tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63714788958468047242024-03-13T05:12:02.351-07:00Peponia Swahilian word means paradiseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-61824295594605069552018-07-07T11:40:00.006-07:002018-07-07T12:02:29.636-07:00Unpublished Story XIX: Fauzi, Jangan Marah<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Hi! This is a children story which inspired by myself 👅<br />
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Lately, I feel it's hard to control myself although I have routinely practised yoga. I don't know if it happens due to my turbulence of emotions or just because I am on PMS. I remember last year my friend ever suggested me not to throw up my anger if something does not happen the way I want. It will only lead to a worse condition. And yes, he is correct.<br />
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Last year, after being hungry and disappointed with my Mom in a misunderstanding, I have to push my motorcycle by myself all the way home because I accidentally left the key inside the supermarket after bought the vegetables and cooking ingredients. The problem was, I realised it right after they closed the door which only going to be opened the next morning. The security did not care how desperate I beg them because the system just worked that way. (Trust me, I don't know why. I mean, if they have the key, at least those stocky securities can easily opened the door, right?). Worse, I even forgot to bring my smartphone while the guard didn't have any online transportation app. The security offered me to leave my motorcycle in a secure place at the parking area and picked it up tomorrow mornint, but I was frightened to imagine my Mom's explosive anger if she knew what I've done. So, yeah.. I swallowed my ego, refused the help of some old men there not to troublesome them at 9:00 PM and forced myself to push my motorcycle all the way home. Fortunately, it is only around.. uh, 500 meters to 1 kilometres on a detour 😵<br />
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Trust me, I have learned a lot of lessons from that unfortunate event and that is why I try to train myself to be a better person in managing my emotions every time. Well, at least I am trying right? Because the whole training might spend my whole life. Particular when Dad, who realise the same tendency inherits by my Mom, said that when we cannot control our emotion, the explosive anger will throw up to our closest circle first. "So, beware with your emotion," he alarmed.<br />
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This why you can see a lot of suggestion on the children story below about how to manage your emotion. I combine it with what my Padre candidate friend said,<br />
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"So, be aware of the things or emotions that happen. Name it. Search for the root problem. Reflect it. Then you can be aware if that tendency, the bad side of you appears. Build a mental distance, by counting from 1 to 10. The reaction will exist, but we have a freedom to control it."</blockquote>
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"By building a mental distance, we will be able to train ourselves not to choose the first reaction, but second, third, after reflecting it, instead of let the emotion controls you."</blockquote>
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So, please kindly read, use your imagination and enjoy your time! Hehe. Last but not least, don't forget to put the source if you want to use this story. Don't do any plagiarism, okay?</div>
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<b>Fauzi, Jangan Marah</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Bruk, bruk,
bruk!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fauzi membanting
tasnya dengan kesal. Kakinya pegal. Ia baru berjalan kaki bolak-balik dari
sekolah ke rumah.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Huh, semua
salah Leon!” katanya dongkol. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tadi saat ujian,
Leon terus menyikutnya. Pensilnya patah dan ia tidak punya pengganti. Tapi Fauzi
menghiraukannya.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Salah sendiri,
tadi kan aku sudah mengingatkan untuk mengecek alat tulis sebelum ujian,”
gerutu Fauzi. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tapi Pak Willy terlanjur
mengira mereka menyontek. “Fauzi, pindah ke depan!” perintah Pak Willy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fauzi kaget. Ia tak
merasa melakukan kesalahan. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Biasanya saat
ada murid yang bertingkah mencurigakan, guru akan memisahkan tempat duduk mereka
saat ujian. Tapi satu-satunya meja kosong di barisan belakang sedang dipenuhi
tumpukan prakarya.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mau tak mau,
dengan malu, terpaksa Fauzi mengambil lembar jawabannya dan pindah ke meja
guru. Saat Fauzi pindah, Leon diam-diam mengambil pensil cadangan milik Fauzi
dan langsung memakainya. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Huh, pasti
sekarang teman-teman mengira aku suka menyontek,” pikir Fauzi sedih.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ia jadi tak bisa
konsentrasi. Benar saja, saat lembar jawaban dikembalikan, Fauzi cuma mendapat
nilai 7 karena melakukan beberapa kesalahan.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Fauzi, ini pensil
kamu, tadi kupinjam. Maaf ya,” kata Leon sambil menyeringai. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Melihat itu,
Fauzi makin marah. “Yang serius dong kalau mau meminta maaf!” kata Fauzi.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Beberapa teman yang
kaget pun langsung berbisik-bisik di belakang setelah mendengar suara Fauzi.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fauzi jadi
bertambah kesal. Ia memalingkan muka dan buru-buru pulang. Tapi di tengah
jalan, Fauzi teringat sesuatu.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Astaga,
amplopku! Mama bisa marah!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tadi pagi Mama
memberinya uang untuk membeli buku di koperasi sekolah. Tapi karena marah,
Fauzi lupa kalau ia menaruh amplop itu di situ. Terpaksa Fauzi berlari kembali
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Pak Man, tunggu! Jangan dikunci dulu!” cegah Fauzi
saat hampir sampai di depan kelas. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Lho, belum
pulang, Den?” tanya Pak Man heran.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Belum, Pak. Ada
yang ketinggalan di laci,” kata Fauzi ngos-ngosan. Kakinya pegal setelah menaiki
tangga menuju ruang kelas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fauzi melongok
ke laci. Aman! Amplop itu masih berada di tempatnya. Sepertinya Pak Man lupa
mengecek laci saat membersihkan kelas tadi. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Terima kasih
ya, Pak. Untung barang saya masih ada. Saya pulang dulu,” pamit Fauzi. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tapi, koperasi
sekolah sudah tutup. Mau tak mau Fauzi harus mampir ke rumah Zeze untuk
memfotokopi soal dari buku yang batal dibelinya itu. Kalau tidak, Fauzi tidak
bisa mengerjakan tugas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Lho, kenapa
ini? Kamarnya berantakan sekali,” tegur Mama saat memasuki kamar Fauzi.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Beberapa buku
keluar dari tas dan tercecer sampai ke pintu. Sementara di kolong tempat tidur,
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“Nanti Fauzi
bersihkan, Ma. Fauzi capek.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Capek atau
marah?” goda Mama. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Huh, Fauzi
nggak marah kok,” elak Fauzi. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Cemberut begitu
kok dibilang tidak marah.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Fauzi jadi
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“Hm.. Pak Willy memang
salah karena tidak bertanya dulu pada Leon dan Fauzi dan cuma berasumsi,” kata
Mama. “Leon juga salah ka..”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Nah, benar kan,
Leon salah!” kata Fauzi berapi-api.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mama
geleng-geleng kepala. “Karena tidak mempersiapkan alat tulis lebih dulu,”
lanjut Mama.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Tapi Fauzi juga
salah karena tidak bisa mengontrol emosi.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mama pun
menyuruh Fauzi berdiri di depan kaca. “Sini, apa yang Fauzi lihat dari bayangan
ini?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Mm.. muka Fauzi
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“Lalu?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Bibir Fauzi
cemberut. Dahi Fauzi berkerut,” kata Fauzi sekenanya.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Kalau tidak ada
cermin, Fauzi bisa melihat itu atau tidak?” tanya Mama. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Tidak.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Tapi apa yang
Fauzi rasakan?” <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Kalau sedang
marah?” tanya Fauzi lagi. “Mm.. badan Fauzi jadi panas. Jantung Fauzi juga
berdebar lebih keras.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mama tersenyum.
“Sekarang Fauzi sudah tahu apa yang Fauzi rasakan kalau sedang marah.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Lain kali,
kalau tanda-tanda itu muncul, dijaga emosinya ya, Sayang,” kata Mama sambil
mengelus kepala Fauzi. “Semakin Fauzi marah, semakin buruk keadaannya. Seperti
waktu Fauzi meninggalkan amplop buku di laci tadi.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Tarik napas
dalam-dalam dan hitung sampai sepuluh. Jangan langsung marah,” nasihat Mama. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Jangan langsung
marah..,” kata Fauzi lambat-lambat. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Rasanya ia
pernah mendengar seseorang berkata begitu di sekolah. Oh, Fauzi ingat! Kemarin
Zeze bilang begitu saat Nedhy menyenggol prakarya Fauzi di kelas. Anka juga
bilang hal yang sama waktu Leon keliru memukul bola kasti dan mengenai pipi Fauzi.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Fauzi, jangan
marah..”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fauzi tak ingin
mendengar teman-temannya berkata begitu lagi setelah ini!<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-46201435665470548962018-06-30T00:33:00.001-07:002018-10-30T02:04:26.169-07:00Unpublished Story XVIII: Dokter ElsaHi! This is my first attempt to write a topic about student doctor but I consider it as fail. The children story consists of 1.017 words (almost two times than the limited character which is suggested by children story magazine like Bobo), and I think the problem solving is not as fun as I expected for children, mainly at the last part. The reader might think that I have an not focus story issue--which is true. Well..<br />
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After a long time, I finally try to write about this topic because two years ago (or longer), my mother suggested me to write a text like student doctor and scout activity at Elementary School. I guessed that was a good idea, but I don't have the strong notion and interest towards those issues. What I remember about my prior experience as student doctor is only about the exciting class about body's health and first aid, the shift duty in each interval between the class session, the competition and.. my phobia over blood. (Last third times I did medical check-up, I almost fainted in those two times in taking blood. Glad that is not only me, because my college friend, Nirmala ever faced the worse).<br />
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Anyway, I would like to thank my cousin, Agustitin and Mbak Henrika, my friend in lektor St. Antonius Padua Kotabaru Church, Yogyakarta who supplied me with extensive information over the first aid and immunisation.<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Please kindly read, use your imagination and enjoy your time! Hehe. Last but not least, don't forget to put the source if you want to use this story. Don't do any plagiarism, okay?</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">PS: I'll try to rewrite the story in a better and shorter way as soon as I have a preferable idea ☺</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dokter Elsa<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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“Sa, ada pasien,
tuh!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elsa menoleh. Ia
baru selesai membuatkan teh panas untuk pasien yang pingsan saat pelajaran olah
raga. Sementara di pintu UKS, seorang anak berdiri sambil menangis. Kakinya
berdarah. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Elsa bergidik.
“Kamu saja deh, Ga. Aku belum selesai,” tolaknya.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Padahal Elsa hanya
tinggal mencatat nama pasien yang sakit di buku laporan. Ia pun bisa
menundanya. Tapi Elsa tak ingin melihat darah. Kepalanya pusing, lalu mual dan
pingsan kalau melihat darah. Tapi, tak ada yang tahu rahasia itu.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Masa dokter
kecil takut darah,” pikir Elsa sedih.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Maka saat Arga
mengambil obat merah di kotak P3K, Elsa cuma mengamati dari jauh.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Eh, jangan
langsung diteteskan! Bilas dulu lukanya di kran,” perintah Elsa.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Arga memutar
bola matanya. “Kalau memang tak boleh, kenapa tidak mengurus pasiennya sendiri
sih,”protesnya.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Elsa diam saja. Ia
tahu, meski mereka sudah mendapat pelajaran P3K sebelum dilantik, tapi banyak
teman-temannya yang masih ceroboh saat mengobati pasien yang luka. Beda dengan
Elsa yang terlatih sejak kecil karena melihat Papa dan Mama bekerja.</span></div>
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Saat Arga
membasuh luka pasien di air mengalir, Elsa kotak P3K. Ia mengambil kassa dan
melipatnya. Satu lipatan untuk Arga, satu lipatan lagi ia tetesi obat merah.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Ugh, bau obat,”
keluh Elsa. Tapi ia berusaha menahannya.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Keringkan dulu
lukanya pakai kassa, lalu obati lukanya dengan ini,” kata Elsa, sebisa mungkin
tidak melihat luka berdarah di kaki pasien Arga.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Eh, jangan
ditutup dengan perban!” kata Elsa buru-buru. “Luka yang boleh ditutup cuma luka
dalam, berukuran luas, butuh dijahit atau mengalami pendarahan aktif.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Kalau kamu
sehebat ini, kenapa tidak ikut lomba dokter kecil sih, Sa?” komentar Arga setelah
selesai.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kemarin, dalam
pertemuan bulanan, Bu Elsa memang menunjuk Elsa menjadi ketua regu lomba dokter
kecil. Namun, Elsa menolaknya.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sejak awal ia
memang tidak berminat menjadi dokter kecil. Meskipun Papa dan Mama seorang
dokter, tapi Elsa lebih suka menari. Tapi, Bu Ratna bersikeras mencalonkannya. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Ini karena Elsa
murid berprestasi. Di sekolah, memang hanya murid yang berprestasi yang boleh
dicalonkan sebagai dokter kecil. Alasannya, menjadi dokter kecil itu berat. Tak
jarang mereka harus keluar kelas karena mengikuti pembekalan, berjaga di
belakang teman-teman saat upacara atau saat istirahat sekolah, atau menyiapkan
lomba. Kalau tidak pintar membagi waktu, bisa-bisa murid-murid tersebut tak
dapat mengikuti pelajaran. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tapi, Elsa tak
bisa bilang kalau ia takut suntikan, darah dan tak suka mencium bau obat.
Teman-teman bisa menertawakannya. Apalagi setelah mereka tahu, tahun lalu Kak
Cynthia, kakak Elsa menjadi ketua regu dan membawa timnya juara lomba dokter
kecil di kota. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Maka Elsa pun
terpaksa berbohong dan mengikuti pelatihan dokter kecil. Namun setelah
dilantik, ia selalu menghindar saat menemui pasien yang terluka dan berdarah. Tak
ada teman-temannya yang curiga. Tapi..<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Sa, setelah ini
tidak ada tes di kelas kan? Jangan lupa bantu Bu Ratna menyiapkan adik-adik
yang akan diimunisasi ya.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ups, Elsa lupa!
Hari ini ada imunisasi di sekolah. Elsa benar-benar tidak bisa menghindar kali
ini. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Maka dengan
terpaksa, setelah istirahat, Elsa membantu guru mengarahkan murid-murid kelas
dua untuk diimunisasi. Suasananya ramai sekali. Beberapa murid kelas dua yang
belum diimunisasi menjerit-jerit karena takut. Ada juga yang menangis dan
mencoba lari. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Eh, tidak
apa-apa! Tidak sakit kok, kan jarumnya tipis,” kata bu dokter menenangkan.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Lihat, rasanya cuma
seperti digigigt semut kok. Kan tidak sakit ya, Kak Elsa,” kata dokter itu
menyemangati. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Elsa yang
membantu memegangi lengan siswa kelas dua itu tersenyum kecut. Padahal ia sudah
nyaris kehabisan napas karena takut. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Sini, coba
lihat Kak Elsa diimunisasi. Giliran kelasmu setelah ini kan, Sa?” tanya dokter
yang lain. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I-iya,” jawab
Elsa pura-pura tidak takut.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Astaga!
Teman-teman sekelasnya sudah datang dan menunggu giliran. Bagaimana Elsa bisa
pura-pura tidak takut di depan teman-teman dan adik kelasnya? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tapi Elsa
berusaha menahan diri, biarpun kepalanya sudah mulai berkunang-kunang dan mulutnya
terasa pahit. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Cusss..!<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Nah, sudah.
Lihat, tidak sakit kan,” kata dokter yang bertugas ke murid-murid kelas dua
yang melihat. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mendadak, pandangan
Elsa terasa buram. Bahunya terkulai. Tak sengaja, saat pingsan, kepala Elsa
terantuk meja di depan.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Kyaaa..!” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Ruang UKS pun gaduh.
Beberapa murid kelas dua yang tadinya diam ikut menjerit-jerit dan menangis
karena takut. Sementara teman-teman sekelas Elsa tak henti memanggil namanya. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tapi Elsa tak
mendengar dan melihat apa-apa. Saat ia bangun, Mama sudah di sampingnya.
Rupanya tadi karena panik, Bu Ratna menelepon Mama. Untung Mama sedang bertugas
di puskesmas dekat sekolah.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Ma..,” kata
Elsa lemah.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Sst, minum teh ini dulu,” perintah Mama
sambil terus mengompres benjolan di dahi Elsa dengan air dingin.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Elsa pusing atau
mual tidak? Kalau iya, besok kita rumah sakit untuk periksa. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Elsa menggeleng.
Ia malu sekali. Kini semua orang tahu kalau Elsa takut suntikan dan darah.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elsa pun memutuskan
untuk cerita pada Mama; tentang ketakutannya pada suntikan, darah dan obat, tentang
Elsa yang sejak awal tidak berminat menjadi dokter kecil. Juga, tentang
minatnya yang berbeda dari Mama dan Papa yang berprofesi sebagai dokter dan Kak
Cynthia yang memenangkan lomba dokter kecil tahun lalu. Tapi yang paling
membebani, tentang Elsa yang diminta tidak bisa mengundurkan diri sebagai ketua
regu dokter kecil karena penggantinya harus mengikuti lomba murid berprestasi. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Mama senang
karena Elsa mau cerita,” senyum Mama. “Kalau Elsa sudah berani cerita pada
Mama, berarti Elsa juga bisa mulai terbuka ke teman-teman dong.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Benar juga.
