Monday, June 15, 2020

SIMPLICITY IS ELEGANT, RACIST MINDSET EVERYWHERE

Today morning one of my friends sent me several iPrint newspaper (local and international). She sent me an international magazine too and I have an excitement to open that magazine. I thought most of you ever heard about that magazine and my eyes catched a very simple and elegant way how the designer of that books cover their magazine. On the first page they only wrote a simple words with a black background. I am noticing the words and what is the message they want to deliver.

I ever learn in my popular writing class before, the good writer is the person who can deliver their thought even if to un-educated person who read their article. So that, this proverbs can applied to the good graphic designer also. I thought the good graphic designer should have an ability to deliver their message based on their creation. I just feel blessed to understanding what is the point they try to say in that magazine, even I haven't read an article inside.

The big message I got from that magazine is talked about racism in US. I thought racism exist everywhere. Not only a very big country in this world. Even a racism exist in a very small village in unknown place. I ever faced that once. It was not a black and white racism. That is most like religion and race racism. Some majority people sometimes thought their race/religion/origin place/skin color is better than others. Lucky my mom always told me that we can judge people based on their character. Means, we see what they do to theirself and others. So at that time we can see they are good or bad.

Once I growth and now I saw there is no bad and good also. Everyone have their own perspective in life and they will run their life based on that. With that kind of thinking also, you will forgive somebody easily. But, even I understand that, sometimes our ego take over our actions. Sometimes we become annoying and very mean person in front of any other people eyes.

If you think about life in a very big frame, at that same moment you will feel don't care about the things. Life will be like that only. People will be like that only. All bad and good will be exist whatever we have done in our society. This is because all of us are human and have their own thinking and desires. As a human, we should more understand to be human. That's all. Because sometimes I saw peoples who told to the world that they are humans but they can't do what the human should do. They are egoist and don't have shame even to their friends. 

Saturday, June 13, 2020

LIST OF JOBS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Hi all my log readers...
Maybe you remember last time I post about my Kaizen activities target.
Believe me, it's quite bit hard to follow that one for me. At early stage I'm feeling so excited to start. But that feeling was faded slowly and left behind. Now, again I saw myself and I feel a little bit guilty because already made a bad commitment to do some KaiZen activities.

As a human, I again want to try. At least I still have hope to be better daily. ^_^

Okay. In this post I would like to share about what kind of jobs, the Civil Engineering students can get after they finished their study.

1. Work in Construction Sector
This is sure. All of Civil Engineer student can work in construction sector. You can be Employer, Engineer or Contractor in every side of Construction sector. Depend on your path, where you will go. If you joined in contractor sector, you will see the field more than Employer can see. I mean, in your daily life might be you will face several problem which it can develop yourself to be more experience in construction field. If you become Engineer, or sometimes we called as consultant group, you can learn more and sometimes you need to be advance in design. You should know more and more. There's no time for saying I don't know because consultant is like a bridge between Employer and Contractor.

2. Being Analyst at Bank
If you like to study about investment analysist in your college before, maybe you will be a good member for an analyst in the bank or some investment office. I mean you will decide how big the effect of your money to a project. This is not only construction project. You can decide which bussiness will being good based on your investment analysist and financial analysist.

3. Being Investment Analyst for Property Sector
These kind of job is almost same like being analyst at bank. Being an investment analyst for property company made you can decide which step that company need to take for gaining more profit. It is all based on the ROR or MARR you can choose.

4. Work in Manufacture Company
If you have a big interest in Project Management or Quality, maybe working in manufacture company is not a big issues for you. Work in manufacture has a little bit difference with work in project site. In manufacture, mostly you need to apply Value Engineering to increase your optimize your Life Cycle. In project, you need to solve the problem which is more not typical from one to anothers.

5. Work in Oil and Gas Company
In Oil and Gas Company, they need Civil Engineer also as their facility and maintenance people. They need structural engineer too for help them to design their platform. All of their platform need Structural Designer to making sure their operation will not failed in the middle.

6. Open your Own Bussiness
This is all people can do is, STARTING YOUR OWN BUSSINESS. Being a Civil Engineer will help you to manage everything better because you will have the good logical thinking based on the practical phase.

