Yang penting kan gue enjoy. Masa mau maksain minum kopi pahit demi gengsi. Nggak ah, makasih. Udah gitu mahal pula. Gak worth it ama kenikmatannya yang cuma sejenak.
Ngomongin tentang ngantuk, kalau udah ngantuk, gue bisa tidur gimanapun posisi gue waktu itu. Mau lagi berdiri di kereta, lagi naik bis, hayo aja. Kan kalau ngantuk kita tinggal merem. Lucunya kemarin gue naik taksi dan pas di taksi itu gue ngantuk banget. Maklum, malam sebelumnya nggak nyenyak tidurnya. Pas udah hampir sampai tujuan, gue bangun. Karena kena lampu merah, gue tengak-tengok aja ke samping kanan dan kiri, siapa tahu ada pemandangan yang menarik yang bisa bikin gue gak ngantuk lagi. Gak sadar, pas lagi lihat ke luar, mata gue merem dan yak, gue ketiduran lagi deh. Orang yang ada di mobil di sebelah taksi gue mungkin udah senyum-senyum ngeliat gue yang ketiduran dengan posisi duduk tegak gitu.
Kalau dipikir-pikir, penyebab gue suka ngantuk adalah pola tidur gue yang emang gak beres. Gue suka baru tidur jam 12 atau jam 1 malam. Jam 4 atau 1/2 5 gue udah bangun, terus jam 5-an gue kadang-kadang tidur lagi. Ntar jam 7 atau jam 8 gue bangun lagi deh. Kalau dihitung memang jumlah tidur gue udah cukup. Tapi kenapa masih suka ngantuk ya? Mungkin karena suka tidur malam, gue jadi rada anemia. Yang bikin lebih parah, gue jarang atau bisa dibilang gak pernah olah raga. Makanya jadi gampang lemes dan ngantuk. Mudah-mudahan aja ini bukan tanda-tanda sakit diabetes, soalnya kalau dari indikasi lemes dan ngantuk, gue udah memenuhi syarat :(
Biar gini, gue masih belum masuk kategori narcolepsy, alias orang yang bawaannya ngantukkkk mulu. Eh, di Festival Sinema Perancis (FSP) 2005, ada lho film tentang penderita narcolepsy. Judulnya 'Narco'. Cek aja jadwalnya di www.ccfjakarta.or.id. Nah, karena malam ini gue ada rencana nonton salah satu film FSP, lagak-lagaknya besok gue bakal ngantuk mulu. Alamat ngopi lagi deh. Untung ada kopi, dan untung besok gak puasa. Kalau besok puasa, ya sudah, gue menyerah! Tidur aja lah, enaknya...
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Summer is here
Phew, wasn't it hot these days in Jakarta?
I guess we should welcome summertime because it's already here, and make ourselves get used to shirts drenched with sweat, people's (including ours) smelly body odor that gets smellier now more than ever, and sweaty sleep.
So: Welcome, summertime!
I guess we should welcome summertime because it's already here, and make ourselves get used to shirts drenched with sweat, people's (including ours) smelly body odor that gets smellier now more than ever, and sweaty sleep.
So: Welcome, summertime!
Monday, April 25, 2005
Hidup Tanpa Internet = Susah!!!
Waktu nyokap tanya, "Langganan internetnya nggak usah diterusin ya?", gue nekat aja bilang, "Ya udah." Berhubung langganan internet harus bayar sampai Rp 600 ribuan dan bokap udah pensiun, ya wis lah, nggak apa-apa kali internetnya diputus. Toh, masih bisa buka di kantor atau pergi ke warnet. Selain itu, nggak tiap hari ini buka internet.
Akhirnya bulan Maret kita nggak langganan internet lagi deh. Pertama-tama sih nggak apa-apa, karena provider internetnya juga nggak langsung putusin internetnya. Jadi nggak kerasa deh kalau waktu itu udah nggak langganan internet lagi. 'Twas a good thing krn gue pas msh butuh koneksi internet.
Tahu-tahu, pertengahan April pas gue lagi butuh internet, koneksinya ternyata udah diputus beneran sama providernya. Wuehh, memble dah gue, terutama karena bulan ini kebutuhan koneksi internet gue lagi tinggi-tingginya. Mana internet kantor lagi offline... Huaaaah, tambah merana lah gue. Mailbox yahoo gue udah penuh, nyaris 1000 e-mail gak kebuka. Trus, begitu mau kirim-kiriman e-mail sama klien... wuuppss, maaf Pak. Internet kantor mateee!!!
Nggak lucu juga sih alasan matinya internet kantor. Pertama karena kabelnya dimakan tikus. Begitu problem itu sudah solved, eh, ternyata labkom yang selama ini jadi pusat server udah lama nggak bayar tagihan internet ke Telkom, dan baru ketahuan sekarang. Wadawwww, why does it all happen at the same time?!!!???
Untung gue orang Jawa. Jadi apapun yang terjadi, ya sudah lah. Hhhh....
P.S.
Habis ini gue mau patungan 50:50 ama nyokap buat langganan internet lagi.
Tapi nggak tahu deh, kapan kita mulai pasang internet, lah wong gue disuruh nyari info tentang provider internet aja males. Alamat nginternet di warnet lagi deh, hiks, hiks.
Akhirnya bulan Maret kita nggak langganan internet lagi deh. Pertama-tama sih nggak apa-apa, karena provider internetnya juga nggak langsung putusin internetnya. Jadi nggak kerasa deh kalau waktu itu udah nggak langganan internet lagi. 'Twas a good thing krn gue pas msh butuh koneksi internet.
Tahu-tahu, pertengahan April pas gue lagi butuh internet, koneksinya ternyata udah diputus beneran sama providernya. Wuehh, memble dah gue, terutama karena bulan ini kebutuhan koneksi internet gue lagi tinggi-tingginya. Mana internet kantor lagi offline... Huaaaah, tambah merana lah gue. Mailbox yahoo gue udah penuh, nyaris 1000 e-mail gak kebuka. Trus, begitu mau kirim-kiriman e-mail sama klien... wuuppss, maaf Pak. Internet kantor mateee!!!
Nggak lucu juga sih alasan matinya internet kantor. Pertama karena kabelnya dimakan tikus. Begitu problem itu sudah solved, eh, ternyata labkom yang selama ini jadi pusat server udah lama nggak bayar tagihan internet ke Telkom, dan baru ketahuan sekarang. Wadawwww, why does it all happen at the same time?!!!???
Untung gue orang Jawa. Jadi apapun yang terjadi, ya sudah lah. Hhhh....
P.S.
Habis ini gue mau patungan 50:50 ama nyokap buat langganan internet lagi.
Tapi nggak tahu deh, kapan kita mulai pasang internet, lah wong gue disuruh nyari info tentang provider internet aja males. Alamat nginternet di warnet lagi deh, hiks, hiks.
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