Selama ini Elsa selalu menyembunyikan kekurangannya karena tak mau teman-teman
lain tahu dan malu.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Sekarang, apa
yang bisa Elsa lakukan untuk lomba dokter kecil? Bilang ke Bu Ratna?” kata
Mama.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Kalau Bu Ratna
benar-benar tidak bisa mengganti Elsa karena tidak ada pengganti lain sebaik
Elsa, bagaimana?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elsa diam saja.
Ia bingung harus menjawab apa saat Mama menanyakan pendapatnya. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Kalau Elsa
boleh mengundurkan diri, Elsa bisa membantu teman-teman belajar untuk mempersiapkan
lomba,” kata Elsa lambat-lambat. “Tapi kalau tidak boleh..”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Berarti Bu
Ratna dan teman-teman mempercayai Elsa,” komentar Mama. “Kalau orang lain
percaya, Elsa juga harus bisa percaya pada diri sendiri dan membuktikannya.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Lihat, Elsa
punya kekurangan di praktek karena takut suntikan, darah dan tak suka bau obat
kan. Tapi apa lagi yang Elsa bisa?” tanya Mama. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Elsa bisa..
membantu saat praktek penyuluhan dan memimpin kelompok saat lomba cerdas cermat
atau teori.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elsa tersenyum.
Mama benar. Ia bisa melakukan banyak untuk timnya. Siapa bilang saat mempunyai
kekurangan, Elsa harus menutupi dan tidak melakukan apa-apa?<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Elsa bisa
membantu di bidang lain, kok!” pikir Elsa. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Inez Hapsari, 30 June 2018. </b></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-19948651846749285962018-06-24T10:13:00.001-07:002018-10-30T02:04:41.919-07:00Unpublished Story XVII: Bendahara yang Baik<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hi! This is a children story which inspired by my brother story at his graduation. He said, the niece of his girlfriend as well as the daughter of the Es Masuk Restaurant owner in Solo, already helped the employee in cashier when she was around five y.o (if I do not mistakenly remember).<br />
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I combine it with my bad habit that always records all of the transactions in a book but find out that the money is slightly different than what it should be. I guess I am that bad with accountancy because I feel confused whenever I borrow money from a section (e.g. fuel section, holiday section, investment section, etc.) then committed to returning it later. You should see my bookkeeping. I have been recorded the transaction from the most professional way, in a sophisticated accountancy table--at least, it was advanced for me as an SHS student who learned it from Pak Keni, the smartest accountancy teacher in my SHS--to the silliest calculation to make it understandable. However, that problem still appears numerous times. One thing for sure, I am grateful that my classmate seldom pointed out me to be the class treasurer. But then, this story is created to commemorate that confinement.<br />
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Ah, I remember another thing. My SHS friend, Cynthia said that Kak Revina, her sister ever dreamed to be a cashier. She thought that job is the most joyous position because she could have a lot of money. Considering children's imagination, I understand how she could feel that way but at the same time, laugh at her silly perception. She didn't know that all the money that collected by the cashier in the supermarket or other places are just someone else's money, not her ☺ </div>
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Please kindly read, use your imagination and enjoy your time! Hehe. Last but not least, don't forget to put the source if you want to use this story. Don't do any plagiarism, okay?</div>
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Bendahara
yang Baik</div>
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“Leisa, main yuk!” ajak Dhini.<br />
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Leisa menggeleng. “Aku mau membantu
Ibu.”<br />
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Dhini dan teman-teman maklum.
Leisa memang selalu membantu Ibu sepulang sekolah. Keluarganya punya rumah
makan yang menjadi satu dengan rumah. Meski Ibu tidak memaksa, tapi Leisa
sering membantu sebagai kasir di sana.<br />
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“Daripada bosan di rumah,” komentarnya.<br />
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Rumah makan itu memang terletak di
bagian depan rumah. Tapi, Ibu selalu sibuk di sana. Leisa jadi kesepian karena ditinggal
sendirian di rumah. <br />
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Suatu hari, Leisa tidak masuk
sekolah. Saat masuk, Dhini dan kawan-kawan buru-buru meminta tolong padanya. <br />
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“Bantu jadi bendahara ya, Sa,” kata
Dhini. <br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
Sebulan lagi, sekolah akan mengadakan
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bazaar</i>. Tiap kelas boleh membuka stan
di sana. Kelas Leisa sudah memutuskan menjual kartu ucapan tiga dimensi. Tapi,
murid-murid perlu mengumpulkan uang sebelum membeli bahan yang diperlukan. Tugas Leisa
adalah mencatat uang itu. <br />
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Leisa mengangguk. Maka tiap Sabtu, ia pun berkeliling,
mengumpulkan iuran Rp 2.500,00 dari teman-temannya. Leisa mencatat dan menaruh
uang itu di dompet khusus. Saat Dhini dan timnya meminta dana untuk membeli
bahan, Leisa tak lupa menulis dan menyimpan bukti pembelian di dompetnya. Suatu
hari..</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Sa, aku lupa bawa dompet nih.
Boleh pinjam uang sebentar, tidak? Besok kuganti,” kata Dhini panik.<br />
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Dhini memang selalu naik angkutan
umum ke rumah. Namun hari ini, ia tak sengaja meninggalkan dompetnya di tas lamanya.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
Leisa pun merogoh-rogoh saku dan
dompetnya. Tinggal Rp 2.000,00. Pasti tidak cukup untuk ongkos Dhini pulang ke
rumah. <br />
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Yaah,” Dhini kecewa. Tak sengaja ia
melihat dompet khusus tempat Leisa menaruh uang iuran. <br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Kalau pinjam uang iuran sebentar,
boleh tidak?” <br />
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Nggak!” geleng Leisa kuat-kuat.<br />
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Biarpun Dhini dan Leisa bersahabat,
tapi Leisa tak mau menggunakan uang iuran itu untuk keperluan lainnya.<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Nanti tercampur uangnya,” tegasnya.
<br />
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Dhini kecewa. Ia tak menyangka
Leisa bersikap setegas itu saat Dhini membutuhkan bantuan. Terpaksa Dhini
bertanya pada teman-teman lainnya.<br />
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Dalam hati, Leisa sebenarnya ingin
membantu. Tapi Leisa tahu, ia harus menjadi bendahara yang baik bagi teman-teman sekelasnya. <br />
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Dua ratus ribu.. tiga ratus ribu.. Lho, kok uangnya kurang?” kata Leisa bingung.<br />
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</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
Saat itu <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bazaar</i> telah usai. Leisa masih berjaga di meja kasir dan menghitung
uang penjualan. Mukanya memucat.<br />
<br />
"Eh, mm.. aku pulang dulu ya teman-teman, tidak enak badan," kata Leisa membuat alasan. "Nanti biar uang penjualannya kuhitung di rumah ya, sekalian kutambahkan dengan uang iuran yang masih kusimpan," katanya.<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Bohong. Selama ini Leisa cuma menaruh
uang iuran dari teman-teman sekelas di dompet khusus yang selalu dibawanya ke sekolah. Ia cuma panik karena mengetahui jumlah uang milik teman-teman yang ia bawa berkurang.<br />
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Di rumah, Leisa meneliti ulang buku
catatannya. Ada selisih Rp 75.000,00. <br />
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Ke mana uangnya, ya,” pikir Leisa.<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ibu yang melihat Leisa tidak napsu
makan pun bertanya.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Coba diingat lagi. Siapa tahu ada
yang terlewat,” perintah Ibu setelah mendengarkan cerita Leisa.<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Oh tidak! Beberapa minggu lalu, Leisa
alpa mencatat uang iuran. Beberapa teman memang susah dimintai uang iuran. Namun, beberapa yang lain justru memilih membayar sekaligus untuk beberapa
minggu. <br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Tadi pagi, Leisa juga
keliru memberi kelebihan uang kembalian pada pelanggan. Selain itu, ada bukti
pembelian yang lupa dicatat. <br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Muka Leisa pun muram. “Leisa kira,
jadi bendahara itu gampang,” akunya.<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ibu menggeleng. “Bukan berarti
kalau Leisa terbiasa membantu Ibu di kasir, Leisa bisa melakukan sebaik itu
saat menjadi bendahara untuk teman-teman.<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Lebih mudah kalau Leisa bertugas
dengan teman lain, jadi bisa saling mengingatkan saat melakukan kesalahan.
Seperti Mbok Nah yang selama ini selalu mendampingi Leisa di kasir.”<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Leisa mengangguk. Ia menghitung ulang.
Selisih uang yang hilang tinggal Rp 50.000,00. Mau tak mau Leisa harus
mengganti uang itu karena ia melakukan kesalahan.<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Tapi mengganti pakai apa ya,”
pikir Leisa bingung.<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Leisa tidak mempunyai cadangan uang. Selama ini, Ibu memberikan
uang saku terbatas tiap hari. Ibu juga selalu
mengajarinya menabung di bank, bukan di celengan.<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Melihat muka Leisa muram, Ibu
pun memutuskan. “Ya sudah, kali ini, upah dua minggu Leisa, Ibu bayar lebih
awal.”<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Tiap akhir minggu, Ibu memang selalu
memberi Rp 25.000,00 setelah Leisa membantu di rumah makan. Bukan supaya Leisa termotivasi mendapat uang, tapi supaya tahu kalau mencari uang itu tidak gampang.<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Kini, mau tak mau Leisa harus
membantu Ibu selama dua minggu tanpa bisa membeli peralatan gambar kesukaannya
atau jajan. Meski sedih, tapi Leisa belajar, menjadi bendahara itu tidak gampang.<br />
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Lain kali, aku juga harus teliti
menyimpan uang milik teman-teman!” </div>
</div>
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"If you are expecting someone who does not give up about you, then why do you give up about yourself after failed in various things many times?"</blockquote>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-48875365111732775042018-05-09T12:00:00.001-07:002018-05-09T12:00:14.142-07:00Create A More Trustworthy C2C E-Commerce with In-App Chat Feature<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Hi! Last December 28, 2017, my friend in college, Clara, offered me a chance to write as one of the freelance content writers at </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Qiscus</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">, a local developer based in Indonesia and Singapore, which provides Chat SDK (Software Development Kit) and messaging API (Application Programming Interface), usually for business.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">So, this time, I help Clara to write an article about the C2C business model, which might not be as popular as B2B or B2C e-commerce in Indonesia. Although I was somewhat disappointed with the lack of reference--Clara only gave me one pdf about someone's article in journal--and the inadequate explanation/ case study about the C2C business model in Indonesia, but I </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">am </span><b style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">very happy</b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> to write about the business issue two times in a row--my previous task is to write about <a href="http://www.ohpeponi.com/2018/05/changing-trend-in-financial-industry.html">the e-KYC principle</a> which is implemented in banking and currently, fintech industry.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">My first reaction after read Clara's outline about this article is that, "Is <a href="https://www.tinkerlust.com/">Tinkerlust </a>a C2C business model?" Since I am quite confused about the business itself. I mean, if the individual seller and buyer should interact by themselves, so why both of them needs an e-commerce? And what kind of e-commerce which facilitates about these kind of business model? I need to clear my understanding about this topic and the best way to fix that is by having an example of the case study over the topic itself. And, a</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">s short as I know, </span><a href="https://www.tinkerlust.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">Tinkerlust</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">, a website that has been used by woman's socialites to sell their preloved goods (including make up, bags, clothes and shoes) applied that business model too, but I am not pretty sure, so I need o clear about that confusion. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Once I had a clear understanding about the case study of this business model, the writing process itself runs pretty fast and well. I think, I am better to write over these kind of topic (about the implementation, case study, etc since it is more real than the conceptual/ pure a technical issue which is hard to understand, huhu. Anyway, t</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">his article is published last May 7, 2018. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Please kindly write my article about the enterprise's data security </span><a href="https://blog.qiscus.com/protect-privacy-creating-communications-platform/" style="color: #888888; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a><span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> (though I will also re-write the published section below). Enjoy!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The massive penetration of the internet creates a new type of business, including e-commerce, which comes in various forms: B2B (business to business), B2C (business to consumer) and the most recently, C2C (customer to customer). Although C2C e-commerce was developed last, as explained by Sami I Makelainen in </span><a href="https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/55b7/9e1c2c8c1c48bb1099288b5e92308319144c.pdf" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">From B2C to C2C e-Commerce</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">, the C2C system was being implemented a long time before the internet. In the physical world, it might be the oldest form of e-commerce. For this reason, although C2C e-commerce appears most recently and the involved parties are individual seller and buyer, these industries are not classified as small business.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Makelainen has classified the C2C e-commerce into three categories, based on the number of outside players, the (fixed or flexible) price, and the distance involved in transactions. However, it seems apparent that the two predominant categories of C2C e-commerce are a flexible-price online auction with buyers and sellers typically in distant geographical locations, and </span><a href="https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/55b7/9e1c2c8c1c48bb1099288b5e92308319144c.pdf" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">fixed price online-classified advertisements.</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">As an industry, C2C e-commerce faces various challenges. As Makelainen described it, there are three hurdles that are faced by C2C e-commerce; connectivity, trust and monetary transactions.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The first problem, connectivity, deals with how to make a connection between the buyer and seller. Later, it leads to another issue: how to advertise and market the business. In the physical world, those problems are solved quickly because both the seller and buyer can meet face to face in a designated place. However, as long as the third party is not building infrastructure (in the form of e-commerce platform) that connects individual seller and buyer, the problem will not be solved immediately.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The second issue is trust. As Makelainen said, the trust issue on the internet is more complicated than in the real world, because the user (both seller and buyer) has no tools to measure how much trust the interested party has. Misinterpretation and fraud can take place easily, due to the issue of anonymity on the internet.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When trust issues are not solved, neither party will feel secure enough to make monetary payments or deliver the products. In relation to this problem, Makelainen offers a solution: both the seller and buyer can be assessed on a scale of 1 to 3 (not trustworthy to trustworthy) and have their rating loaded onto a platform that is visible to the other party. The trustworthy assessment will generate a rank for both the seller and buyer, to reassure both parties.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lastly, let’s discuss the issue of monetary transaction. One possible solution, if the seller and buyer are not too far apart, is that the parties can meet in a designated place and conduct the financial transaction on a cash-on-delivery basis. However, as with the first problem, in order to realistically solve the monetary transaction issue on a permanent basis, a third party is needed to build a secure payment system.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Qiscus, as a tech company that provides a chat SDK (Software Development Kit), can help by being the third-party needed to generate a more trustworthy C2C e-commerce, through a convenient and secure in-app chat feature. The idea is to bridge the communication gap and enhance trust between the seller and buyer through an in-app chat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Also read: </b><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: teal;"><b style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: teal; text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="https://blog.qiscus.com/protect-privacy-creating-communications-platform/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: teal; text-decoration-line: none;">Protect Your Data Privacy by Creating Your Own Communication Platform</a></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Businesses involved in C2C e-Commerce can ask Qiscus to create customizable in-app chats or even chat app which later will be owned by the e-commerce business themselves (white-labeled apps) using </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/chat-sdk" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Qiscus Chat SDK</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Once the in-app chats are created and can be used in web or mobile apps, the seller and buyer involved in C2C e-commerce can communicate in real time, not only via text but also through video call so the parties can generate trust in each other. Buyers who want to check the authenticity of a product can contact the seller through live chat in an instant. The trust built through real-time communication enables the financial transaction and delivery to take place as both parties involved in the transaction will feel secure. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Additional features available with in-app chat include carrousel support, push notification support, emoji support, and even bots that act as an <a href="https://www.qiscus.com/chat-sdk" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">automated customer service.</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kindly review Qicsus’ products </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/chat-sdk" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">here</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> or drop a line to </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/contact" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">contact.us@qiscus.com</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. Our team will be happy to help your C2C business. Whether you have an existing technical support or not, we can help to create a chat app that will improve your reputation as a trustworthy business in the industry and with your customers.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-86394803634492731382018-05-09T11:37:00.002-07:002018-05-09T11:38:00.597-07:00Changing Trend in Financial Industry with eKYC<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Hi! Last December 28, 2017, my friend in college, Clara, offered me a chance to write as one of the freelance content writers at </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Qiscus</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">, a local developer based in Indonesia and Singapore, which provides Chat SDK (Software Development Kit) and messaging API (Application Programming Interface), usually for business.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">So, this time, I help Clara (and Ervina) to write an article about e-KYC or electronic Knowing Your Customer principle. This is a principle that is implemented by the banking industry (and fintech, that comes along with the development of technology), as required by Bank Indonesia to prevent the occurrence of banking risks). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">I have known this principle since I started to study for a test in PCPM Bank Indonesia 32, where I applied for the Public Relations position (read my story </span><a href="http://www.ohpeponi.com/2016/11/a-struggle-of-being-jobseeker-bank.html" style="font-size: 12px;">here</a><span style="font-size: 12px;">) and when I opened a portfolio in mixed mutual funds by Danareksa Investment Management, also a stock account in BNI Sekuritas. So, yeah, I feel </span><b>very happy</b><span style="font-size: 12px;"> to write about this topic because I am really into macro economy and finance topics lately.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The writing process itself is pretty simple and fast, although I need to recollect my memory about the banking system and search for the suitable reference to write about this topic. Earlier, Clara gave the wrong references to me, which is not discussing about the banking industry in Indonesia but in foreign countries (such as Thailand) that already imposed the e-KYC concept. </span><span id="goog_426573379" style="font-size: 12px;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Umm, what else? One thing that I regret is perhaps about the editing process that erase the more completed explanation over fintech and its various types. But well, maybe Ervina had to erase that since she herself didn't receive further information from Bank Indonesia about the audiences with related stakeholders to discuss about the plan to impose the e-KYC concept in fintech industry (particularly). Anyway, t</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">his article is published last April 27, 2018. </span><br />