7. Work in Hotel
In hotel, they need Facility Engineer to making your all of building systems working well.

8. Become A Lecturer
If you are the person who likely to share to others, you can be a lecturer. You can teach the next Civil Engineer.

9. Become A Tutor for Some Skilled Courses
This is same like in point 8.

10. Work in Airport
You can work in airport as engineer. You can make schedule for the flight or do some engineer's work there.

11. Work in Marine Company
Marine company work in many port and coastal area. Of course they will need you as civil engineer for doing some marine activity like dredging, reclamation, etc.

So, there's many ways to applied your skill or knowledge in this world. All based on your wish and your path.


Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Financial Investment Analysis in Conceptual Design Kali Besar Restoration Project Based on Benchmarking Process in Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project


Abstract Research Plan

Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia which is located in the northern Java. Jakarta is divided into five sections and has a population about 10 million people. The city is the most popular in Indonesia and has the rate of growth of urbanization. The history of the city began with the small city, called Batavia or Jayakarta. The old city (Batavia) is located in the north of Jakarta as a center of Dutch Colonial in pre-independence time. In this region there is a river that has the function as center of city and transportation hub of human activity. However, because of the population growth in Jakarta and urbanization increasing of the city, this area is becoming congested and polluted.
 
The biggest problems facing Jakarta besides flooding and congestion is pollution of water bodies. From 13 rivers in Jakarta, there is no one worthy as raw water source. One of rivers that no longer have a function as a body of water and raw water provider is Kali Besar. Long times ago, this river used to be inland waterways in Jakarta. But, it change after people evolve urbanization paradigm.
 
On the other hand, the government has a plan to improve the city and reduce pollution. One of the chosen path is the restoration of Kali Besar River which is the source of the city's history. Lack of budget funds make the implementation of this project stunted and not optimal. Based on these problems, the authors find solutions to attract investors to finance construction work in that project. Investment feasibility analysis will be carried out in Kali Besar restoration project. Value of the investment feasibility analysis will be obtained by using the method Life Cycle Cost, Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR).
 
Feasibility analysis research done by applying a comparative study between Kali Besar Restoration Project (Jakarta) and Cheonggyecheon Restoration (Korea). Author choose Cheonggyecheon as benchmarking project because it has function and problem identic with Jakarta.

Special Purpose

Looking at the problem from Jakarta City and its development, this research has a spesific purpose:
a.       Knowing the investment analysis of river restoration project in Conceptual Design River Kali Besar Restoration program (with methods IRR and NPV value).
b.      Knowing Cheonggyecheon River Restoration History as a best benchmarking which applied the same project.

Importance of Research Planned

This research is very important because it gives solution in Indonesia and some other countries are experiencing the same problem (water polluted). Most developing countries are still have major problems such as environmental pollution and city planning. This research is important to provide a solution and settlement overview of the urban planning activities, like a restoration project. River restoration can provide flood protection function (Hwang K. Y., 2004) and measuring the rate of water flow (Park, 2007). River restoration aims to improve the quality and function of rivers and to restore the to support healty and thriving ecosystems. Improved landscapes and views of waterways can increase property values by between 6-8% (TCPA, 2005). Life Cycle Cost Analysis is the important thing to develop investment feasibility to build this project in Indonesia.

KABUR


... hidup memang tidak seperti hidup
Aku memang bukanlah aku
Camar-camar yang terbang tidak lagi hendak akan hinggap
Karena musim hijrah sejatinya tak pernah beku
Angan-angan pengharapan memang saling menatap dan terungkap
Percayalah kawan, mimpi itu semuanya semu...
(Malam Bersama Angan –Yelna Yuristiary, 2013)

