Berbelok

Ada masanya bersemangat, ada masanya jenuh dan bosan.
Ada masanya dimana segala sesuatu seperti pasti,
ada masanya dimana segala sesuatu serba tidak pasti.
Ada masanya banyak rencana, ada masanya tidak tahu apa yang mau direncana.

Di saat kita berada di masa jenuh, bosan, serba tidak pasti dan tidak tahu apa yang mau direncana, di saat itulah kita ingin dibawa kembali ke dalam hati dan pikiran.
Retreat sejenak, pergi satu langkah untuk menengok isi dari luar.

Dan beribu pertanyaan pun berdatangan.
Mengapa, dan bagaimana.
Apa, dan kemana.
Menuntut jawaban, atau malah diam saja.

Biarkan pikiran untuk diam, dan biarkan hati untuk mendengar.
Sampai mendapat jawaban? Tidak ada yang tahu.

Mungkin kadang kita hanya butuh sesekali waktu untuk berhenti, diam dan mendengar.
Untuk kemudian memulai lagi berjalan.
Entah di jalan yang sama, atau berbelok ke jalan yang lain.
*hmm*

From last trips

I was just back from some trips, and I just realized now how travelling could give us a lot of experiences. I don't mean those kind of experiences, but these kind of experiences:

• I was walking on the street (in London), and saw from a basement window a naked man sitting in his basement room watching tv..
• The hotel officer who brought my luggage to my room wearing a black tong (he's walking up stairs in front of me)
• The police officer who checked my passport asked if I want to go out with him and gave me his number..
• The immigration officer was laughing at me when I told her I will attend time management course.. (and she asked: have you always been late to the office? do you know to whom you're going to apply the time management? --> of course, to the boss)
• I had to pay 8 euro just to print the French train ticket in Belgium station and at the end the officer couldn't print it out, then used notification paper and wrote the ticket information by hand.. *I wish Deutsche Bahn could sell also French train ticket*
• I was asked to empty my rucksack by the security officer at the airport because he found something suspicious  and turned out it was the javanese sugar (gula jawa) that I brought from Holland.. (luckily the other officer knows gula jawa - I don't know how he knows it)
• Twin babies who sat behind me taking turn crying during the flight.. (luckily they understood each other - not crying at the same time.)
• We're waiting in front of mcdonalds for my friend's hubby and kid who were in restroom, when suddenly they came and went quickly out leaving us with confusion. Turned out he had no coin to pay and just decided to go out and run away (we found it out after some minutes waiting and at the end we decided to go out and looked for them).

Anyway.. without those kind of experiences, travelling would be boring, I guess :D

Looking forward to other trips, but now I look forward to the relax weekend at home first..

I Learn that..

.. it's not easy to be a boss.
Often when we have some problems at work, it's really easy to blame the boss. For instance for being so indecisive, tending to hang any decisions (I don't know if that's the correct term?), or changing the decision. All of those actions give impact to our work, jobs that have to be done. What's the result? Our frustration.. or even worst, ignorance.

However boss is also human. I'm not a boss, but I could see now more and more how complex are sometimes the situation, topics, problems that have to be solved or decided by the boss. You really have to have broad view and good understanding of everything, every single thing. Once you miss one, then it could lead to the wrong or not the best decision. 
You have to have really good and structured way of thinking, to identify which topic belongs or relates to which other topic, which should go to which box, which has to be prioritized, etc etc.
If the team manages only one specific subject, then perhaps it's not that complex. But if it manages the chain of processes or several subjects, then you're better be ready of the complexity that will appear. 
Last, you should be able also to react fast enough. I think we should not let a topic or problem open for too long without any decision. Even a decision to stop, postpone, or not to continue anymore. It's still a decision.

*Sigh* Not easy.
I hope any bosses realize that also, and try to improve as much as possible. 
A good subordinate will always try to help them even though the boss create the frustration.
Stay positive, and let not be ignorant.

Welcoming February with ..

Late post. Better than nothing. :)

hmm.. what to write..? hmm...
Beginilah kalau sudah lama gak nulis, bingung mau nulis apa. Padahal banyak banget cerita yang bisa ditulis dan dibagi. 