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In Indonesia, the banking industry recognizes the various risks that might threaten any venture; such as operational risk, legal risk, the risk of the concentrated transaction and reputational risk. Therefore, the banking industry imposes the prudential principle by implementing the know your customer (KYC) principle, mainly before the prospective customer opens a bank account. The KYC principle is regulated by the <a href="https://www.bi.go.id/id/peraturan/arsip-peraturan/Perbankan2001/PBI03010.pdf" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">Bank Indonesia Regulation No. 3/10/PBI/2001</a>. The regulation was enhanced in 2009 by adopting <a href="https://www.ojk.go.id/id/kanal/perbankan/Pages/Prinsip-Mengenal-Nasabah-dan-Anti-Pencucian-Uang.aspx" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">Recommendation 40 + 9 FATF </a> (Financial Action Task Force) to <a href="https://www.bi.go.id/id/peraturan/perbankan/Pages/pbi_122010.aspx" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">prevent money laundering and/or the financing of terrorism</a>.</div>
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The KYC principle forces the bank to recognize the customer’s identity and monitor any (suspicious) transaction. Moreover, the regulation also rules that even when the banking industry uses electronic media to provide its services, it still must meet all prospective customers in person, at least when they open an account. If necessary, the bank can conduct an interview with the prospective customer to confirm his/her identity.</div>
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However, a face to face meeting as required by the relevant banking regulation is undoubtedly inefficient for today’s customers that just want faster banking processes. Provision of a face to face meeting can also be challenging to the banking industries infrastructure and connectivity resources.</div>
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Therefore, a digital KYC concept has been developed, in the form of e-KYC.This has been implemented by the Indian government and more relevantly, DBS Indonesia bank since January 2018. Although the framework of e-KYC <a href="https://katadata.co.id/berita/2018/01/31/masalah-indonesia-di-mata-fintech-australia" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">is still under review</a>, as mentioned by <a href="https://www.wartaekonomi.co.id/read168483/dbs-hadirkan-pembukaan-rekening-dengan-e-kyc.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">Wartaekonomi.co.id</a>, DBS Indonesia has cooperated with <a href="https://swa.co.id/swa/trends/digibank-operasikan-verifikasi-biometric-e-kyc-store" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">21 coffee shops</a>in Jakarta, Tangerang, Bandung, and Surabaya, to operate the e-KYC store.</div>
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The e-KYC concept is to utilize the growing trend among youth who likes to work from coffee shops by making it possible to open a bank account conveniently right there in the coffee shop. This is made possible by enabling the verification process, which is included in the KYC principle, to be done in approved coffee shops. For a coffee shop to be able to carry out the verification process it must be appointed as a DBS digibank agent, this is done through relevant chat apps. The coffee shop, acting as digibank agent, can then carry out the verification, using biometric technology.</div>
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Ultimately, the implementation of e-KYC concept would be a great benefit to the financial technology (fintech) industry. <a href="https://www.bi.go.id/id/sistem-pembayaran/fintech/Contents/default.aspx" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">Bank Indonesia defines</a>financial technology (fintech) as the application of technology in an economic system which generates a product, service, technology and/or new business model that can affect the monetary stability, the financial system stability and/or the efficiency, continuity, security, and reliability of the country’s payment system.</div>
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Currently, the fintech industry is growing exponentially in Indonesia, due to <a href="http://marketeers.com/fintech-bank-indonesia-klasifikasi/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">its ability to reach parts of society</a> which cannot be reached by the banks because of the restrictive regulations. The Executive Director of the Public Policy of Indonesian Fintech Association (Aftech), Ajisatria Suleiman, said there are 205 active fintech companies in Indonesia. However, as stated by the Founding Partner of Financial Technology Australia, Simon Cant, the Indonesian fintech industry is facing <a href="https://katadata.co.id/berita/2018/01/31/masalah-indonesia-di-mata-fintech-australia" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">two main problems</a>: the unbanking society and the security of the data.</div>
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The first problem, dubbed the unbanking society, relates to the financial inclusion issue for individuals and small-medium business enterprises (SMBE). It is caused by the fact that people cannot access the fintech and banking services if they have no bank account, and many are prevented from opening bank accounts because they can not get into a bank for an identification interview or the banks have insufficient resources to provide enough representatives to enable the verification process as required by the KYC principle.</div>
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As the Deputy General Secretary of Aftech, Ari Awan, explains, the Indonesian government could encourage the banking society to implement the electronic identity card (e-KTP). This can be optimised for use in the financial industry, as the <a href="https://katadata.co.id/berita/2018/01/31/masalah-indonesia-di-mata-fintech-australia" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">essential data to implement the e-KYC concept</a>. According to Awan’s study, in several countries, he found that some fintech companies are cooperating with a specific startup that works in the e-KYC field.</div>
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In light of that background, we can understand the importance of the e-KYC concept, both for banking and fintech industry. If the concept is well organized by the authorities, the stakeholder can move further to develop the implementation, adding innovative features that can make the customer’s life easier.</div>
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Just some of the new ideas that can be developed, <a href="https://swa.co.id/swa/trends/digibank-operasikan-verifikasi-biometric-e-kyc-store" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">according to DBS Indonesia</a>, are presenting a virtual assistant in the chat application to help the customer transfer money via the chat application only; adding a spending tracker to help the customer manage their money by accessing the financial planning and monitoring feature; and even presenting soft token facilities to pay bills, using the built-in security system, etc.</div>
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Once the e-KYC concept has been organized and the chat app system has been approved by the government, the fintech industry certainly needs a secure chat app to implement the e-KYC concept. However, building a chat app is not an easy task and using a public chat apps out of the question as it would not be able to provide a safe and secure communication service for bank customers.</div>
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This is why Qiscus offers help to the related parties who want to build a customized in-app through <a href="https://www.qiscus.com/chat-sdk" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">Qiscus Chat SDK</a> products. Once the app is created, the parties can own the in-app chat even their own white-labeled app and add their customized features into it. Qiscus provides a chat SDK (Software Development Kit) or the developer kit that can be used to create a chat app, as well as a messaging API (Application Programming Interface) which can run the app as well.</div>
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Qiscus’ local architect team can also offer the support to add another feature that makes the real-time communication between the banking/fintech authority and the customer more convenient. One of them is chatbot service. When the bot is activated, the banking/fintech industry can save time because half the work in greeting the customer, asking their problem or even answering basic questions, has been done by the personalized bot. Kindly review Qiscus products <a href="https://www.qiscus.com/end-to-end" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a>, or simply contact us at <a href="mailto:contact.us@qiscus.com" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">contact.us@qiscus.com</a> to make your inquiries.</div>
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I always have a thing with an old bakery. So, last March 4, 2018, when I visited Yogya, I decided to give up pampering myself on saloon but searching for Perusahaan Roti, Kuwe, Makanan & Minuman: Toko "Djoen" in Malioboro instead.<br />
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A week before, my friend in college, Ageng Yudhapratama has visited this bakery and post his story on Facebook. His post attracted me, so I decided to visit it for an hour before I had to go back to Semarang.</div>
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Meanwhile, another friend who studied in Tourism Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Ronny Sulfa shared me another information he knows about Djoen's old oven. He is quite lucky since he got a chance to visit the kitchen, due to the city tour that he arranged with his friends in Tourism Studies and several other people in Kelas Heritage from Sobat Cagar Budaya community or whatsoever.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Just like any other old bakery (yes, I mention Toko Roti Sidodadi in Bandung), the bread in Djoen has a mild taste, the size is pretty big and it's so fluffy. The price is also low. Take an example like the banana soes I bought this afternoon which costs only 7K, pastry 12.5K per ounce, while the super big white bread costs only 15K. Other meal includes ontbitjkoek, nastar, peanut bread and pastry, etc. requires 7K also.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">In a short convo Tante Pin said, she can make more delicious bread, but of course, the consumer might think the price is pretty high. Thus, she decided not to do that and take the average price.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">My friend said, the employee bakes the mould in the back of the bakery using an antique stove, but the recipe is still kept by Tante Pin only. Unfortunately, Djoen's customer is not as much as before since the pavement along the Malioboro street can't be used to park the vehicles. So, the number of customers continues to reduce due to the severe access to buy the delicious bread.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Another things, just like other Chinese businesspeople who live in Yogyakarta, Tante Pin's in law still did siesta (close the business around 2-5 PM to take a nap), but Tante Pin doesn't do that because she loves to take care of her own bakery. And last, there's another Djoen in Yogyakarta (not "Djoen Lama"), but her husband's younger brother owned it. They only provide simple snack just for an occasion like a funeral (no soes and pastry, etc.)</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-53579435473419498322018-04-16T02:24:00.006-07:002018-04-27T02:44:23.775-07:00Protect Your Data Privacy by Creating Your Own Communications Platform<span style="text-align: justify;">Hi! Last December 28, 2017, my friend in college, Clara, offered me a chance to write as one of the freelance content writers at </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Qiscus</a><span style="text-align: justify;">, a local developer based in Indonesia and Singapore, which provides Chat SDK (Software Development Kit) and messaging API (Application Programming Interface), usually for business.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: justify;">So, this time, I help Clara to write an article to market the idea about the having an integral internal communication platform to help protect about the internal and external <span id="goog_1299520361"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1299520362"></span>data security, due to the rampant Facebook's user panickness after Cambridge Analytica misuse millions of user's data. This article is published last April 12, 2018. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">So, a personal chat is no longer private. Like </span><a href="https://thinkprogress.org/why-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-private-facebook-chat-3d590b7705b3/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ramani Durvasula</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">, a psychologist from California State University, Los Angeles said, “Everything you say, every character typed are being watched.” This familiar feeling comes from talking to people you know in a personal chat makes the company can gather deeper data since the topics user discussed are uncensored and unsorted, this is different than when users post something on their social media feeds.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Related to the personal data protection, some parties already moved further by planning and implementing strict regulation over data protection. In Europe, the European Union (EU) even replaced its existing Data Protection App (DPA) with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which affects parties, including businesses and public sector organizations that mishandled customer’s personal data with strict consequences.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Through GDPR, people have a right to ask data controllers to delete the personal data, they also have higher position since business needs to ask for user consent and give 72 hours notification before the personal information is getting leaked. In addition to that, privacy by design will become a legal requirement and data protection advisors (DPOs) should be hired by large enterprise to manage the data (read more </span><a href="http://blog.safedk.com/gdpr/gdpr-meaning-mobile-apps/#more-1216" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">here</span></a></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">)</span><span style="font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Briefly, through the implementation of GDPR, people in Europe will get more protection over their private data since organization and enterprise need to modify the way they treat user’s data. It includes the modification on data processing by the apps provider and data storage which involved third-party who made the SDK (Software Development Kit).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In Indonesia, the personal data protection has been ruled in the ordinance of Ministry of Communications and Information Number 20 Year 2016 about the personal data protection in electronic system. According to the law, people should respect </span><a href="http://www.hukumonline.com/berita/baca/lt584cc775d00a4/ini-poin-penting-dalam-permen-kominfo-perlindungan-data-pribadi" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">personal data as human privacy</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">, meaning that they have a right to stated its privacy over the personal data, as the regulation is concerned.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The number of Indonesian people who believe in the importance of data privacy and protection is also high, which is 79%, based on We Are Social 2018 </span><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/wearesocial/digital-in-2018-in-southeast-asia-part-2-southeast-86866464" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">research finding</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. However, in the greater implementation, based on the </span><a href="https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/2017-12/A%20New%20Dawn_Privacy%20in%20Asia.pdf" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Privacyinternational.org</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">, some developing countries in Asia, including Indonesia, are still unfamiliar with the terms of privacy, due to the preference of collectivism over individualism.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Therefore, referring to this background, it would not harm us to rethinking about data privacy, particularly for business institution who wants to protect both internal and external occasions when the data privacy issue emerges. The enterprise could protect its own data by creating and using its own communication platform.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background: rgb(30 , 173 , 183); box-sizing: border-box; color: white;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Also read</span>:</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> “</span></span><span style="background: rgb(30 , 173 , 183); box-sizing: border-box; color: white;"><a href="https://blog.qiscus.com/learn-chat-sdk-chat-api/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Learn More about Chat SDK and API</a></span><span style="background: rgb(30 , 173 , 183); box-sizing: border-box; color: white;">“</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In the external occasions, some B2C (Business to Customers) has built its official business profile in some communications platform including Facebook Messenger, Google Business, Twitter for Business, WhatsApp Business, iMessage (Apple’s chat application) in its Business Chat feature. Several of these features, such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp Business and iMessage Business Chat can be used to communicate between the business enterprise and customer. </span><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/24/apple-to-take-on-messaging-rivals-with-launch-of-business-chat/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Techcrunch.com</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">discussed about this topic, by taking example from iMessage quote:</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“While it may seem like an odd fit to chat with businesses in iMessage where people today keep up with friends and family via personal conversations, it’s not surprising to see that Apple is entering this space.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So, a communication platform can be used as a business contact to connect between the enterprise and customer. But, if you are unsure about its data privacy (particularly after the Facebook case arises) it might be better to build your own communications platform in form of a chat, to connect with your customer or even, set the platform to manage a customer service and/or direct message facilities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">On the other hand, building your own communication platform can also be used to secure data privacy (please take a look on Durvasula comment about public chat platforms) and create a holistic platform for internal employee. </span><a href="https://liquid-state.com/businesses-need-internal-communications-platform/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Liquid-state.com</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> stated that there are at least 3 benefits of building these integral communication platform:</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Juggling with several office applications is not an easy task. By building a holistic platform, the employee can work seamlessly and efficiently by sharing the assignments to someone competent, after communicating it with the peers in the enterprise’s communication platform.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">By creating a communication platform, the employee can share the information, work updates, and so on everywhere, anywhere. Something that an Intranet can do because it limits the employee’s update by being able to access inside the office.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Business information is confidential and should not be leaked or hacked. Thus, having your own internal communications platform can help the enterprise to manage people who can access it, by adding the conditional access or permission before the data spread from one employee to another.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The enterprise can build its own communication platform (in form of chat apps) where the whole setting is managed by the company. Another option is to use the third-party service to build your own communications platform, with a specific agreement over the data privacy setting. </span><a href="http://www.qiscus.com/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Qiscus</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">manages to provides those service through various products, including Chat SDK, Qiscus Member Engagement Package (Qisme), and Qiscus Online Consultation (QOC).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/chat-sdk" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Qiscus Chat SDK</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">, or Software Development Kit (along with its messaging API/ Application Programming Interface) is a developer kit and interface that allows you to create and run a chat application. One of our advantages is being able to deploy our own server. The advantages for you are:</span></span></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The data can be processed in accordance with your company’s needs.</span></span></li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Easily scalable.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(Read more about it </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/chat-sdk" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">here</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Meanwhile, </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/end-to-end" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Qiscus Member Engagement </span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Package (Qisme) is a white-labeled WhatsApp-like apps that can be used, particularly for external communications, when an enterprise has already have a large number of member and need to engage it better. You will no longer need to use a public communication services, such as WhatsApp or Telegram which takes the form of chat apps, to communicate with your internal or external business stakeholders.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background: rgb(30 , 173 , 183); box-sizing: border-box; color: white;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Also read</span>:</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> “</span></span><span style="background: rgb(30 , 173 , 183); box-sizing: border-box; color: white;"><a href="https://blog.qiscus.com/5-essentials-qiscus-chat-sdk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">5 Essentials of Qiscus Chat SDK You Didn’t Know Your Team Needed</a></span><span style="background: rgb(30 , 173 , 183); box-sizing: border-box; color: white;">“</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lastly, </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/end-to-end" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Qiscus Online Consultation</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Package (QOC) is better to be used for external communication between the enterprise and client. Particularly, for a business that provides digital consultation in various sectors.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The main benefit that can be taken from creating your own communications platform using Qiscus’ product is that it can be customized by client. </span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Besides that, using Qiscus product also helps you to have more control over your own server and speeds up development using built-in messages types.The enterprise can also build reactive applications using event handler feature and personalize the User Interface (UI).</span></span></div>
