Cadet's Life : UTS Semester Genap, Ganbatte!

Just Face It and Never Step Back!

Have you ever felt like you had soooo many things to do? 

And it seemed like impossible to finish these all?

#tbt I just attend the first day of new semester on my campus. 

It was Monday and my day was started with a Semester Opening Ceremony. I did fasting at that day.

The ceremony finished about at 8 am. Then we moved to class. 

Although it was the first day of the semester, i never made a hope that there wouldn't be no classes.

Sooo... there was i am, had a classes untill the lastest class over, about 4 pm. 

I realized that i have kinda high-sense-of-interest-with-many-things. 

That's why i kinda become one of active cadet on Campus.

I do band on marching, karate, part of art club and religious organization.

I don't know why like this entire world will end on this May  there are soooo many events on this April and May.

I can't help facing my schedules this April and May.

I've appointed as member of three events of my religious organization. These 3 events will be held on late April and the beginning of May.

While, i just got info from my leader of karate club that there will be an inter-campus olympiad on the beginning of May. He said that untill the D-day, the club would have intensive training, and then it turned every-day!  

I've never bored with marching things, although i didn't attend the training sometimes. I sacrified my precious-3-days-of-my-semester-holidays, when i should still be able to play with my lil brother in house, take care of him, and chat with my parents, cameback to Jakarta only to train my juniors beating the percussion stick!

And the last, i've appointed to join (again) the Saman Dance Team, performing for something like meeting, of my agency-wannabe's event. And yes, it will be held on late April, too.

Did i said it was the last? Well, actually i was appointed to join the editing team of senior's year-end-book, but i'm sorry, Senior  i can't make it. It's not like i didn't want interested to, but i was not sure i still can handle it.

It has been a week since the first day of this semester, and i was almost-always on Campus after classes and on the evening, did training and meeting. First week of this semester and  i think i've broken my right leg joints. It's hurt when i stretch my upper leg. Okay, i know it's karate thing and you maybe wouldn't understand.

I watched Twice Private's Life on youtube yesterday, and found a good quote from Dahyun. I think it really suits with my condition right now. 

"Every time i face hard time, i always say that -it will also pass by-"

You may have so many hard time in your life, just remember back that time, that as hard as it was, you still stand right know!

Your right now-hard time, will also pass by like your previous-hard time-you'd-passed by.

You just need to face it and never step back!

  

Pencari Tiket Kereta Lebaran

Lebaran?

Iya, masih lama.

Harus ya cari tiket keretanya sekarang?

Iya pakai banget!

Kamu nggak bisa cari tiket kereta lebaran H-seminggu, bahkan H-sebulan.

Karena kamu bakal mendapatkan kenyataan pahit, bahwa...

... baru sepuluh menit pemesanan tiket dibuka, tiket sudah habis.

Ekonomi? Bisnis? Eksekutif? Habis. 

Aku sudah tiga hari berturut-turut kehabisan tiket. Dan untuk mencoba yang keempat kalinya, aku masih mikir-mikir. Aku nggak mau lama-lama di kost-an dan pulang H+4 sejak mulai liburan kampus. 

Kelamaan. 

Mempertimbangkan akan naik bis saja. Konsekuensi, macet!

Rencana jangka pendek... nunggu gerbong tambahan.

Mempertimbangkan keberadaan jasa pemesanan tiket di kasku* juga. 

Oke, pesan gerbong tambahan pakai jasa pemesanan tiket di kaskus kayaknya bukan ide buruk.

Jangan Salah Memilih Sekolah Kedinasan dan Ikatan Dinas!

Di sini, saya agak sedikit concern dengan pemilihan sekolah lanjutan bagi adik-adik yang akan lulus SMA, khususnya yang ingin mendaftarkan diri ke sekolah kedinasan dan ikatan dinas. Kenapa?

Karena ada peraturan baru oleh Menpan terkait penerimaan taruna atau mahasiswa baru di beberapa sekolah kedinasa dan ikatan dinas. 

Tahun ini, tes TKD dengan sistem CAT dilaksanakan serempak untuk beberapa sekolah kedinasan dan ikatan dinas berikut ini:

1. PKN STAN (nama baru dari STAN)

2. IPDN

3. STTD

4. AIM dan POLTEKIP

5. STIS

6. STMKG (nama baru dari AMG)

7. STSN

Lihat di poin 3 peraturan Menpan, bahwa peserta hanya boleh mendaftar salah satu saja dari tujuh nama sekolah kedinasan dan ikatan dinas tersebut. Jadiii.... jangan salah memilih sekolah kedinasan dan ikatan dinas, kalian harus cermat agar bisa tembus ke salah satu sekolah ikatan dinas ini!

Boleh lah yaa.. saya kasih saran bagi adik-adik yang masih bingung milih...

1. Untuk kalian yang memang sudah mantep dan nekad sekali, dan "maunya cuma pingin masuk ke" STAN misalnya atau STIS misalnya, dan jika tidak masuk ke yang "maunya cuma pingin masuk ke" sekolah itu, saran saya... lanjutkan saja tekad kalian. Karena itu memang tekad kalian kan..? Harus kalian kejar! 

n.b: Nggak usah baca saran saya selanjutnya ^^'

Tapi... kalau kalian adalah "terserah mau masuk sekolah kedinasan yang mana, yang penting bisa masuk" mungkin poin-poin selanjutnya bisa kalian pertimbangkan :)

2. Karena hanya boleh satu yang dipilih, lihatlah kira-kira mana yang lebih sedikit peminat dan kuotanya tidak terlalu sedikit.