Kakiku masih menekuri tanah kering yang sedikit retak karena tengah dilanda kemarau. Balai bambu yang kududuki kelihatan sudah tua dan rusak di bagian atapnya. Bagi anak-anak seumuranku, balai bambu ini sangat cocok dijadikan tempat tidur siang, tentunya dengan tambahan sebuah bantal di sisi kepalanya. Namun tidak bagi orang dewasa. Kaki mereka tentu tidak akan cukup sehingga mungkin nanti akan menjuntai di salah satu ujung balai-balai ini.
Tepat di bagian atas balai yang ditutupi daun rumbia kering berwarna cokelat tua, terlihat seekor nyamuk yang terperangkap bingung. Hendak terbang keluar dan melepaskan dari atap balai yang mengerucut ke atas, tetapi sepertinya nyamuk ini kehilangan arah. Ia hanya berputar-putar dan terkadang seperti menabrak atap rumbia yang sudah bolong-bolong di beberapa sisinya itu. Sinar matahari yang terik memasuki lubang-lubang itu dan membentuk garis lurus hingga menimpa beberapa bagian bawah balai. Tidak panas, pikirku. Aku merasa sedikit melayang-layang tertiup angin sepoi yang berhembus menyelinap ke bagian bawah atap balai. Mamak yang tadinya tengah membersihkan ikan yang baru saja ditangkap Bapak sudah masuk ke rumah. Bau amis masih tertinggal di halaman. Poni, si kucing belang kesayanganku terlihat bahagia dengan jatah insangnya di siang itu. Aku memejamkan mata, menikmati angin, menikmati bau amis ikan, menikmati wangi putik jambu yang terkadang serbuknya terbang dibawa angin.
Seketika, mobil jeep hitam menerobos halaman barak kami. Deru mesinnya mengaum sebelum tiba-tiba mati dan meninggalkan kepulan debu di jalan pasir yang ia lewati. Dari dalam mobil keluarlah tiga orang pria lengkap dengan rompi hitam yang bertuliskan ANT. Ant? Semut? Tidak mungkin pikirku. Bergegas pria-pria ini menghampiriku yang tengah beristirahat di balai.
“Mana Bapak?” tanya pria pertama yang memiliki perawakan sedikit lebih tinggi dibanding dengan kawan-kawannya.
“Om siapa?” aku kembali bertanya.
“Sudah. Jawab saja. Mana bapakmu,” serang pria kedua yang badannya gempal seraya mengeluarkan pisau lipat dari dalam saku celananya.
Mendadak nyaliku ciut. “Di dalam,” kujawab sekadarnya.
Setelah kujawab pertanyaan itu, kedua pria tadi pun segera bergegas masuk. Tidak sopan, pikirku. Tidak ada berucap salam, apalagi mengetuk pintu. Sedangkan aku ditemani oleh pria ketiga yang wajahnya paling tampan di antara dua teman-temannya. Hanya saja ia tak cukup manis karena malah menyorongkan pisau lipatnya di punggungku. Dingin. Akupun kaku karenanya.
Tidak lama berselang, terdengar suara gaduh di dalam barak kami. Tapi anehnya tidak ada suara Mamak dan Bapak. Entah kemana mereka, pikirku. Pintu sederhana barak yang berwarna putih itupun aku pandangi sambil tetap duduk kaku bersama si pria nomor tiga ini. Terdengar juga pecahan kaca di dalam barak. Entah kaca apa. Kaca piring, kaca lemari, cermin atau apalah. Yang pasti bukan kaca mobil. Ya... Kami tidak memiliki mobil. Satu-satunya kendaraan yang selalu digunakan Bapak adalah sepeda ontel tua dengan stang yang sudah karatan yang teronggok di sudut halaman barak.
Tak lama setelah bunyi pecahan kaca itu, kedua pria tadipun keluar dengan muka yang kusut. Kecewa dan merasa dipermainkan. Setidaknya ekspresi itu yang aku tangkap dari raut dan gerak gerik mereka.
“Nggak ada?” tanya si pria nomor tiga.
“Sialan. Dia kabur. Jual aja anaknya,” jawab si pria nomor satu.
Bergegas pria nomor dua dan tiga memboyongku ke jeep mereka. Mulutku dibekap. Aku meronta hebat. Kedua tanganku diikat di depan. Lima menit meronta, akhirnya aku merasa kelelahan. Diam. Menuruti semua perkataan mereka. Masuk ke mobil. Duduk di jok paling belakang bersama lelaki nomor tiga. Lelaki yang paling tampan.
Mobil melesat pergi meninggalkan barak kami. Tidak ada satupun tetangga yang sekadar melongok siapa yang baru saja datang dan pergi. Apalagi keluar rumah. Mungkin mereka sedang tidur siang, pikirku.