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I got the idea based on my personal experiences in kindergarten. Same as Nina, the main character in this story, the teacher in my class organized the Easter egg decorating contest. My Dad has taught me to decorate it into a fairy and I became one of the winners in the competition--although my egg fairy had a bit of crack in the egg. </div>
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I wrote this children story last April 2014 and sent it to Yunior and Bobo before. However, it needs exactly 4 years until it publishes in a media. So, I am really glad when last night, my grandfather called me to inform that news. This children story is one of my favourite, honestly. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-22378803914348850242018-04-01T01:52:00.000-07:002018-04-23T07:46:06.455-07:00Life Lesson to be Remember Before 25: Greed Is Endless<div class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;">
A year ago, when I was still ambitiously looking for a perfect job, I asked this question to my friend. </div>
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At that time, I was really curious about how many people that finally end up in the company they want, in their first job. I mean, some people may not just have thought about what he wants to be, but also which career path he wants to pursue, and in which company he wants to work. </div>
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So, when I tweeted that on Twitter, Nirmala, my friend in college, did not answer my question but said, </div>
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"They said what we want is not always what is best for us. You will know later, some time in the future, when all the dots are connected. And, repeat after me: Greed is endless... Greed is endless... Greed is endless..."</blockquote>
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I had no idea what she talked about. 24 years of my life, I always think that good result will follow whenever you work hard to achieve things you want. (Yes, currently people being attracted by the idea of work smart, not work hard. But what I meant here is that when you work wholeheartedly and pour more effort than your optimal ability). So, I thought it is okay to be ambitious and continuously want something better in life, as long as you have a good motivation for that (including to help the one in need), since this trait could elevate your life into a better place.</div>
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Naturally developing that thought, I suddenly felt bad when Nirmala mentioned her principle. Even more, I feel like I lost my identity by not ambitiously chasing something in my life. So, Nirmala comforted me. </div>
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Yes, she is true. But a year later, when I end up doing this kind of job after took a wrong decision and things don't go as well as I expected, I just found out time to reflect, from the other friends said to me.<br />
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In other words, when you failed in something you want, it might be because you might not have been prepared by the Almighty to receive it, since you are not in a right place and right time, at that time.<br />
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It is a soothing mind and another point of view that helps me to accept the current condition the way it is. Because even my friend, Mbak Rayda, know my tendency. That is why she said,<br />
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Those word slapped me hard. So, after Mbak Rayda and Nitia said so, I started to realized that there is no perfect job. <b>The best thing we have is the thing that we choose to live it</b>. No need to delusionally think that you are greater than yourself, that you will always be able to get what you want in life (whether the perfect job, nor the perfect company), that the things offered to you is not good enough for you.<br />
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Kindly admit it, when you face a failure, you are just a fool who are not capable to reach the required standard which created by your company charming. Need a lot of humbleness to accept that, while I am not someone who naturally possessed that trait.<br />
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It is because I always love by being a perfectionist since I was child, and this tendency leads me to expect that things will work exactly like my plan. I could be easily annoyed when it is not. Yes, I think I know what best for me. I think I know what makes me happy, but the truth is, like Nitia said, what we imagine is not as wide as God's plan to me. So, we need to be patient and open minded to accept what He gives to us.<br />
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So, here I am, try to live what my inadvisable choice leads me to. Even though currently I feel angry, disappointed, miserable about my career (since I know that my current job force me to deploy onlly 10% from my optimum ability), but I try to manages the huge energy within, not in form of anger, but into a positive trigger that could lead me into something better, by continuously asking to myself,</div>
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I try to write what I want and what I ever want in life in papers and keep in bottle. A big picture must be drawn, but to achieve it, I try to take gradual step, moving a little by little with an understanding, someday I will reach it. It is similar with what my friend, Barway said whenever he is exhausted while climbing the mountain.</div>
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I am so happy to receive those kind of words, since my friend's supports always be an energy for me. They help me to shape my point of view and slowly answer the unwanted question that appeared when I am down. </div>
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When everything seems to lead him into <b>failure</b>. Not only his business which does not work well, there is a problem with his apartment that he bought for investment, and funny yet miserable condition which forced him to eat instant noodle every time. But then, he said, he knew what is the best for him when he finally found <b>a light, a way out </b>in his frustration. It is when he finally got his job in <a href="http://kudo.co.id/">Kudo</a>. </div>
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Since SHS, I always want to get married at 25. In my simple thought that time, I am mature enough to get married since I already have a stable job and gain a lot of experiences in 25. So, what else am I waiting for? Even more, I have been dating the same person for years, tho.</div>
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But sometimes, the reality is not in line with imagination. When my expectation fails, along with the picture I built about my future, I need to rearrange my plan. It was the time when I said to my plan to the family; "I want to get married at 29 or 30."<br />
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What he mentioned about is my aunt, who becomes my role model, since I consider her (and her choice) as another option for me, besides choosing an everyday life choices, which is to get married. In her 40++, Aunt Lia is still pretty, smart, success in her job and financial life, active in church event and also, has strong compassion to help the one in need (currently, he volunteers to help the refugee). It is worth if I adore her, right?</div>
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But of course, what I observe is just the surface area. I forgot to consider the lonely time Aunt Lia might spend since most of her friends already got married and had children and the possibility that I might not be strong enough to counter the same problem like her.<br />
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Next, my brother rejected the idea. When I proposed my sense to him, he merely asked, "How many children do you want to bear? Two? If that so, don't get married at 30. 27 is still okay."</div>
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Another time, my Mom expressed her consideration. "Don't get married at 30, Nez. You see what happened to me; I am already 55, but none of my kids has married."</div>
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Of course, what she said to me was not intended to force me to get married soon. Lucky me, my family is moderate enough to let the kids live whatever any choice they choose. Instead, she just try to make me rethink about the idea to get married at 30, since the vast age gap between my kids and me will create another problem.</div>
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So, in my spare time, I found to reflect, what makes me worried of the idea of getting married lately. Perhaps, what makes me afraid is that I see <span style="font-size: large;">marriage as a huge responsibility</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> (not to mention <span style="font-size: large;">the responsibility of having a child</span> and raising him as the kind one)</span>, and I understand that <span style="font-size: large;">to live the Catholic's marriage vow is not easy. </span>Instead, the story of<span style="font-size: large;"> few individuals that ruin the marriage vow scares me. </span>As a result, I generalise all the boys and the idea of marriage as something terrible. </div>
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Yes, I still have time; to improve myself, to know about what I want in life, to chase the dreams and pursue things I love, to enjoy my life in the craziest way I thought or never thought. In that case, I believe in what Emmanuel Tannoux, a France man that put his insight about love life in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-NTv0CdFCk">Lana Del Rey's Youtube account</a>.<br />
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But to arrive at that point, I also need to finish my task: <span style="font-size: large;">forgiving about my past</span><span style="font-size: small;"> (along with my folly)</span>. Not only by forgiving people that hurt me, just so I do not need to deal with them again in life, but also <span style="font-size: large;">to forgive the problem itself, and the scars that left</span>, to let me live in peace and<span style="font-size: large;"> dare to open my heart again</span>, like Barway, my friend said. </div>
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I need to remember, that before I am ready to see the one comes to me, I need to trust love; that even my parents (and also grandparents) can't be so affectionate towards each other, they still have respect. (But perhaps, the way they express it just different from others). That even marriage does not start seamlessly (because of MBA, or the family is odd enough to propose the girl to get married (only) in three weeks later, or soon the cousin's of the bride-to-be find out that the man is such a jerk to date another woman before clearly finished the problem with his ex, or whatever), <span style="font-size: large;">but both of them still love each other and happily live side by side with each other</span>. That even the relationship sounds confusing (since the couple work and live in the different city or whatever), they still want to <span style="font-size: large;">sacrifice</span> for each other. <span style="font-size: large;">They have love, and it is the want which makes them stay </span>next to each other and don't try to cheat, lie or whatever.<br />
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I need to see the positive side of (relationship and) marriage that makes people last forever, and it is love. Just like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsxtImDVMig">The Beatles</a> said, <span style="font-size: large;">"All you need is love, love is all you need." </span><br />
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Although I say many times, "Finding the one is so damn tricky! How could we be comfortable besides someone for the entire life? How could we stay forever next to him, the one we see since we wake up and going to bed again? How could we accept the flaws and not going to leave, even if we find something that makes us cannot bear to be beside him? How could we stay in good or bad, in sickness or health, to love him and to honour him the rest of our life?<br />
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But at least, I already knew the qualities I want from my life partner (full of initiative, kind, honest, smart and will help me to grow in Christ). Also, I already knew how to evaluate them, to make me sure about their presence ("List their 10 positive traits, Nez! If you can not even find 10 positive traits of him, then it means he does not good enough for you." - Mbak Rayda) and how I could believe in love, once again ("There must be something that makes your parents stay forever with each other, Dek, and that is love." - Barway).<br />
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Yes, the reality might be different than what I imagine about future. His appearance and traits himself might surprise me, along with the way I could meet him, don't know how many years later. But I already have believed that all I need is love, love is all need, to make me sure about the idea of love and marriage, once again. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-40364709594167928472018-03-25T04:57:00.003-07:002018-03-25T10:01:54.063-07:00Life Lesson to Be Remember Before 25: The GPS<div style="text-align: justify;">
Last January 4, my friend came to my hometown to spend New Year's holiday. She stayed at my grandfather's house for hours before finally decided to move to the hotel, since it is closer to the station. During the stay, there are two important life lessons that I remember from her; one is about life, and the other is about love. Here, I want to make a note to myself about that life lesson, before I reach 25 a week later.</div>
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As short as I know her, Mbak Rayda is an independent woman. So when she said that she would come to my grandfather's house by herself, I was not worry about her. I just gave her the address and detail instruction how to get there, expect that she will take Go-ride or any convenient transportation.</div>
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But it turned out that she finally came to grandfather's house by herself, riding a motorcycle that she borrowed from her SHS' friend before. Worst, she got lost on the way to grandfather's house. She has tried to call me but I did not see the call came to my phone. So, when she finally arrived at house, what happened later can be imagined: she busily told me about her journey.</div>
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What made me in disbelief was that she even passed the rice field and Islamic boarding school when she got lost. I even never knew that such place like that existed near my house complex and had no idea, which way she went through. But funnily, all that unfortunate thing happened because of Google Maps. Like.. hello? How could technology that supposedly gives you a more accurate suggestion mislead you? Nah, here is the lesson.</div>
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"The GPS is not wrong, Nez, but I do. I missed listening to the instruction when it asked me to turn off. When I mistook the direction, I was still searching my way to get into your grandfather's home stubbornly. After determinedly did it for a while, I got frustrated and tired, then finally decide to look up into the GPS once again. Does it mean that I fail? No, I am still arriving at your grandfather's house, but after passed a miserable condition, since I was not listening to the GPS."</div>
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Perhaps if I took the opportunity at that time, I do not have to pass this miserable journey but be in my best condition: having more than enough money to spend it with family and invest it in stock, bond and gold, meet a lot of people instead of desperately working from home, able to develop my ability that is in line with my track record in college, travel to new place for matters of work, or if I am lucky enough, being sent to study abroad by the company after two years working there." </div>
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I admit that I did something wrong which affects a lot of my future. Like Yoon Shi-yoon in his lecture titled <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuj5Lcqxnho">"The Road Even A GPS Can't Find"</a> in Ewha Woman University in Korea, where he said he regretted to avoid the ups and downs in his job because he was scared, I did the similar mistake too.<br />
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Because of my ignorance, I decided something with unwise consideration. I gave up to my <span style="font-size: large;">greed</span> when I had the safest opportunity at first. I also gave up on my <span style="font-size: large;">fear</span> when I had the choice second, months later. I forgot that like when I invest money in stock, the bigger capital I put at stake probably gives me a better gain later.<br />
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But no, I just gave up to the comfort I had to leave behind and refused to take all the shit which can take me to the better position. Since I am quite clumsy in socializing with people (it really drains my energy after forcing myself to be bubbly to blend well with society), hate to listen to shit the politicians said, easily getting stressed when I have to cope up with pressure from editor and deadline from work, I thought it might be better if I avoid it.<br />
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I was stubbornly searching my way, unaware that it might be the most suitable journey for me. But no, there is no the best choice. The best thing we can do is <span style="font-size: large;">forget the regret</span> and live whatever choice we made and tried to make it the best life for ourselves.</blockquote>
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I still do not exactly know what I want to do, what my future ahead of me after I took the wrong choice, waste my opportunity and <span style="font-size: large;">age. </span>I even do not know why I am still haunted by the decision. Whether my friend's spiritual mentor, Frater Angga Indraswara, SJ said to me is true or not, that perhaps, it is what we called as <span style="font-size: large;">the call </span>since after few times reject it, I am still asking to myself, <span style="font-size: large;">"What if?" </span>But like Mbak Rayda said to me these New Year,<br />