Weekend kemarin terbang lagi ke negeri viking. Sudah yang kedua kalinya untuk 2013 ini. Lama-lama bener2 bisa travel light, alias bawa tas gembol doang. Well, niatnya banyak sih. Bawa buku ini itu, biar bisa nyicil baca di pesawat. Tapi ya apa daya akhirnya dipakai buat tidur aja..

Kalo keseringan travel dgn jadwal / flight yang selalu sama, kemungkinan besar bakal bertemu orang2 yg sama juga. Ternyata saya tidak sendirian hilir mudik di sini..

Sesampai di sana, diniatkanlah untuk nyobain 1 resto yg katanya enak. Demi badan yg kayak mau masuk angin dan perut yg lapar. Hasilnya ternyata tidak menyesalkan, biarpun harganya minta ampun dan harus jalan jauh muter2 dulu padahal restorannya persis ada di belakang tempat parkir.. (biasa lah, ada yg harus ngalah dan ngikutin apa kata partner dulu.. sebelum akhirnya protes karena feelingnya mengatakan arah sebaliknya. - Dalam hal peta dan arah ini kadang gue mempertanyakan kebenaran bahwa pria bisa lebih baca peta dibanding wanita -.)
Tapi kesimpulan akhirnya tetep: masakan indonesia masih lebih kuat kemana2 bumbunya.. 

Pulang2 maksain nyelesaiin online training dari kantor, tentang potable water, yg sebelumnya dah gue ambil tapi gak lulussss.. 
Kayaknya dari dulu sampe sekarang ga berubah ya, kimia itu seperti diawang2.. susah banget nempel di otak. (Barusan coba selesaiin online training tentang waste water, coba tebak. Tentu saja tidak lulus lagi..)
Untung gue ga harus kerja tiap hari di bidang itu.. bisa2 gak lulus tiap hari hehe..

Sabtu nemenin partner ke ikea, pingin ngeliat 1 furniture, keliatan gede di brochurenya, tapi ternyata kecil banget hehehe.. Keluar2 cuma dapet 1 batang buat gantung baju (eh trus pas dicoba di rumah, kurang panjang :P). 
Pas mau keluar ikea, terjadilah pembicaraan berikut:
dia: mau ke Kopenhagen atau pulang?
gue: hmm.. terserah.. mo ngapain di sana? pulang jg gpp..
dia: jadi mau pulang aja? 
gue: ya terserah.. abis mo ngapain?
dia: mau ke toko musik.. gue mesti beli dst dst dst..
gue: lha, ya udah kita ke sana lah.. (dlm hati: bingung, knp ga bilang aja dari tadi hehe)

Ngomong2 soal komunikasi, karena kita menyadari sesadar2nya bahwa kita beda (partner cowok dari planet utara, gue cewek dari planet seberang), akhirnya kita bikin kode kalo pas ngobrol mau ganti topik: another box. Abis gue suka tau2 ngomong sesuatu yg gak ada hubungannya sama sekali sama topik obrolan sebelumnya, dan partner lgs bingung (dan gak nangkep). Mayan lah menghemat satu dua kalimat buat nerangin berkali2. Bagus buat otak kita jg, biar tau it's time to change the box! hehe..

Udah dulu deh.. besok sambung lagi dgn postingan yg lebih berbobot hehe..

A "Checklist" Type

A "checklist" type of person: 
When you try to fill your agenda with things to do,
when you try to block your calendar with  works to be done,
when you have a need to accomplish something every day,
when you feel satisfied at the end of the day if you have accomplished something even small thing,
when you feel so annoyed when your plan of "to-do" has to be postponed and shifted because of other "urgent" or "unimportant" things to do (but you cannot avoid that),
when you feel so frustrated when that "to-do" is always postponed and postponed and postponed and postponed.. 
It's not important how many or much you have accomplished,
it's not important how much time you spent to work on it.
It's so annoying when you know you have to do a specific thing which is number 1 priority, but in the end you finish other unimportant things.. and you're confused how come you end up with doing those other things.

huaaa.. pusing*