3. Gimana bisa tahu sedikit peminat? Bisa dilihat dari kepopuleran sekolah tersebut kan? Terkadang orang hanya ikut-ikut mendaftar ke sekolah yang banyak peminatnya karena sekolah itu yang paling terkenal (disamping tentu saja terjamin bagus) ^^

4. Pelajari jenis tes-tes dari berbagai sekolah kedinasan tersebut. Karena bobot masing-masing sekolah kedinasan berbeda-beda. Untuk TKD dengan sistem CAT sama, tapi untuk tes selanjutnya berbeda-beda. Kalian bisa memilih bobot yang lebih kecil.

5. Bagaimana tahu jenis tesnya? Cari referensi buku-buku soal latihan dari berbagai sekolah kedinasan. Saya rasa sudah banyak beredar soal-soal latihan dari masing-masing sekolah kedinasan.

Dikit ya saran saya? Tapi saya yakin bisa membantu sedikit kegalauan kalian :)

 

  

An Empty House

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I was praying Dhuhur when suddenly 'Paper Heart' song was heard from my Sony. I didn't have any clue who called me at that time, and just continued my pray. It was quite hot outside my boarding house, thinking about it's usually rain on afternoon. I checked my screen phone and it was my father called me. I waited him to called me again for some minutes, but he didn't. So i called gave him misscalled so that he called me back again. 

And finally, "Assalamu'alaikum..." i said. 

It was 6.30 am and i'd been on my grandmother's house already. Like always. With my cutie-green kindergarden uniform, i waved my hands toward my father and mother, that had been ready to started the engine, left me for work. Like always. At 8 am, i was already at my kinderganden with my grandmother accompaning me. She always sit on the bench near the enter door of my class. Very near, that i always could see her from my desk during the class. My kind-hearted grandmother. She used to come inside the class towards me, and help me lift the desk. When i was feeling like lazy to bring my own bag, she would bring it for me. She used to hold my hands tighly on the way to kinderganden and home, always. She walked calmly and i jumped here and there, still holding her hands, maked her body swayed, and sometimes overbalance. But she's never mad. At her house, i always eat her cook for lunch, after went home from kinderganden. 

It was about 11 pm, and i'd been on my grandmother's house. My father picked me from my elementary school and took me to my grandmother's house, since there are no one in my house because my parents still had to continue their work. My grandmother used to call a street vendor that passed through in front of the house, to buy me some snack. That's why i used to drink jamu! She used to buy me an ice cream cone that my father rarely buy for me. 

It was weekend and i used to sleep over my grandmother's house. Sometimes she asked me to, but sometimes it's just because i wanted to. Grandmother and grandfather would feel very happy when they heard that i was going to sleep over their house. She sometimes cooked me a Sarimi noodle with boiled egg. Here was the rules... two packs of Sarimi noodle with the portion: one pack served for my grandfather and each half for my grandmother and I. We ate together in front of tv, watched my grandmother's fave Indonesian drama series. My grandmother used to feel sleepy earlier than me, so i just follow her to the bedroom. My grandmother's bedroom is the biggest room in this house. There are five rooms for only two person inside this house. My grandfather's room was different room with my grandmother's one. And, when i slept over their house, i used to slept on my grandmother's room. She had an old style bedstead. It's a bed with a valance on it. It's a princess bedstead, she said. Everyone who sleep there, will have a good sleep because there will no mosquitos bothering. Before we took a set, we used to cash away the mosquitos with something like broom stick inside the valance so that it could get out from the valance. Both of us slept tightly.  

"Waalaikumsalam, Ya. I want to tell you something", my father said. It was so rare that my father called me on this kind of time. He usually calls me on evening. "Grandfather just passed away this afternoon, please pray for him."

It's a year plus a week after the day of my grandmother passed away. I felt so loss after my grandmother passed away, and today the only one left, my grandfather, just followed her.



I just imagine about the empty house on my grandparent's, where we used to be there making good memories. I love you - 17/02/2016

A Week Without Laptop

"Ul, do you bring your laptop?" 

"Yes"

"Can you open your ArcGIS?"

"Sure, wait"

I took my laptop from my bag, and placed it on my desk. I pressed start up button. 

And voila! 

Weather something error with my eyes or something scaring thing happened to my laptop, the color of windows start up wallpaper changed to green! Everyone knows i like green so much, but not since this thing happened. 

My heart beats faster and faster while waiting for the next displayed screen on my laptop. And... it's not my eyes, but that's my laptop monitor that was error. 

"What happened?" full in my brain. 

I suddenly reminded about nice-sweet plans i'd planed with my laptop after my last semester test has been finished. 

Ow.. would it still be realized? Poor laptop. 

I just re-started up and re-started up my laptop. But it's still the not normal. Okay i gived up. I texted my father telling him that my laptop was broken. And sent him the best photo of my broken laptop. I took the photo of it before i shut it down, in case of it wouldn't turn on anymore, i still have the lastest photo of it. 

As my father suggested, i backed up all of my data from laptop to my external hardisk. And since i need this laptop asap, so i brought my laptop to laptop service place. It's not far from my boarding house. I went there on foot. I maked sure that i would be ready for every diagnosis that my laptop's doctoc would said. 

Well, it more relaxing after i heard that the broken one is the cable and it could be changed, and it's not that expensive. The mechanic said that the new cable hadn't been ready stock so i had to wait about a week. Okay, i can do it! It's only a week!

(p.s. it's the second day already)