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Hi! Last December 28, 2017, my friend in college, Clara, offered me a chance to write as one of freelance content writers sat <a href="https://www.qiscus.com/" style="color: #888888; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Qiscus</a>, a local developer based in Indonesia and Singapore, which provides Chat SDK (Software Development Kit) and messaging API (Application Programming Interface), usually for business. Here I write about their monthly event named Techtalk, for March 14, 2018. You can read the summary of the event below (as I have re-write it for my portfolio) or at Qiscus' blog <a href="https://blog.qiscus.com/techtalk105-building-interactions-community/">here</a>. Enjoy!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Building a collaborative startup community is not easy. There are no specific rules you need to follow. A community has its own set of ideologies and shared dreams between all of its players. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">I</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">n east Java, communities such as suWEc, FB Dev Circles Surabaya and Gerdhu have grown an ecosystem through the interactions within their respective communities We find out more about these communities, who were present during Qiscus’ #<a href="https://www.qiscus.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">TechTalk</a> 105 held in February this year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Another tech community is the Facebook Developer Circles Surabaya which is focused on social media. Since the membership in communities which function on social media is more fluid than in the real world, the members of the Facebook Developer Circles Surabaya can interact more freely with each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Located in Klampis Anom street, Surabaya, </span><a href="https://gerdhu.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Gerdhu</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> is a co-working space that allows members to interact with one another, such as via workshops that are routinely held. It does not stop there. Through the support from the members who mostly come from the digital field, Gerdhu is also an incubation platform for startups. Some of those startups include Lunaria (an Instagram marketing solution), Beecloud (an online accountancy software) and Jelasin.com (an </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">animation and storytelling experts)</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Why do we need to gather in communities? Through a community, members are able to leverage on their circles of networks to connect and interact with various people who may be previously unacceptable. These include investors, mentors and markets from big company or venture capitalists just to name a few.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">According to the Founder Institute, it is suggested that the community can map out a startup ecosystem using the </span><a href="https://fi.co/canvas" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Startup Ecosystem Canvas</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> to check how ready is the ecosystem that the community has built.</span></span></div>
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Hi! Last December 28, 2017, my friend in college, Clara, offered me a chance to write as one of freelance content writers at <a href="https://www.qiscus.com/" target="_blank">Qiscus</a>, a local developer based in Indonesia and Singapore, which provides Chat SDK (Software Development Kit) and messaging API (Application Programming Interface), usually for business.</div>
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That was my first reaction after learned about the core business and product. As an alumna of Communication Studies, it is easy to write in any type of format, for any usability and occasion, but understanding about the topic is always be a difficult one. Particularly, when it comes to (specific) technology such as SDK and API. However, I found it interesting to know more about this technology ☺</div>
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Basically, SDK is a developer kit (devkit) to create a chat apps while API is an interface that interact between the software, libraries and OS (operating system), to make the chat apps run well. Particularly, when it is embedded to empower a web/ mobile (business) apps. In its current development, some organizations also perceive the need to add bot in chat apps. Thus, it becomes a chatbot, which is more sophisticated yet complicated to create. </div>
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Please kindly write my article about Chat SDK and API <a href="https://blog.qiscus.com/learn-chat-sdk-chat-api/" target="_blank">here</a> (though I will also re-write the published article below). This is my second article after helped Clara finished the Wikipedia article, in English version, about Qiscus and their <a href="https://www.qiscus.com/#whatCando" target="_blank">products</a>, but before I helped her to write article about <i>Chat and AI C-Levels Must Know</i> (she interviewed and edited the article herself). Enjoy! </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The last word in the term SDK says a lot about its function. </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">SDK </span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">is a kit, or developer kit (devkit), used by developers to create a system or any software application. It has a set of tools, libraries, relevant documentation, code samples, processes, and guides. With these features, the developer can easily create a system or software application that matches a specific platform. (Read more about it </span><a href="https://nordicapis.com/what-is-the-difference-between-an-api-and-an-sdk/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">here</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">You can imagine SDK as an all-in box that creates something out of nothing. The box contains the materials, tools, instructions and manuals that allows you to create things that you want. There is no longer the need to search for separate components individually</span><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</b><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> since it all comes in a package and all of the parts are compatible with one another.</span></span></div>
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;">API, An Interface that Interacts One with The Other</span></b></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;">As indicated in its acronym, API is simply an interface that allows software to interact together. However, it can also be used to interact between libraries and operating systems (OS).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">API provides </span><a href="https://techterms.com/definition/api" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">standard commands </span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">to perform conventional operations without having to be developed from scratch. It can be used for copying and pasting on the computer or interacting on social media (from uploading to commenting and deleting photos).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">On top of that, some organizations are anticipating to collaborate their core online businesses to create a </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/white-papers-2" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">bigger value using API</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. According to </span><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/06/06/analysis-api-adoption-and-future-ecosystem-capabilities.html" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Accenture</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">, a global management consulting and professional services company, 71 percent of organizations expect their partners’ APIs to be broadly adopted across their industries by this year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;">The organizations can rely on API, which has many shapes and sizes, to create a bigger value, by connecting the presence platform with one another or by building an entirely new platform which combines two or more functions that the organizations have.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It is like connecting the transportation service an organization has in its apps with a software of virtual payment or combining the transportation and education function in an entirely new apps (for examples). APIs variant, which has many shapes and sizes, can make this goal possible. It helps today’s users to combine APIs cautiously so as to improve their functions (read more <a href="http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-api-and-vs-sdk/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">about the process</a>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As complicated as it sounds, how API works remain the same everywhere: It brings a set of rules that define what programmes should do in order to interact with software, libraries, and OS. Its consistent codes allow you to replicate the functions regardless of where you submit it from.</span></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(30 , 173 , 183); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Also read</span>:</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> “</span></span><span style="background: rgb(30 , 173 , 183); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><a href="https://blog.qiscus.com/impact-chat-platform/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration-line: none;">Conversation is More Than A Message: The Impact of Chat Platform</a></span><span style="background: rgb(30 , 173 , 183); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">” </span></span></strong></div>
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Difference between SDK and API</span></b></h2>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sometimes, the functions of SDK and API overlap. However, remember this: SDK is usually API, but API does not contain any SDK.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is because SDK is a devkit that creates the system or software applications. So in order to make the system or software application works, SDK might bring its API along with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">However</span><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">,</b><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> considering API’s ability to interact with software, libraries, and OS, it can be combined with other APIs to improve the function of the programme. However, the API itself cannot be used to create a brand new system or software application. It is a function only SDK can carry out.</span></span></div>
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<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Implementation of SDK and API in Chat Apps <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: white;">chat </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The unstoppable development of technology has forced organizations to move their core activities to be online-based. Regardless the business and industry type, companies bring their services online by empowering their</span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">webs and apps, with embedded chat. The chat will help customers drop the enquiries, make an appointment or seek consultation in real time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;">This function can only work with the help of Chat SDK and API. Referring to the earlier function of SDK where in this process, Chat SDK is needed to create the chat application itself (which contains several features) that matches specific platforms. Meanwhile, Chat API is used to express a specific usage and communicate between the chat and the software app.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Here comes the problem: building a chat app takes a lot of efforts and it will surely be costly. You need around 4-5 dedicated engineers to create chat apps which fulfill user needs of a real-time communications. </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Besides, chat feature nowadays is expected to have facilities beyond the text. Thus, additional feature such as voice and video calls, supporting facilities to help user shares files, locations, contacts, etc. require.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In addition to that, some organizations perceive the need to add bots in their apps chat.</span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Perhaps, the simplest example of chat apps which fulfill those needs (but without bot) is WhatsApp. However, </span><a href="https://yalantis.com/blog/cost-of-mobile-messaging-app-development-types-kpis-landscape-recommended-approach-and-cost-of-development/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Yalantis.com</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> stated, it takes $35,400-$370,000 and 1,770 to 2,466.7 hours to develop WhatsApp.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Qiscus Chat SDK allows you to </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/?utm_content=bufferb07ff&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">personalize the chat apps</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> through the out-of-the-box features, by adding the typing indicator, attachment, emoji support, private and group chat, online presence and delivery indicator. This stressed the customizable character Qiscus has, while its flexibility allows Qiscus Chat SDK to be used in iOS, Android and web. The chat apps also can be integrated with other Artificial Intelligence (AI)’s product, such as bot. Qiscus local Architect Team makes it possible by collaborating with local bots developer, including <a href="https://kata.ai/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;">Kata.ai</a>. </span></span></div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: rgb(30 , 173 , 183); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Also read</span>:</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> “</span></span><span style="background: rgb(30 , 173 , 183); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><a href="https://blog.qiscus.com/chat-feature-dilemma/" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; text-decoration-line: none;">Chat Feature Dilemma: Why Building is Not Always a Better Idea</a></span><span style="background: rgb(30 , 173 , 183); box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">“</span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">While individual or organization who has no technical resources can choose the </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/?utm_content=bufferb07ff&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">End-to-End Packages</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. In this package, client is free to discuss the concept, including the personalization of chat apps and if they want an in-built payment gateway to collect from customers. Qiscus local Architect Team will make it possible and help you to maintain it. Kindly review our stories </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/whitepapers" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">here</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> or simply drop us your enquiry at </span><a href="https://www.qiscus.com/contact" style="background: transparent; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(154, 154, 144); box-sizing: border-box; color: #51ab6d; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">contact.us@qiscus.com</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-17745085467559617052018-01-24T10:31:00.001-08:002018-01-25T05:18:35.450-08:00Unpublished Story XVI: Kiko and Pupu<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
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Hi! This is a children story which inspired by two twin houses at the end of my housing complex. Javanese said, the location is on "tusuk sate". Near that, there is a sumptuous siskamling, which built by the rest of materials from those houses.<br />
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I started to put attention on the first house, when the new owner built it as two-floor house on a 90 square meters land. Slightly narrow, huh? Since the houses in our housing complex at least built in 130 square meters land. However, the owner was smart enough to design it beautifully with wooden shades. In front of the house, the owner left a square of land as the garden. First, they put a swing there, but then replace it with wooden gazebo. I was amazed to see how smart the owner design his house aesthetically.<br />
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Months later, the owner of the house next to it re-built his house as similar as his neighbors. However, it was less beautiful than the first house. But what makes me surprised was, after months, the owner of the second house left, then the second house was bought and united by the garden. "How progressive is he," I thought, since I know that buying a house is not cheap.<br />
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Thus, it inspired me to write this children story. It was my first time to let the story flow without any intention to add moral story inside. My dad said, the story tend to be absurd. He worried that not every children magazine can accept the absurdity like this. "A house that can talk and fight to its neighbor? Nonsense!" That was why I prefer to publish the story here, without any intention to send it to any children magazine or children desk in newspaper.<br />
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Please kindly read, use your imagination and enjoy your time! Hehe. Last but not least, don't forget to put the source if you want to use this story. Don't do any kind of plagiarism, okay?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Kiko dan Pupu</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Dua buah rumah kembar dibangun
bersamaan. Keduanya saling bersaing, siapa yang akan selesai dibangun
lebih dulu. </span>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UXj3XYe2zNE/WmjOk8RYWlI/AAAAAAAAj24/caJjrwIb9aUc1eOlwqMNQgc-2n76bl8GgCLcBGAs/s1600/Twin%2BHouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UXj3XYe2zNE/WmjOk8RYWlI/AAAAAAAAj24/caJjrwIb9aUc1eOlwqMNQgc-2n76bl8GgCLcBGAs/s320/Twin%2BHouse.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: Pinterest</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">“</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Pasti aku yang selesai lebih
dulu! Lihat, pekerjamu saja malas-malasan begitu.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Muka Kiko memerah karena malu. Pupu
benar, saat mandor tak ada, pekerja bangunan yang seharusnya
membangunnya, justru asyik tidur di poskamling. </span>
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“<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Ah, apa gunaya selesai lebih dulu
kalau struktur bangunanmu rapuh begitu,” sergah Kiko.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Kini, ganti Pupu yang merasa malu.
Mandor dan pekerja bangunan yang bertanggung jawab membangunnya
memang curang. Mereka tak segan mengurangi jumlah material demi
mendapatkan keuntungan. Padahal, Kiko dan Pupu dibangun di daerah
rawan gempa. Kalau ada gempa datang, bisa-bisa Pupu ambruk seketika. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Begitulah, tiada hari tanpa
pertengkaran Kiko dan Pupu. Tetangga mereka, para rumah di kompleks
itu, sampai merasa terganggu.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Hei, apa kalian tidak malu? Dulu
pemilik kalian bekerja sama merancang kalian, kenapa kalian ribut
melulu?” tegur Kakek Evan, rumah tertua di kompleks itu. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Memang benar, Pak Vendix dan Johan,
pemilik Kiko dan Pupu, bersahabat. Keduanya bekerja sebagai arsitek.
Karena itu, saat hendak membangun rumah, keduanya memutuskan bekerja
sama merancang rumah kembar sebagai hunian mereka kelak. </span>
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<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Kiko dan Pupu tertunduk malu. Namun
esoknya, keduanya tetap melanjutkan pertengkaran mereka.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Huh, andai aku bisa pindah dari
sini,” gerutu Sisca si poskamling, yang bosan mendengarkan
keributan itu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Mendengar gerutuan Sisca, Kiko
justru mendapat bahan olokan baru. </span>
</div>
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“<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Pupu, lihat, penghuni rumahku
sangat menyayangiku! Pak Vendix dan istrinya selalu membersihkan tiap
sudut rumah dan merawat tamanku. Anak-anak bisa leluasa bermain di
sana sampai lupa waktu,” kata Kiko menyombongkan penghuni rumahnya.
</span>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Pupu jadi sedih mendengarnya.
Beruntung sekali Kiko, memiliki penghuni rumah yang baik dan
perhatian seperti keluarga Pak Vendix. Sementara Pak Johan dan
istrinya justru sudah tidak mengunjungi Pupu selama berhari-hari.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Melihat Kiko diam saja, Pupu merasa
di atas angin. Ia terus mengolok-olok Pupu. Hingga kemudian..</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Nguing, nguing, nguing!” </span>
</div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Ambulans tiba-tiba datang, diikuti
beberapa mobil dengan penumpang berpakaian serba hitam. Beberapa
menit kemudian, para pekerja membawa karangan bunga dan menaruhnya di
halaman. </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Ada apa ini?”</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Kiko dan Pupu berpandang-pandangan.
Ternyata, tanpa mereka tahu, selama ini Bu Johan mengidap kanker.
Karena itu, Pak Johan lantas ikut menginap di rumah sakit guna
menemani istrinya selama berobat di sana. </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Kiko makin muram. Ia merasa
kehilangan. Kiko ingat, selama ini Bu Johan yang paling sering
membersihkan halaman dan membanggakan rumahnya ke ibu-ibu lain saat
arisan.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Kiko bertambah muram saat Pak Johan
lantas menjual rumahnya dan memutuskan kembali ke kampung halaman. </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Rumah sebesar itu tak mungkin
kuhuni sendirian,” gumam Pak Johan. Sebelum pergi, Pak Johan
memotret Kiko sebagai kenang-kenangan. </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Ditinggalkan tanpa penghuni, Kiko
makin kusam. Sudut-sudutnya berdebu dan menjadi sarang laba-laba,
karena tak ada yang membersihkan. </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Melihat itu, Kiko merasa canggung.
Ia ingin menghibur, tapi justru kata-kata pedas yang keluar karena ia
tak terbiasa berbicara dari hati ke hati pada Pupu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Sebulan kemudian.. </span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="text-decoration: none;">“<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Bruk!
