Category: Life

I was doing my stuff when my friend in Accenture, Anthony’s instant-messaging me and ask about something I’ve once discussed with long time ago. Until one point, he told me “planning is still the planning”. And I nod, yes, and “someday is not even a day in calendar” 🙂

Everyone is planning everything, and somebody maybe have plans for their whole life.

But, one single moment can change everything. I was so sad when I read about of my friend from Pekanbaru, that currently stays in Jogjakarta. He got an accident that changed his whole life. Dramatically. Pray for him, that he’ll stays strong as he is now.

Everything is worth planning. But, in many cases, another quick-plan shall be made available. Adjustment, no matter small or big, shall be accepted. I have many plans this year. Some of them have been revised or even deleted. Remembering every deleted-or-revised-plans is degrading our quality of life, increasing our stress level. For now, the even-better plan is to plan to accept that your plan is not always work.

My friend in Jogjakarta has showed us, that accepting another plan, is the way to adapt with a new life. Life is not about completing your plan, it is more about enjoying the beat of the journey. And make the very best out of it. For you, your family, your love one, or your friends.

He is a hero..

Been very tired yesterday. Slept at 1 and woke up at 4.30… urgh… only 3.5 hours! That’s pretty much the total time I spent in car everyday. I have to go to Belitung this morning. Arrived at Belitung airport around 8.30. There’s quite some work to do in factory of my client. Ya ya.. several ISO stuffs.

The company is a China foreign investment. Many Chinese there. I have to talk in mandarin or hokkian to them, which I’ve never done it before. Talks in English already troublesome to me, and now it’s mandarin… can you imagine…? And sometimes I have to mention technical words like ‘defect’, ‘quality’, ‘rework’, and I cant even find the suitable words! Wakaka… so I just ‘err.. urrr… bleee…’. And they look at me, and also ‘err… urrr… bleee…’ also…

The thing is, those Chinese can not understand English, for God’s sake they don’t even understand the word ‘target’… and by that time, I realised how the first person to acclaim we need international language was a brilliant person. 🙂  Hehe..

The funny story about this town called Tanjung Pandan is the entire town only got ONE traffic light! One! Yes, single one! 🙂
Others ONE thing is, there’s only one gas-station, one police station, one big company (PT Timah), one radio station, one newspaper. (at least that’s what I’ve seen).

And, the major unfortunate of the town, they have many NO, like there’s no star-hotel, no mall or shopping center, no taxi, and even no BCA!! Wakakaka… poor Belitung (the Chinese read it as Phe-Lee-Tong).

I was on my way back to Jakarta, from Belitung Island. I’ve just conducted gap analysis in a mining industry. It was Batavia Air (Again! The same flight that I had problem with). In the middle of the flight, around 15 minutes after take-off, there was a quite terrible thing happened. I don’t know why and they never explain.

The plane began to shook very hard.
Some people began to scream ‘ahhhh…’.
I try to stay calm.
I tightened my seat belt.
And then, there’s a sound of something fell off.
“Please! Don’t tell me it’s the wing, or the jet-engine!”
My God! ‘Is the plane owright??’

By that second, my mind just go blank. I’m not thinking about the plane, but about me;
How in 25 of my age, I have never accomplished anything great;
How I never go to Venezia, although I’ve promised someone about this;
How I never have a long vacation;…. Argh… what have I done in this 25 years? Do I really do nothing? Damn it! A quarter of century!

Perhaps, I will do great things when this flight is over! Urgh,…. I hate flying! Now I can understand why my cousin always refuses to take a flight, although his parent’s going to US.

And few minutes later, (one or two minutes, I mean), the plane began to stable. The lady sitting the same row with me still hold her husband tightly. It was all quite, then.

Fiuh… Thanks, God! At least, I have another breath to take, another dream to realize, another day with my family and girl,..
and another cup of coffee.

(Better and should stop typing, and start thinking about the dreams!!)

Now?