Pohon-pohon ketapang di sepanjang sisi jalan dahannya meliuk-liuk dihembus angin segar. Daunnya berdebu, kotor. Mobil jeep yang kami tumpangi naik turun karena adanya beberapa bagian jalan yang berlubang. Sepanjang jalan juga masih lengang. Hanya ada mas-mas penjual sayur di pertigaan depan yang sibuk mengemasi barang dagangannya. Sepertinya ia juga tidak peduli dengan mobil jeep yang sebentar lagi akan melewatinya.
Selangkah lagi menuju gerbang keluar asrama, mobil kami akan berhenti di pos jaga. Sebelumnya lelaki nomor tiga menutupiku dengan selimut kumal yang bau. Dia bilang aku harus diam. Perintahnya kali ini disertai ancaman dengan pisau lipat yang mengkilat ditimpa cahaya matahari. Aku pun hanya diam di dalam selimut bau. Mobil menurunkan kecepatannya perlahan. Si sopir yang juga merupakan lelaki pertama menyapa si satpam di pos jaga. Ada sedikit tawa sepertinya antara mereka berdua.
Mobil kembali melaju kencang seperti kereta api tanpa rem yang akan melindas apa saja yang mencoba menghalanginya. Jalanan berlubang pun tidak lagi dipedulikan. Aku masih berada di dalam selimut bau. Kepalaku pegal karena tertekuk. Aku menggeram, memberi tanda bahwa aku lelah. Si lelaki nomor tiga menarik selimut itu. Tersenyum, manis. Aku tak habis pikir, mengapa lelaki setampan ini malah menjadi penjahat, si penculik anak.
Lewat kaca mobil yang buram dan berbaret halus, aku menerawang ke luar. Tempatnya sudah berbeda, pikirku. Tidak ada lagi pohon ketapang, kedai kopi sekitaran asrama ataupun sekolahku. Tempat ini sepertinya lebih jauh dari tempat-tempat yang pernah aku kunjungi sebelumnya. Tidak ada juga rumah-rumah di sepanjang jalan. Yang ada hanya perkebunan sawit yang gersang. Satu dua pohon tengah berbuah. Ada juga beberapa tandan sawit yang telah siap dipanen sepertinya. Aku kembali melihat ke depan. Jalanan juga sepi. Di kejauhan terlihat sepasang suami istri yang sepertinya baru pulang dari berkebun.
Mobil jeep belok kanan, menuruni jalan tanah yang tidak beraspal. Di belakangnya mengepul debu yang niscaya memicingkan mata siapa saja yang berusaha membuntutinya. Sekitar 200 meter dari persimpangan jalan tanah tadi, akhirnya kami berhenti di sebuah pondok kecil. Pondok ini terbuat dari anyaman bambu yang cukup rapi. Atapnya ditutupi daun rumbia, sama seperti balai-balai di depan barak, pikirku. Di sekeliling pondok terdapat sebuah kandang ayam yang cukup besar dan kamar mandi darurat. Ayam-ayam mereka juga tergolong unik. Sepertinya ayam kalkun, cirinya sama dengan yang pernah aku pelajari sewaktu di kelas Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam kemarin. Pria nomor satu pun mulai meloncat keluar. Mengetok pintu kayu yang reyot. Tidak lama, menyembullah kepala seorang wanita paruh baya. Ia mengenakan kebaya hijau dan kain pinggang bercorak batik. Tradisional sekali, pikirku. Mereka sepertinya terlibat pembicaraan serius. Sesekali si wanita mengangguk. Entah mengerti atau tidak dengan pembicaraan si pria nomor satu. Bersamaan dengan itu, akupun dikeluarkan dari jeep pengap ini. Ahh... Leganya. Namun aku masih sadar, aku diculik sekarang. Tapi aku tidak lagi meronta. Mencoba menjadi anak baik dan akan kabur jika nanti ada kesempatan, pikirku.
Cuaca sudah mulai gelap membayang. Sinar matahari yang tadi menembus sela dedaunan mulai samar. Langitpun mulai berwarna jingga. Pembicaraan pria pertama dan si wanita dilanjutkan di dalam pondok. Kami dipersilahkan masuk. Hingga larut malam mereka masih asyik berbicara. Kali ini peserta diskusinya ditambah dengan pria nomor dua. Sedangkan pria nomor tiga masih menemaniku di sudut ruangan. Masih mengancam dengan pisau lipat yang tidak begitu menakutkan di malam hari. Mungkin karena cahaya yang menimpanya tidak sebanyak di waktu siang. Aku masih gelisah. Ingin pulang, bertemu mamak dan bapak. Meskipun mereka sudah menghilang dari barak kami tadi siang. Masih saja aku ingin pulang dan mengadukan kejahatan ini ke tetangga-tetangga kami, meskipun tidak semuanya mengenalku.