Gedubrak! Bruak!” </span></span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kiko
dan Pupu dikejutkan dengan kedatangan para pekerja bangunan. Mereka
membawa palu, cat dan beberapa alat. Tanpa dikomando, mereka sontak
membersihkan Pupu, mengecat ulang tubuhnya, meruntuhkan tembok
pembatas antara Kiko dan Pupu hingga.. voila! Kini halaman Kiko dan
Pupu tersambung jadi satu. </span></span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="text-decoration: none;">“<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Eh,
apa yang kalian lakukan? Stop! Stop!” jerit Kiko dan Pupu kaget. </span></span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Terbiasa
bertengkar, Kiko dan Pupu tak sudi bila mereka disatukan. Namun,
tanpa mereka tahu, Pak Vendix ternyata sudah membeli Pupu. Ia lalu
meminta para pekerja meruntuhkan tembok pembatas, menyatukan halaman
Kiko dan Pupu, lantas membangun jalan setapak. </span></span>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_EEGWh_Yjxo/WmjQp2PdmdI/AAAAAAAAj3I/ureKxHLhafkZiYj6ligsSFhYcuYfTd3UQCLcBGAs/s1600/Grandparents.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_EEGWh_Yjxo/WmjQp2PdmdI/AAAAAAAAj3I/ureKxHLhafkZiYj6ligsSFhYcuYfTd3UQCLcBGAs/s320/Grandparents.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Nantinya,
kedua orang tua Pak Vendix yang akan menghuni rumah itu. Bila ingin
berkunjung, mereka bisa melewati jalan setapak di halaman untuk
menemui Pak Vendix dan keluarganya.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kiko
dan Pupu bungkam. Terbiasa beradu mulut, kini mereka tak tahu harus
berbuat apa ketika disatukan. </span></span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="text-decoration: none;">“<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Hahaha,
kena batunya, kalian!” kata Kakek Evan. “Sekarang,
berbaik-baiklah, jangan buat keributan!” </span></span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="text-decoration: none;">“<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Hoahm,
akhirnya. Sekarang aku bisa tidur dengan tenang,” kata Sisca si
poskamling yang bosan mendengarkan pertengkaran dua rumah kembar di
ujung gang itu.</span></span></div>
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</style>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-52084324378743273872017-11-30T12:03:00.000-08:002018-05-09T12:03:42.414-07:00The Struggle of Being a Jobseeker: Human Capital Trainee Astra International 2017<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="text-align: justify;">Hi! Few times ago, due to an urge to socialize and develop myself better, I applied for Human Capital Trainee position in Astra International, through Astra Virtue, August 3-6, 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">(Yes, my current job as a media monitoring and analysis staff in startup is pretty flexible since I can do it remotely from my hometown. Nevertheless, work from home for almost a year is depressing af. You might feel happy at first, but for an extrovert like me, it drains my energy and makes me feel lonely.)</span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, for those who do not know yet, Astra Virtue is an innovation from the human capital division of Astra Group. They organize online job fair which presents various job from HO into their subsidiaries. As short as I know, Astra Group only hold this event once per year. </span><br />
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In Astra Virtue, jobseeker can choose maximum three options of the company/ position, as long as it matches with jobseeker's background of education, skills and experience. Thus, at that time, I chose:</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Human Capital Trainee at Astra International</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Banking Associate Program (BAP) at Permata Bannk</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Content Writer at Ofiskita, a new subsidiaries company of Astra Graphia which sells office equipment for companies. </li>
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My background of education and experience only suits the last position. However, the greed and curiosity to always try the best made me chose Human Capital Trainee position at Astra International as my first choice.<br />
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(Honestly, I hoped they opened a vacancy as Public Relations Trainee since it suits my background of education better. Unfortunately, the position has been offered at Astra Virtue 2015.)</div>
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Astra Group opened these Human Capital Trainee position for scholar from Psychology, Law and Communication. Thus, I presumed, it was okay if I gave it a try--though honestly I was quite confused why they need Communication Scholar for this position. It made sense if they searched for Psychology scholar, since they have major concentration about Organizational Psychology--my elder cousin took this to fulfill her dream to be a professional HRD--or Law scholar, since several companies own Industrial Relations position--my friend worked on this position for three months and quit because he couldn't bear his feeling and faith to fired people, mostly the contract laborers from SHS/ diploma.</div>
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But, what do they expect from a Communication Scholar to be a Human Capital Trainee? Firstly, I thought Astra Group needed people to deliver the message well or motivate the employee better during trainee, etc. It made sense because we learned about Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, but still.. I was clueless. I hope the recruiter do better by not only put the job position and description, but also explain what do they expect from the jobseeker which comes from specific background of education. </div>
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<b>Then, What Kind of Process You Need to Pass Through, to be A Human Capital Trainee?</b><br />
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Before read this explanation, I warn you, <b>I just passed this process to Board of Director (BoD) interview</b>. However, I am still grateful to have experienced all of these amazing journey, where I feel the joy although had to face difficult tests. Particularly in user interview stage, where I needed to explain my presentation online. (Working with data is interesting af!)<br />
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Last, my biggest gratitude I address to Mr. Yudi B. Lesmana, Head of Human Capital Development Astra International Head Office, that I respect the most. He was very kind and patient to me during the user interview, and I am happy to be interviewed by such as good listener user like him. However, I feel sorry to disappointed him by did not giving my best during the BoD interview. Hopefully someday I can meet him again and said proudly that, even I have failed to be a Human Capital Trainee in Astra International, but I still do my best in my career and receive a lot of meaningful achievement which give impact to people☺<br />
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So, here it is the explanation. Enjoy! </div>
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<li><b><span style="color: blue;">Registration</span></b></li>
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All the jobsseeker's journey starts with registration. In Astra Virtue 2017, you need to fill the <b>identity</b> column, answer the question whether you have <b>organizational experience</b> or not and at what scale your organization is located (national/ city/ college). In addition to that, you need to choose, <b>in which city you want to take the test</b>. As simple as that.<br />
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However, I forget if we needed to attach the CV and supported document (such as bachelor certificate, academic transcript, TOEFL score), or not. What I remember is, I was being confused since Astra Group simplified the procedure in 2017. In 2016, the organizational experience column was more detail, because we needed to explained the name of organization, our position and job desk, but in 2017, was not. </div>
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<b>Note for myself: </b>I registered myself in August 6, 2017 night at internet cafe near my home. </div>
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<li><b><span style="color: blue;">Psikotest</span></b></li>
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September 6, 2017, the email from Astra through Ms. Novioliza Windya Brilliant M.N came to attend psychotest at September 13, 2017. Long enough, since they shifted my test location from Yogyakarta to Surabaya due to the overloaded participants.<br />
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All the recruitment process in Astra's HO, subsidiaries and Astra 1st (college scholarship offered by Astra Group), uses the same psychotest guide. It consists of several parts: </div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Word Meaning</b></li>
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Find a randomized word who does not have the same meaning among a line of randomized words. </div>
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An example question from me: kubang, jame, rimale, surka, bilmo --> the answer is bilmo (mobil) since it is not a household appliances. </div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Word Fluenvy</b></li>
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Search for word that have the closest word connection, in a word equation.</div>
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An example question from me: PLTU: Listrik = Mesin Tenun : ... --> the answer is kain tenun.</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Verbal Reasoning</b></li>
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Choose between true, false, or can not be determined, from two sentences.</div>
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An example from me:</div>
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Fish breathe with gills.</div>
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Whale gives birth and breathes with lungs.</div>
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Conclusion: Whale is not fish --> the answer is true.</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Verbal Analysis</b></li>
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Answer the question from a brief explanation.</div>
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An example from me:</div>
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Bu Yoyok owns the largest land yard.</div>
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Bu Ani and Suci's land yard are side by side.</div>
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The largest land yard locates in hook.</div>
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Bu Kharis' land yard is after Bu Suci's.</div>
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Bu Tari's land yard is on the far left.</div>
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Question: What is the order of their land? --> Answer: Bu Tari, Bu Ani, Bu Suci, Bu Kharis, Bu Yoyok's land yard.</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Number Series</b></li>
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Sequence of arithmetic and geometry sequences. In this part, the committee will give you one sheet of paper to help you calculate.</div>
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An example from me: 121, 144, 169, ... 225 --> Answer: 196.</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Figure Reasoning</b></li>
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Looking for the right mirror picture.</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Spatial Reasoning</b></li>
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Looking for the right cube from several cut sections. </div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Verbal Memory</b></li>
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Choose the right answers of questions after memorizing one page of information. </div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><b>Plus, Kraepplin</b> <b>Test </b>in short paper (and if my memory is not mistaken)<b>, Wartegg Test, Baum Test and Draw A Man.</b></li>
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Please search carefully about the definition of each test I mentioned here.</div>
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I hope by writing this detail, people will not perceive me leak the secret of Astra Group's recruitment process. It is simply like a self-commemoration for what I have been through. Plus, I believe that only decent people that will pass the test, since in my perception, psychotest is not something that can be learned or trained (but perhaps I am wrong). It simply shows your ability in each aspects. </div>
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<b>What made this test difficult is not the quality of the test, but the limit time is</b>. Yes, it is in different level with common psychotest you take from Universitas Indonesia, or BUMN test which created by management consultant such as PPM or Experd. In each section, the staff will set an alarm and stop you. Thus, if someone gets startled after read the first question, he will take more time and can not finish it in moderate pace. </div>
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For me myself, instead of complaining about number series and figure reasoning sections (as has been complained by people in blog), I was more taken aback by the verbal analysis and spatial reasoning.<br />
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In verbal analysis section, I needed more time to digest the detail explanation, answered, then read the sentence once again if I could not find the right answer. It took a lot of time but as the result, I could not answer much of them. I guessed that was the one which made me failed last May 2017, when I first took the psychotest in Astra Otoparts office on Kelapa Gading. Lucky me, learned from that failure, I successfully passed the test by answering the second question first, since it has much shorter and simpler explanation.</div>
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While doing the spatial reasoning.. Well, I know I am bad in spatial since I took Tes Potensi Akademik (TPA) at SNMPTN (Seleksi Nasional Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri) in 2011. Particularly, when it relates to geometry and its section.</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Focus Group Discussion (FGD)</span></b></li>
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It was afternoon and I was eating lunch hungrily on a Manado food stall, after prayed in Gereja Katolik Kelahiran Santa Perawan Maria on Kepanjen street, Surabaya--it is my favourite church because of its Dutch architecture and the fact that it was built in 1815--when the email announcement came from Astra. The Google Drive's link showed that I passed the psychotest I took hours before and entitled to proceed the next stage tomorrow, September 14, 2017, which is FGD. On psychotest test, the staff did emphasized that jobseeker who chose trainee position has to attend FGD as the additional stage. </div>
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Although I was confident while doing the psychotest, I was shocked enough to know that I passed these stage. Perhaps, I was overshadowed with my failure at Astra Otoparts before. (There was only four participants, including me, and after we finished the psychotest, only the youngest that was confirmed to proceed to the next stage. I thought I was stupid then). But again, <i>Deo grattias</i> ☺</div>
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However, few minutes after exposed by the happy virus, I suddenly got panic. The FGD process will be held tomorrow, meant I need to extend my lodging for one more days, canceled the train promo ticket and searched for another return ticket to Semarang, then hurried up to my cousin's <i>malam bainai</i>. As busy as that, and tired after fix everything in station, I stupidly chose to wander around Surabaya by visiting House of Sampoerna and taste Zangrandi ice cream, but hey, it was worth it 😂</div>
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To be honest, FGD was the most difficult part in this process, where I thought I might be failed. <b>The FGD in Astra Group was in different level, due to the wittiness of the moderator, the limited time, and most importantly, the in-depth information as supported data which help you to make decision. </b></div>
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In FGD, we were divided into group consisted of 8 persons, where each of us needed to list 1-8 most important methods to solve the problem. Ours was "how to cope with flood in big city". After analyze the solutions and data written in book, we asked to propose the idea to moderator within limited time, in Bahasa Indonesia. Then, the moderator would pair us with another participant, with whom we needed to debate over a method to cope with flood, which we put in a different priority (the most important vs the least important). After that, moderator will continue by debating each of our list and opinion. </div>
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In the implementation, I got stuck with only 6 methods and ran out of time to list the 7th and 8th. It made me nervous since I know two of my choice was not fully supported with data I read deeply. That was why I nervously chose to propose my idea in mid order. Fortunately, it went well. Learned from other participant's mistake, who decided to tell the order along with the explanation (that was why they ran out of time while explaining the 6th, 7th, or 8th), I preferred to tell the eight method first, to make it simpler. After that, I continued to briefly explained my reason, along with supported data and personal information.<br />
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However, I was startled when the moderator chose me and my partner (who sat in front of me) as the first duo to debate. Fortunately, my partner was less dominant. Thus, I could beat him easily using aggresive expression and logic explanation. But after that, I started to feel guilty that the moderator might perceived me as an arrogant 😓</div>
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The last hurdle was the debate session with the moderator. She was canny, with sharp arguments to debate every little mistakes, until one point, when I was cornered, I had no strategy but to cut her and said strictly, "Okay, I understand your point, but the whole debate is just about our different priority. Your argument is to cope up with the flood quickly. However, I consider the preventive effort, although takes a lot of time, but worth to try since it gives sustainable result." 😎</div>
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Thinking about it later, I do not believe in myself who dared to debate her. She was veeeerrryy intelligent and I realize that my ability is less than her. It was her intelligence that made me respect her. (Although after that, my friend corrected me by saying that she looked canny because she has conducted this FGD for numerous times). Unfortunately, I forgot her name.<br />
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Strangely, after my part, the moderator was not as strict as that to other duos. (But perhaps, it was just my perception, or worse, it was my explosion of emotions which made everything seems difficult, since I did not want to budge and answer gently to her).<br />
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September 22, 2017 or around a week after FGD process, I received email from Mrs. Nur Inda Fajri who announced that I passed prior LGD and allowed to continue to user presentation and interview process. However, my schedule will be informed later. Then, a week later, or September 28, 2017, further email came from her. It explained about my task that needed to be finished within a week, and will be presented in front of user via Skype. (I <u>will not say</u> anything about my task here).<br />
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Problem was, I have no suitable equipment to do Skype interview, plus it was hard to find internet cafe in Semarang which provided good equipment and stable connection. In addition to that, I had to travel to Yogyakarta to attend Danone MT Star 2017's LGD process, exactly in a day before the user presentation and interview. Considering all the hurdles, my Dad let me stay in Yogyakarta for three consecutive days, in my friend's ex-rent room.<br />
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However, I was busy with my job (lots of monthly reports and analysis huhu), and lil bit unstable after failed in Danone's LGD process. Worse, I got stuck with my Skype account, which weirdly, could not be found or called by my friend's account. Turned out I cried hysterically while my friends came and tried to comfort me by saying that I just tired and tense, or facing PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome). </div>
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In the end, I just had time to start doing my task exactly a night before my presentation day. I awoke all night in Luxury internet cafe since 08:00 PM; analyzed the question and discussed with my father by phone. During the 10:00 PM-02:00, I was tired and limped then continuously asked myself, "Should I give up? I have no idea how this task can be done. I can not see "the end". What should I write? Should I just sleep and let myself not doing this task, so I will not be interviewed tomorrow morning? But I feel bad to the staff who might wait for my subscription task. I know it is rude. But oh, I want to give up." 😟😟😟<br />
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I could not bear those thoughts, and although feeling sorry to my father (who paid all of my cost in Yogyakarta), but he said it is okay if I can not complete this stage. He understood my condition, and since first, he has said that Human Capital Trainee position was not suitable for my background of education and experience.<br />
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But later, after two more hours, I felt refreshed after gain insight from my father and sought for data. I found it enjoyable, since the data helped me to analyze better, in order to optimize the business further. (Weeks later, my friend who works in Astra Otoparts said, she understand why I passed this stage. My presentation and character, who love to analyze everything and be sharp to every little opportunity, suits Astra International character than if I work in Astra Otoparts which more familial).<br />
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However, the calamity came in morning. Started from the slide of presentation that could not be downloaded from Canva.com unless you paid $1 with credit card (help!!! it was 05:00 morning, only two hours until the deadline, how I can be that sloppy???) to the powerless throughout Jalan Kaliurang only 15 minutes before the interview (how could this happen??? I stayed here all night, only left few minutes to take a bath at rent room, without had breakfast, still doing my work and sending few emails to clients, and the staff said something like this after I got prepared??? oh my god!!!).<br />
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I was very shocked, and within less than five minutes, the kind Go-Jek driver helped me to make it by driving as fast as he could, from Luxury in Jalan Kaliurang to Merapi internet cafe in front of Ambarukkmo Plaza mall. Wow! However, the disaster did not end here. </div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-59769086800111310272017-09-25T05:34:00.000-07:002018-01-25T04:38:56.257-08:00Unpublished Story XII: (Pak) Piet Hitam<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hi! This is another story which I wrote for Christmas, which I wrote around June 2014.</div>
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I remember, when I was child, around 4 or 5 y.o, I was very afraid with the scavenger. It was because my parents always tease me by saying that the scavenger will kidnap and hidden me in his sack if I was naughty.<br />
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It became worse because when I was in kindergarten, my mom listed my name as one of the gift receiver from Sinterklas, in a mall. What I did not know, the Sinterklas came along with <i>Zwarte Piet </i>or The Black Piet. I was crying out loud because the <i>Zwarte Piet </i>looked so scary. His face is all black, perhaps painted with paint. Of course, he only became the side actor which was used by Santa to remind children to behave nicely for a year ahead. However, I was very afraid and refused to the stage without my mom. </div>
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That memory inspired me to write this, along with another memory of my aunt's house in Batang, who always provide a clay jug filled with water and a pinch of water as <i>jimpitan</i>. I tried to put another message here, such as being aware of stranger for kids, but what impressed the most, perhaps, is the prejudice. Of course that is not a good side and for the editor might have an impression that this story potentially corner a profession, which is being a scavenger. That is why I was not pretty surprise if <i>Bobo</i> rejected it. However, I am still loving this story because like my father said, it might not be very imaginative, but it is classic ❤<br />
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Ah, looking back to the history of<i> Zwarte Piet</i>, I realize that perhaps, the other reasons about why mass media rejected it because of the controversy over the character. <i>Zwarte Piet</i>, or the Black Piet, came from Holland tradition where he became the helper of Sinterklass, a kind pastor--remember, it is totally different with Santa Clauss; even their appearance, costume and root history is different. Its physical appearance, who is black, with curly hair and red also thick lip perceived as the presentation of racism, since they also came from with dialect of Java-Suriname, one of the colonies of Dutch in America continent.<br />
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Well, what a complicated (his)story. But please kindly read, use your imagination and enjoy your time! Last but not least, don't forget to put the source if you want to use this story. Don't do any kind of plagiarism, okay? </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Pak)
Piet Hitam</span></span><br />
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Kamu tahu Piet Hitam? Kata Kak Tina, kalau kita tidak menjadi anak yang baik, saat Natal, Piet hitam akan menculik kita.<br />
“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tapi,
bagaimana caranya?” tanyaku heran.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: 0.39in;">“</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif; text-indent: 0.39in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Gampang.
Dia selalu membawa karung ke manapun dia pergi. Karung itu untuk
menampung anak-anak nakal sepertimu,” kata Kak Tina sok tahu.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Karung
seperti itu?” kataku sambil menunjuk tukang sampah yang kebetulan
lewat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ia
sedang mengorek tong sampah dengan penggaruk yang dibawanya. Sebuah karung tersampir di pundak.
Karung itu terlihat penuh.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ya,
seperti itu,” kata Kak Tina menakutiku.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sejak
itu, aku selalu takut dengan sosok tukang sampah. Apalagi karena
setiap kali aku nakal atau berbuat kesalahan, Kak Tina selalu
menakutiku dengan cerita tentang Piet Hitam.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Suatu
hari, Ibu memintaku memberikan roti untuk tukang sampah yang biasa
melintas di depan rumahku.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ah,
Ibu saja yang memberikan! Aku tak mau,” kataku ketakutan. Ibu
mengernyit kebingungan, tapi akhirnya menuruti keinginanku.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lain
kali, Ibu berinisiatif menaruh kendi di depan rumah. Kendi itu berisi
air bersih yang diganti setiap hari. Di atasnya, Ibu menaruh gelas plastik
sebanyak tiga buah.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Buat
apa, Bu?” tanyaku heran.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Siapa
tahu ada pengemis, orang tua atau pedagang yang lewat depan rumah
kita dan kehausan,” jawab Ibu.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Namun
saat kuamati, jarang sekali orang lewat dan minum air dari kendi.