Aku menggeram, menandakan ingin berkata sesuatu. Si pria nomor tiga akhirnya membukakan plester yang dari tadi siang menutup mulutku.
“Om, saya mau pipis,” laporku seperti seorang anak TK yang baik-baik.
Sekilas pria nomor tiga meminta persetujuan dari kedua rekannya. Si pimpinan komplotan, pria nomor satu mengangguk. Tidak terlalu memerhatikan.
Akhirnya aku dan pria nomor tiga pun keluar dari pondok. Cuaca di tengah kebun karet ini sangat gelap. Satu-satunya cahaya temaram yang ada hanyalah lampu kecil yang tergantung di depan pondok sebagai penerangan halaman sekitar. WC yang kumaksud tidak cukup jauh. Si pria nomor tiga mengantarkanku sampai di ambang pintu WC. Aku masuk. Sebelumnya aku bilang juga kalau aku hendak buang air besar juga.
WC ini sangat darurat, pikirku. Bagian dindingnya yang terbuat dari anyaman bambu sudah rapuh. Keran air aku hidupkan. Sebenarnya aku tidak begitu ingin pipis. Kupandangi setiap sudut WC. Ada satu lubang besar yang ada di bagian atas dinding. Tepat membelakangi pintu yang dijaga oleh pria nomor tiga tadi, pikirku. Aku harus memanjat ke situ. Kususun ember dengan posisi terbalik. Tanganku meraih tepi lubang. Dengan segenap tenaga kunaikkan badanku. Tidak terlalu tinggi, aku sampirkan kaki di bagian kanan lubang sehingga kini posisi badanku setengahnya sudah berada di luar. Suara keran masih berisik. Sebelum melompat keluar aku sempat berteriak sebentar,
“Om, tunggu ya. Sebentar lagi.”
“Iya,” jawab orang di seberang sana.
Hati-hati aku melompat ke sebelah dinding. Di tengah gelap aku mencoba berjalan menjauhi WC dan pondok. Terus melangkah menuruni jalan setapak berjenjang hingga tiba di tengah kebun yang lapang. Di situ tidak ada pohon sawit. Hanya ada beberapa pohon kapuk di pinggirnya dan rumput yang beberapa tumbuh setinggi pinggangku. Menyeramkan, pikirku. Namun aku harus pulang. Jauh di seberang lapangan ada pondok kecil juga. Sepertinya tidak ada penghuninya, pikirku. Di belakangku suara orang berteriak-teriak. Suara pria nomor tiga dan dua rekannya. Cahaya senter mereka terlihat seperti kunang-kunang yang terbang kesana-kemari.
Kupercepat langkahku. Terkadang kakiku juga tersangkut tanaman puteri malu yang berduri. Tertusuk duri, sedikit sakit. Tak apalah. Yang penting aku bisa lari dari komplotan orang jahat ini. Aku menuju pondok gelap itu. Pondok yang berbentuk rumah panggung ini sudah cukup reyot. Sepertinya sudah lama ditinggalkan pemiliknya. Di bagian dinding juga telah dililit batang tanaman merambat. Atapnya juga dipenuhi sampah dedaunan yang jatuh dari pohon-pohon di sekelilingnya. Tangga menuju terasnya juga sepertinya tidak lagi dapat dinaiki oleh orang dewasa. Baguslah. Setidaknya aku dapat bersembunyi di balik pondok ini.
Aku melangkah, menuju bagian belakang pondok. Ada satu triplek lebar di belakangnya. Sudah uzur sama seperti pondok ini. Tidak jauh di belakangku kudengar si penjahat-penjahat tadi masih mencariku.
“Kemana dia?” teriak satu diantara mereka.
“Mungkin kesana,” jawab yang satunya lagi.
Sedangkan aku masih menyelip diantara dinding pondok dan triplek tua yang ada. Seketika karena saking takutnya aku ingin pipis. Tak banyak berpikir, aku akan pipis di sini saja. Di tempat persembunyianku. Pipis di celana saja, pikirku.
Sambil jongkok aku pipis di celana. Hangat. Namun aku sedikit heran, kenapa hangatnya menjalari hingga kedua betisku. Padahal aku sedang jongkok saat ini. Tiba-tiba kakiku ditarik salah satu penjahat ini.
“HEI KAMU!!!” aku terkejut.
Sesaat aku sadar, aku bermimpi. Kubuka mata segera. Cahaya terang membuatku silau. Mamak sudah berada di depanku dengan muka yang masam. Apalagi kalau bukan karena aku kencing di celana. Aku hanya tertawa konyol.
“Bangun. Bersihkan itu dengan itu,” ucap Mamak seraya menunjuk air kencing dan air ember yang ada di teras barak kami.
Secepat kilat aku duduk dan mulai menuruti apa perintah Mamak. Di dalam hati aku sangat senang. Aku tidak diculik.