Kecuali tukang sampah yang lewat di depan rumahku itu.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aku
bergidik ngeri. Ingin rasanya menyingkirkan kendi berisi air itu, tapi
rencana itu lebih dulu diketahui Ibu.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Apa
salahnya sih berbuat baik. Lagipula, sepertinya kamu kesal sekali
pada tukang sampah itu,” kata Ibu jengkel.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aku
diam saja. Mana mungkin aku cerita tentang Kak Tina yang selalu
menakutiku dengan cerita tentang Piet Hitam itu.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Esoknya,
aku mendapat masalah. Sepertinya tukang sampah itu tahu aku tak suka
padanya. Makanya, ia berusaha membalasku. Aku harus menunggu di
sekolah selama satu jam. Padahal biasanya Ayah selalu tepat waktu
saat menjemputku.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jarak
sekolah dengan rumahku memang tidak begitu jauh, tapi sebelum sampai
rumah aku harus melewati jalan raya dulu. Saat aku sedang menunggu,
tiba-tiba tukang sampah itu lewat.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Belum
dijemput?” tanyanya. Dengan takut-takut aku menggelengkan kepala.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Selama
ini, selain takut pada karung yang dibawanya, aku juga takut
pada mukanya. Brewok dan cambang yang membingkai mukanya membuatnya
tampak menyeramkan. Belum lagi sorot matanya yang selalu menatap
tajam.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bapak tahu di mana rumahmu. Rumah berpagar abu-abu yang ada kendi airnya
itu kan? Sini, biar Bapak antarkan,” katanya.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aku
semakin ketakutan. Mama selalu bilang supaya tidak bicara, apalagi
pergi dengan orang yang tidak kukenal. Serta-merta aku lari karena
panik, tapi ia menahan tanganku.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aduh!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aku
jatuh di tanah. Lututku berdarah. Dengan posisi seperti ini aku tidak
bisa melarikan diri. Panik, aku coba menjerit, tapi Bapak itu buru-buru menenangkanku.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tenang,
bapak tidak akan menculik kamu kok. Bapak orang baik-baik,” katanya
seolah bisa membaca pikiranku.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Karena tidak punya pilihan, aku memutuskan menerima bantuannya. Namun aku tetap berjaga-jaga dengan berjalan agak jauh darinya. </span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jangan
berjalan di dekat jalan, nanti tertabrak,” katanya mengingatkan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ia berusaha menjejeriku. “Ngomong-ngomong, terima kasih. Karena kendi
air itu, Bapak tidak kehausan lagi saat berada di jalan.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kulihat
sorot mata bapak itu begitu ramah. Berbeda sekali dengan bayanganku
selama ini. Serta-merta aku merasa bersalah karena ingin
menyingkirkan kendi air di depan rumah. Siapa sangka kendi
itu berguna bagi banyak orang.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kuulurkan
tangan untuk berkenalan. “Nama saya Andy. Bapak siapa?” tanyaku.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pak
Piet, panggil saja begitu,” sahutnya.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Glek!
Namanya mirip dengan Piet Hitam! Mereka juga sama-sama membawa
karung. Namun Pak Piet yang satu ini ramah. Sepanjang perjalanan ia cerita tentang anaknya yang seumuran denganku. Katanya, anaknya tidak bersekolah meski sempat mengenyam bangku SD hingga kelas lima.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lain
kali kalau Pak Piet lewat di depan rumah, mampir saja. Nanti Andy pinjamkan buku untuk dibaca anak bapak di rumah,” kataku.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mata
bapak itu bersinar bahagia.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif; text-indent: 0.39in;">Sepuluh
menit berjalan, kami sampai di depan rumah. Ibu tampak lega saat
melihatku.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ayah
baru saja menelepon, katanya lupa menjemputmu. Untung kamu bertemu
dengan Pak..,” pandang Ibu kebingungan. </span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Piet,
panggil saja begitu, Bu,” kata Pak Piet sopan.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ah,
ya. Terima kasih sekali Pak. Maaf sudah merepotkan,” kata Ibu.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pak
Piet pun berpamitan. Setelah Pak Piet pergi, aku bercerita pada Ibu
tentang Kak Tina yang mencoba menakutiku selama ini. Mata Ibu
langsung melotot marah.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dasar
kalian ini! Tidak baik bercerita begitu, membuat orang berprasangka
buruk pada orang lain,” sahut Ibu.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , serif; text-indent: 0.39in;">Kak Tina diam saja saat dimarahi Ibu. Hanya aku yang tersenyum sendiri, karena tahu kalau Pak Piet yang satu ini tidak menakutkan seperti cerita kakak tentang Piet hitam itu. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-8918162561190411842017-09-06T03:29:00.000-07:002018-10-30T02:15:35.740-07:00Unpublished Story XI: Detektif Pasar<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hi! This is a children story about Gang Baru, a traditional market in my hometown, Semarang. It is one of my favorite place to spend Sunday afternoon. The alley is filled by food and snack, fish and vegetable, mostly sold by Chinese descent in Pecinan area.</div>
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I was thinking about that place for a long time and what idea I could use to wrap it perfectly as a children story. However, the ideas was stuck for a long time, without finding its correlation; about a market and camera, first day of school, memory about mom's missing purse when I was in ES (she finally found it in plastic shopping bag, after being told by Budhe Win, our last housekeeper) and so on. I am glad I can link all of it and show you as a full children story ☺</div>
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So, please kindly read, use your imagination and enjoy your time! Last but not least, don't forget to put the source if you want to use this story. Don't do any kind of plagiarism, okay?</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Detektif Pasar</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Ma, ayo jalan-jalan!” bujuk
Chika.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Mama menggeleng, sambil tetap
membereskan barang-barang. Baru seminggu ini keluarga Chika pindah ke
Semarang, karena itu rumah mereka masih berantakan.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Kalau begini, bagaimana aku
bisa menyelesaikan tugas mengarang,” keluh Chika. </span>
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<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Kemarin, saat hari pertama masuk
sekolah, Chika mendapat tugas menulis cerita tentang liburan. Buat
Chika, tugas itu susah karena ia tidak punya cerita liburan yang
menyenangkan. Hampir semua teman berlibur ke luar kota, sementara
Chika hanya membantu Mama pindah rumah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Tadinya Chika berharap, akhir
pekan ini, Mama akan mengajaknya jalan-jalan. Guru Bahasa Indonesia
Chika memberi tahu, kalau tidak sempat liburan, ceritanya bisa
diganti dengan jalan-jalan saat akhir pekan. Tapi rencana itupun
batal karena Papa ke luar kota sehingga tidak bisa mengantar.</span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Chika ikut Mama ke pasar saja
yuk, belanja untuk hantaran,” ajak Mama. Rencananya, sebagai tanda
perkenalan, Mama akan memasak untuk para tetangga di sekitar rumah. </span>
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“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Ah, tidak seru!” kata Chika.
Tapi toh, ia ikut juga karena tidak ada kesibukan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Dengan menumpang becak, Mama,
Chika dan Kak Raka pergi dari rumah mereka di Seteran ke kawasan
Pecinan. Chika duduk dipangku Mama. Sepanjang jalan, di kawasan itu,
Chika terkesima melihat banyaknya kelenteng di kanan-kiri jalan.
Tiba-tiba, becak mereka berhenti di depan sebuah gang. </span>
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“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Nah, sudah sampai,” kata
Mama. “Ini namanya Gang Baru. Pagi sampai siang, gang ini dipenuhi
penjual, seperti pasar.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Chika mengangguk. Ia terkesima
melihat penjual </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>rebung
</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">atau
tunas bambu muda, bahan isian lumpia Semarang, memadati ujung gang. </span></span>
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<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Ma,
Chika mau itu!” seru Chika.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Belum
sempat berjalan jauh, Chika sudah berhenti dan minta dibelikan
cemilan</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">dan
minuman.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Ya
sudah, kamu duduk di sana dulu. Mama mau membeli </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>rebung
</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">dulu,”
sahut Mama. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Dengan
gembira Chika duduk dan memesan </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>cakwe
</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">serta
</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>wedang </i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">tahu.
Itu minuman khas Semarang, beraroma jahe, berisi </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>kembang
</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">tahu,
yang terbuat dari sari kedelai. Keringat membasahi dahinya, sebagian
karena terik matahari, sebagian karena panas </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>wedang
</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">tahu
yang ia beli. </span></span>
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“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Chika,
lihat sini!” seru Kak Raka.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Cekrek!
Tiba-tiba Kak Raka memotret Chika yang sedang asyik makan. Ia juga
memotret buruh gendong serta para penjual sayur.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hVeW01Nk6uY/Wfb-1CetCwI/AAAAAAAAjsU/30tyLEaP5jg1O9jaZJK-c79YfGCcOFTHQCLcBGAs/s1600/Fish%2BSeller%2B-%2BDetektif%2BPasar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="564" height="314" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hVeW01Nk6uY/Wfb-1CetCwI/AAAAAAAAjsU/30tyLEaP5jg1O9jaZJK-c79YfGCcOFTHQCLcBGAs/s320/Fish%2BSeller%2B-%2BDetektif%2BPasar.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">source: Pinterest (Elise Gravel)</td></tr>
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“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Wah,
Bu, lihat! Kita masuk TV!” celetuk salah seorang pedagang yang
keliru mengenali kamera Kak Raka sebagai </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>handycam</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Kak
Raka tersipu, namun tetap melanjutkan memotret sampai Mama datang. </span></span>
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<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Ayo
jalan lagi. Mama mau belanja sayur dulu,” seru Mama setelah
mencicipi sedikit </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>wedang
</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">tahu
yang Chika pesan.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Chika
dan Kak Raka pun melanjutkan perjalanan. Di kios penjual sayur,
mereka menunggu Mama selesai memilih brokoli, tomat, wortel dan
jamur.</span></span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Berapa
semuanya?” tanya Mama.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Tiga
puluh ribu.”</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Mama
mengangguk dan mengambil dompet dari tas selempang yang dibawa.
Namun..</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Lho,
dompetku kok tidak ada?” tanya Mama kebingungan.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Mama
kembali meneliti tiap sudut tasnya dengan hati-hati, tapi dompet itu
tidak ada. Saat mencari di tas belanja, ternyata isi tas itu berbeda!</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Kok
ada ayam? Perasaan tadi Mama cuma membeli </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>rebung</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">.”</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Astaga,
sepertinya, tas belanja Mama tertukar! Padahal, dompet Mama
tertinggal di sana. </span></span>
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<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Tolong,
siapa yang bisa menemukannya akan saya beri hadiah,” seru Mama.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Suasana
pasar jadi sedikit gaduh. Para penjual dan buruh gendong yang tahu
masalah itu mencoba membantu, tapi tas itu tidak ketemu. Dengan
panik, Mama menyuruh Chika dan Kak Raka tetap di situ, sementara Mama
menyusuri kembali jalan yang tadi dilalui.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Klik!
Klik!”</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Chika
mendelik. “Kak Raka bagaimana sih, bukannya membantu malah asyik
main kamera,” omelnya.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Hm..
Tenang saja, aku tahu di mana tas Mama.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Saat
Mama kembali, Kak Raka menunjukkan foto Chika yang tadi dipotretnya.
Di foto itu, Chika sedang tersenyum, sementara Mama berdiri di
belakang sambil memegang mangkuk berisi </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>wedang
</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">tahu.
Tas kain warna hijau yang biasa Mama bawa untuk mengurangi penggunaan
kantong plastik tiap belanja, tergeletak dekat kaki Mama.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Namun,
ada tas lain di sana! Tas kain warna hijau yang sama, juga tergeletak
dekat kaki Mama. Sesosok Ibu tampak sedang membungkuk untuk
mengambilnya. </span></span>
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<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Celaka!
Sepertinya, tanpa sadar tas Mama sudah tertukar dengan tas Ibu itu.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Kak
Raka mulai memencet tombol lain dan memperbesar foto. Meski muka Ibu
itu terhalang bambu penyangga payung kain pelindung panas, tapi
pakaiannya terlihat jelas. Biru, dengan motif bunga warna ungu.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Mama
mulai melongok ke sana kemari, mencari si ibu pemakai baju warna
biru. Tapi, terlalu banyak orang yang memakai baju dengan warna sama
saat itu.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Dengan
putus asa, Mama melongok lebih jauh, sampai kemudian dilihatnya
seorang Ibu berbaju biru bergegas menuju ujung gang. Tangannya
menjinjing tas kain warna hijau.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Mama
buru-buru menghentikannya. “Maaf, apa ini punya Anda?”</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Muka
Ibu itu bingung sejenak, tapi lalu memeriksa tas yang Mama bawa. </span></span>
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<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Benar,
ini punya saya!” katanya lega. “Ah, tadi saya bingung sekali,
kenapa isi tas saya berbeda. Ada dompet yang tidak saya kenal di
dalam sana."</span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NOqwb2EJpdc/Wfb98x4rBhI/AAAAAAAAjsI/YqmaH0Rvc_Q9B7uwlNn6GyobKL7ixpazwCLcBGAs/s1600/Detektif%2BPasar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="530" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NOqwb2EJpdc/Wfb98x4rBhI/AAAAAAAAjsI/YqmaH0Rvc_Q9B7uwlNn6GyobKL7ixpazwCLcBGAs/s640/Detektif%2BPasar.jpg" width="248" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">source: Pinterest (theinspirationgrid.com)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Mama
tersenyum, menukar tas kain hijau identik itu, lalu mengucapkan
terima kasih. Tak lupa Mama mengeluarkan dompet dan membayar ke
penjual sayur yang sedari tadi menunggu. </span></span>
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<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Untung
tas dan dompetnya ketemu. Kalau tidak, mungkin Chika dan Kak Raka
harus pulang berjalan kaki sampai ke rumah,” komentar Mama.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Tapi
Mama sepertinya melupakan sesuatu.” </span></span>
</div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Alis
Mama terangkat. “Apa itu?”</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Kan
tadi Mama bilang akan memberikan hadiah untuk yang menemukan tas dan
dompet Mama.”</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Iya.
Kan, hari ini kami sudah jadi detektif pasar yang menyelamatkan
Mama,” seru Chika.</span></span></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Mama
tersenyum lebar. Dengan gemas ia mencubit pipi anak-anaknya. Sebagai
hadiahnya, sebelum pulang, Mama membolehkan Chika dan Kak Raka
memilih jajanan untuk dibawa ke rumah. Chika memilih </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>lopis</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">,
sementara Kak Raka minta dibelikan </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>klepon</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">
untuk camilan selama perjalanan pulang.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Chika
senang. Hari ini ia tidak hanya bisa mengenal lebih jauh Kota
Semarang, tapi juga mendapat bahan untuk menulis cerita tentang
liburan!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-41262499950329415552017-08-29T01:13:00.000-07:002017-11-27T01:16:16.396-08:00An Ode to Myself<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Well, it's been a year</div>
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since my joy overshadowed by tears. </div>
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As days go by, I'm constantly struggling</div>
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to find happiness in myself, not in such a thing.</div>
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For all the pain,</div>
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for all the failure,</div>
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for all the dreams that (forced to be) left,</div>
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for all the horrible mistakes,</div>
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for all the wrong decisions,</div>
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I should believe that it will lead me to something,</div>
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if I dare to wait and fight right. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.4px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">So, this is my eleventh children stories which published in mass media. More precisely, it published at <i>Kedaulatan Rakyat</i> newspaper, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.4px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">July 26</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.4px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">, </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20.4px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">2017</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 20.4px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">This story tells about Bagas who feels disappointed after Aunt Rena gave him a DIY paper bookmark, with the shape of Japanese woman, or <i>washi ningyo, </i>as a gift. To own it, Bagas needed to answer Aunt Rena's question correctly, about where did Aunt Rena take picture while she was spending her holiday in Japan. That difficulties forced Bagas to come to Yogyakarta's city library daily and read the book about Japanese tourism spot carefully. </span></div>
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In the end, Bagas finally realizes that her aunt just wants to support him to be interested more in reading books, and she gave that gift because years ago, her aunt, her father and their siblings lived penniless. That was why Aunt Rena's mother (or Bagas' grandmother) asked her, if she might have a chance to go abroad, then she may not spend her money to buy gift for the family. Instead, she needs to spend money by visiting the museum, where she can gain knowledge and share the story as a gift for the family. </div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">I got the idea from several things: 1) a DIY paper bookmark, with the shape of Japanese woman, or <i>washi ningyo</i>, which I made when I was in JHS or SHS, 2) the article from <i>Kompas </i>daily newspaper which I read on the early years on college, about a young socialite, who was forbidden by her mother to spend her money on gift and asked to use it to visit museum when she go abroad, 3) my love for the chic and sophisticated Yogyakarta's city library, one of the place I mostly visit during college because it provides convenient to work. Unfortunately, in this children story, the editor seemed forget to type "Yogyakarta" before the phrase "city library". Perhaps they want to make the story as common as they can, so this can be enjoyed by people in general (not only in Yogyakarta).</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">I want to thank Mas Effy Widjono Putro from<i> Kedaulatan Rakyat </i>newspaper who contacted me and asked to send him the revised children story by email, because they had no room for 750 words children story. So, I had to cut it into 600 words, although after it got publish, I think I might need to cut it into 500 words. Last, I want to thank my friend, Kuntoro, who kept this newspaper dearly for two weeks, after I told him that my children stories published there. I am happy ❤</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hadiah
Tante Rena</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sore
itu, Bagas terpaksa berkunjung ke rumah Tante Rena dengan Chika,
adiknya. Kata Mama, Tante Rena baru pulang dari Jepang. </span></span>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adik
Papa itu memang sering dikirim perusahaannya bertugas ke luar negeri.
Namun tiap pulang, Tante Rena tidak pernah membawa oleh-oleh, makanya
Bagas malas.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Namun,
saat melihat Bagas dan Chika datang, Tante Rena langsung menyambut
dengan gembira. “Tante punya hadiah untuk kalian,” katanya. </span></span>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wah,
tidak biasanya Tante Rena memberi hadiah! Biasanya, ia cuma mengajak
Bagas dan Chika makan di rumah, cerita sambil menunjukkan
foto-fotonya selama di luar negeri . </span></span>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tapi
Tante hanya akan memberi hadiah kalau kalian menjawab pertanyaan
dengan benar,” kata Tante Rena cerdik. “Nah, di manakah foto ini
diambil?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Astaga,
pertanyaan Tante Rena susah sekali! Bagas mencoba minta petunjuk,
tapi Tante Rena menolak. Mau tak mau, Bagas memerhatikan foto itu
lebih cermat. Di foto itu, Tante Rena sedang melambaikan tangan di
depan bangunan warna putih.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Seperti
sebuah puri atau kuil. Satu.. dua.. Kelihatannya bangunan itu terdiri
dari lima tingkat,” tebak Bagas tidak yakin.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bagas
ingin mencari jawabannya di internet, tapi komputer di rumah sedang
rusak.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Coba
cari saja jawabannya di Perpustakaan Kota Yogyakarta,” saran Mama.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Apa?
Mencari jawaban satu per satu di antara buku-buku di perpustakaan
kota? Membayangkannya saja Bagas sudah malas. Namun ia tidak mau
menyerah. Baru kali ini Tante Rena mau memberikan hadiah.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pasti
hadiahnya bukan barang sembarangan,” pikir Bagas semangat.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Esoknya,
Bagas minta Mama mengantarnya ke perpustakaan kota. Kadang Bagas
bosan, jadi sampai di perpustakaan, ia hanya tidur-tiduran atau
bermain dengan teman. Namun pada hari kelima, Bagas menemukan
jawaban.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tante,
Bagas tahu!” seru Bagas di telepon. “Jawabannya adalah Kastil
Himeji, betul kan?”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kemarin,
Bagas iseng bertanya kepada pengunjung yang mengembalikan buku
tentang obyek wisata Jepang. Pengunjung itu lalu menjelaskan tentang
Kastil Himeji, istana tujuh lantai yang dikelilingi tiga menara mirip
burung kuntul. Kabarnya, bangunan itu selalu selamat dari perang. </span></span>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hehe,
betul!” seru Tante Rena. “Besok minta Mama mengantar ke rumah
untuk mengambil hadiah ya.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bagas
tersenyum senang. Dengan tidak sabar, ia menunggu hadiah yang
dijanjikan. Namun setelah melihatnya, Bagas kecewa.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pembatas
buku? Bagas susah payah membaca buku di perpustakaan cuma untuk
mendapat pembatas buku?” katanya tak percaya.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bukan
oleh-oleh. Dari awal kan Tante sudah bilang kalau itu hadiah, jadi
Tante membuatnya sendiri. Bagas tidak suka?” tanya Tante Rena.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bagas
diam saja. Dia sudah membayangkan akan mendapat mainan dari Jepang,
tapi Bagas cuma mendapat pembatas buku biasa, buatan sendiri pula.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kata
Tante Rena, beberapa hari setelah pulang dari Jepang, temannya
mengajari membuat pembatas buku berbentuk </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>washi
ningyo </i></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">atau
boneka kertas Jepang. Bahannya </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">karton
bekas, spidol dan kertas kado.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Harusnya
Tante buat dari </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>washi,
</i></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">kertas
khusus dari Jepang untuk membuat boneka, tapi mahal. Akhirnya Tante
buat dari bahan-bahan yang ada saja,” terangnya.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dengan
seksama, Chika memerhatikan Tante Rena memeragakan cara membuat
pembatas buku itu. Namun, Bagas memilih menyingkir ke teras.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beberapa
saat kemudian, Tante Rena menyusulnya. “Bagas, maaf ya,” katanya.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bukannya
Tante tidak punya uang untuk membeli oleh-oleh, tapi sejak kecil,
Papa Bagas, Tante dan saudara-saudara lain hidup berkekurangan.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tiap
kali Tante dapat kesempatan ke luar negeri, Nenek selalu berpesan
begini, ‘Rena nggak usah beli oleh-oleh, buang-buang uang saja.
Rena pergi ke museum saja, biar dapat ilmu. Nanti, oleh-olehnya untuk
keluarga di rumah, ya cerita Rena.’”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bagas
melongo. Ia tidak menyangka Neneknya bisa berpesan begitu.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tapi
Tante ingin memberi Bagas dan Chika hadiah. Makanya Tante membuat
pembatas buku itu,” katanya.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">“<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nanti
pakai pembatas bukunya ya, biar Bagas pintar karena sering baca buku.
Nggak melulu tanya Papa atau belajar dari internet.”</span></span></span></div>
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I know the topic is quite lame, 'cause it is very personal yet I am not pretty sure people would understand my message here--spoiler: it is on the last paragraph! So, here it is.. the English version of the article, which published on <span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">http://tinyurl.com/y9wgy63c</span> last July 15, 2017. Until September 27, 2017, it is read by 2K readers. Yeay!</div>
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His name is Ben. He is a beagle, pet by Bayu, my Elementary School's friend who lives in front of my grandfather's house.</div>
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Ben is the first dog which makes me fall in love and not afraid, although for years, I was scared with that animal which has four legs. Probably because of trauma, when I was child, every time I passed the house of my senior as well as my neighbor, he always released his dog to tease me. Probably because I was not getting used to it, considering that my Dad and Mom always forbid me to touch, moreover to pet animals. Probably because I remember about the inconvenient accident, when the fish, the first animal I secretly bought in front of my Elementary School, perished because it was hit by my Daddy's coat. </div>
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Ben is different. He is naughty, and also ignorant. I remember, when Grandma was still alive and fought of cancer, she always be entertained with Ben which, innocently entered to home, passed the family room, and almost peed there. Other times, Ben could visit home, asked for water and just left. </div>
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I remember, I used to be heart broken during college, because Daddy said, Ben was disappeared. No one knows where Ben was. Until finally, two months later, a newspaper collector told Bayu that Ben was pet by people who lived in a blocked-away house. </div>
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Ben finally did go home. But he became the different figure. More quiet and ignorant, perhaps because he was often locked up by Bayu and his family at home. They don't want to take a risk, one day Ben goes and disappears again. </div>
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Now, whenever I am afraid to start something, whether it is relationship or work, I always remember Ben. <b>That always be another Ben, which teaches me about the exception, to bravely start and love something, however sad, afraid, trauma, disappointed, angry and skeptical I am. </b></blockquote>
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Honestly, I am quite surprised this article does not hit the editorial pick like prior article--lol. Probably I thought about that slight chance because I put much time to contemplate and dig for the meaning, due to my hard times. Translating this article (which published on <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">http://tinyurl.com/yc573bct </span>last June 29, 2017), I start to contemplate and thinking about it once again, since the question of "When" and the uncertainty times, are quite difficult to get the right answer.<br />
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Do you believe that everything will come, just in time? I don't. I believe, if I want something and try hard, things I want will come no longer after that. But the world doesn't work with the way I want. Sometimes you need to wait for a long time, frustrating, without knowing when you will see that "The End", a sign that you have achieved one step of your dreams.</div>
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When we moved house when I was in sophomore of JHS, our old house--which is only four houses away from current home--has changed tenants twice. None of them pleased my mother's heart. The first tenant did not pay the house rent on time, the second tenant was very dirty. Our home could not be recognized anymore from outside because the number of poster covering the window, wall, including every slit which can be used to stick that poster.</div>
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She thought, our home was rent cheap by the tenants because not every corner in home is plastered by ceramics. Then Momma saved and beautify our home. She thought, this time that house will be rented quicker. But Mom was wrong. For months she prayed, not even once the house was rented. Many people fell in love, but everyone frequently pulled back after knew the rent price of that house.</div>
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One thing we don't know, Momma's waiting, anxiety and frustrated that she brought to her prays, and the choice she took, brought us more than a fortune. Both the neighbor in front of the old house until the neighbor at the end of valley, all of them praised because Mom got a good tenant.</div>
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Gonggong and Popo is very diligent. Different with the prior tenants, they always woke up in the morning, clean the house, and even plan orchid and other plants. The neighbor said, Mom was clever because she chose a tenant in the form of a family who love plants. "If people are getting used to take care of plant in his house, that person will exactly take care of the house well," they said.</div>
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Morning-afternoon-evening-night, Gonggong and Popo let their house open. They often chatted in terrace. From them, we--including the neighborhood--learnt about simplicity, openness and the warmth of the family. How Gonggong did not mind to take the initiative to take care almost all of the housework, to ease his wife.</div>
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From Momma's waiting, I learnt to wait and get something. <b>That if what we desired really is your fate, it will come just in time</b>. When? I don't know. Not slow or fast according to man's time, but at the match time, when you are ready to receive that.</div>
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<br />Sayang, Astin seorang Raja yang peragu. Ketika harus mengambil keputusan, Astin menyerahkan sepenuhnya pada menteri dan penasihat kerajaan. Seperti sekarang, saat seorang kepala daerah datang karena banjir melanda daerahnya.</div>
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<br />“Baginda, hamba mohon petunjuk, apa yang perlu hamba lakukan. Rakyat kehilangan rumah dan tidak punya bahan makanan karena banjir,” lapornya. “Untuk sementara, mereka tinggal di tenda-tenda pengungsian. Kini mereka makan dari cadangan makanan di lumbung kami.”</div>
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<br />“Satu-satunya pilihan, kita membeli bahan makanan dari kerajaan lain, Baginda. Tapi harganya sangat mahal. Kualitasnya pun tidak sebaik dengan yang petani kita hasilkan,” kata penasihat. </div>
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<br />“Astin, kamu tahu apa yang membuat Ayahmu terkenal?” kata ibundanya sambil memandangi sebuah lukisan. Itu lukisan Raja Vincent. Lukisan itu dibuat untuk mengenangnya setelah ia tiada.</div>
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<br />“Ia tidak ragu mengambil keputusan dan berani menanggung risikonya.”</div>
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<br />Mendengar itu, Astin merasa malu. “Pasti menteri yang lapor kepada Ibu.”</div>
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<br />Ibunda Raja Astin tertawa. “Tidak penting siapa yang melaporkan itu pada Ibu. Tapi, kamu memang membutuhkan banyak waktu dan pengalaman untuk menjadi Raja yang bijak dalam mengambil keputusan.”</div>
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<br />Ibunda Raja Astin melanjutkan. “Tidak ada solusi terbaik, Astin, bahkan dalam masalah yang kompleks. Tapi kamu selalu bisa mengandalkan hatimu untuk mengambil keputusan.”</div>
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<br />Mendengar itu, Astin menatap ibundanya dengan ragu. “Lalu, apa yang harus kulakukan untuk masalah ini, ibunda?”</div>
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<br />“Hmm..” Ibunda Raja Astin berpikir sejenak. “Pergilah ke kelompok tani di utara. Selama ini mereka selalu hidup hemat dan bijaksana. Pasti mereka masih mempunyai sisa makanan. Belilah dengan harga tinggi dan berikan kepada rakyat yang jadi korban.”</div>
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<br />Mata Astin berbinar. Akhirnya satu masalah terselesaikan. Esok, masalah baru akan datang, tapi Astin harus belajar untuk mengambil keputusan. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-6329801749606385242017-06-10T06:11:00.002-07:002018-01-25T19:20:52.888-08:00Untukmu yang Patah Setelah Menghadapi Masalah, Bertahanlah<div>
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tPnAS02wdPc/WTvvxkeOulI/AAAAAAAAjYE/g-HSlbOpMfY1XDlp1KBR3VDN5scS8kYgwCLcB/s1600/daisy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tPnAS02wdPc/WTvvxkeOulI/AAAAAAAAjYE/g-HSlbOpMfY1XDlp1KBR3VDN5scS8kYgwCLcB/s320/daisy.jpg" width="213" /></a>The last few days, I was interested with <i>Kamantara.id, </i>an user-generated content (UGC) website, focusing on self-wellness. I knew this site from my junior, Nisrina, who wrote there before.</div>
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As an UGC website, of course I receive nothing for the article. However, I am happy enough to know that my article finally publish in media and see how perhaps, it gives impact to people. 😙<br />
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I know the topic is quite lame, but trust me, I had an urge to write this as a healing process for what happened lately. Trust me, I have been struggling for a year, and I think, I deserve to pour my feeling about this. So, here it is.. the English version of the article, which published on http: //tinyurl.com/ybfkbnlq/ last June 7, 2017.</div>
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(Honestly, I got troubled when trying to post this twice, but in the end, I was surprised when the article finally publish, even became the editor's pick! Until now, June 10, 2017, it is read by 1.9K readers. Yay!) </div>
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Have you ever feel that your life is going well until suddenly.. BLAR! Problem suddenly comes. Once, or even perhaps, for many times until your life ravaged. </div>
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Hold on.</div>
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Perhaps you are searching for the problem solving. Perhaps you are facing it bravely. Perhaps the problem is even solving. However, you feel that something wrong inside. Broken. Not feeling enthusiast to do something anymore and you lost your prior smile, unconsciously. </div>
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Because it needs a huge courage, a modesty to realize and accept that, "Yes, I am not in the good condition." Until finally, you can say to your own heart that, "I am okay, just a little bit.. hurt. But I am okay."</div>
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Because not everyone are blessed with the same ability to face problem. Not all of them have the same pace to rise from trouble. They can easily and fast running, or like what you are doing now, hobbled to forgive, let go off and forget this problem.</div>
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It is okay if you want to pull over momentarily, as a compensation of your courage to face problem, as a rest period because you are tired. But how long do you want to continue to feel sorry for yourself?</div>
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Go see the world, meet new people, listen to music, read books, do everything that please you. Because it is easier to keep running and find your strength after you are trying to move back and change yourself. Do not stop. Believe that everything will be alright and you will find your smile again, later.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08459763618430850409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371478895846804724.post-42996029948048493872017-04-15T02:55:00.000-07:002017-05-15T09:36:36.266-07:00Feeling 24<div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Few days ago, I found that quotation in a timeline Line of a relative. He added, "Sometimes people need to be dropped and slammed to understand the feeling of falling and tread yet smell the soil."</span></div>
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If that so, I was growing up a lot since last year (2016), when I spent my age in 23. Since early year, I cried a lot because my grandmother was passed away because of cancer, my boyfriend, with whom I was having a relationship for 5,4 years broke up two days after my thesis defense, two months later I just knew that I was cheated, then I let go off my prior dreams twice (in publisher and mass media), and now I am still seeking for a secure job after faced failures from two biggest BUMN in Indonesia. </div>
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I know, I have no right to complain because a lot of people suffer more than me. Two juniors was left by their beloved parents until they had to became orphan in a young age. Friends in my inner circle was lied, cheated and left with/ without reasons which did not make sense. Another friends failed while she was applying job in BUMN, but the failure was followed with an additional news that forced her to be operated, for the sake of his health. And the last one, even a good and strong figure like Ahok could fail and tempted after struggling so hard for people sake.<br />
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I cried so hard when I hear or watch this happen to people around me. <b>I asked myself, why it is so unfair? Where is the justice?</b><br />
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I know, this may sound bitter. But perhaps, you will not understand the pain unless the same things happen to you. But what I realize is, <b>we never know, we surely never know what will happen to us in a year, in a week, in a day, or even in a minute. </b>Suddenly calamity comes and a lot of "why" questions cross your mind.<br />
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Why this happen to me? Why he could treat me like this? Why I have to fail after this long journey? Why I have to face all of it in very young age? Why I do not immediately get a better exchange? Why it seems like the problems do not reach the ending? What does He want from me? And so on.<br />
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It was very tiring yet burdensome, so after all contemplation, I tried not to seek the answer, not to think and feel again but forgive myself, became more sincere, calmer and never expect something before it reach "The End". If problem comes, I try to <b>remain silent, stand tall above my problem(s) and smile. </b><br />
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It was not easy and I am afraid that I do not recognize myself anymore, because it was spirit and ambition which define who I was, and now I am loosing it drastically. But like what was tweeted by my junior,<br />
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"I told her once I wasn't good at anything. She told me survival is a talent." - Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted. </blockquote>
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<b>INEZ CHRISTYASTUTI HAPSARI, 2017.</b> </div>
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