TITIPAN HUJAN (pernah terbit di Harian Riau Pos)


Jalanan kota bertuah ini masih becek karena hujan semalam. Kemarin sore, Pak Junaidi menyuruhku untuk mengantarkan proposal ini ke tempat salah satu kenalan lamanya yang kini tengah mengurusi perusahaan karet. Ia membekaliku dengan upah Rp100.000, itu semua tidak termasuk uang konsumsi dan transport.
Memang, usaha yang dibuka Pak Junaidi tidak dapat dikatakan usaha besar. Namun, jika ditinjau dari peluang ke depan, usaha yang digelutinya cukup menjanjikan. Sebenarnya aku bukanlah anak buah Pak Junaidi. Saat itu aku tak sengaja bertemu dengannya di salah satu rumah makan tempat aku bekerja sebagai pelayan. Sejak saat itu ia sering mempekerjakan aku di luar jam kerja.
Tepat di samping salah satu travel yang berwarna biru, aku berhenti sejenak. Memperhatikan kalau-kalau masih ada lowongan kosong untukku. Namun, belum sempat aku bertanya, si supir langsung saja melarikan mobilnya. Aku pun hanya terdiam melihat mobil itu dengan tatapan kosong. Hmm…
Tak jauh dariku ada sebuah travel lagi yang pintunya masih terbuka. Sepertinya masih ada lowongan untukku. Sambil bergegas menuju pintu travel itu, aku perhatikan nomor polisi kendaraan itu. Cukup unik BM 8956 FU. Aku pun naik dan memilih duduk di dekat pintu. Karena, menurut pengalaman, aku akan selalu muntah jika bepergian jauh.
Aku pun duduk dengan tenang sembari menunggu penumpang yang lain. Karena, sopir travel ini segera tancap gas jikalau penumpang memenuhi travel ini. Dari jendela aku dapat menghirup udara segar yang dapat menahan aku agar tidak pusing selama dalam perjalanan. Di sebelahku ada seorang pemuda yang sepertinya sedang serius dengan ponselnya. Aku mengamatinya lekat-lekat.
“Eeheemm…,” aku berdehem untuk mengalihkan perhatiannya.
Pemuda itu menoleh dan tersenyum simpul kepadaku. Ia sesaat menilik pakaianku, kemudian sibuk kembali dengan ponselnya. “Abang mau ke mana,?” tanyaku.
“Nggak ada. Jumpa teman,” sahutnya. Aku tersenyum saat melihat gerak-geriknya yang sepertinya sedang dilanda kasmaran.
“Teman apa teman?,” godaku kepadanya.
“Hehehe… Nggaklah, bang. Emang abang mau ke mana?,” tanyanya berbalik kepadaku.
“O… Ini. mengantar proposal,” sahutku sambil tersenyum.
“Memang abang mau ketemu sama teman lamanya, ya?,” tanyaku kembali.
“Nggak sih, bang. Kami udah lama kenalan lewat internet. Dan sekarang kami janjian mau ketemu. Katanya dia nanti menunggu di restoran ToraTori.”
“Oh… Kalau boleh tau, temannya cewek atau cowok?,” tanyaku kembali.
“Ehm,,, cewek bang…”
Aku tersenyum mendengarnya. Aku pernah merasakan apa yang ia rasakan saat ini. Saat itu aku berumur 18 tahun dan berjanji dengan seorang siswi yang sekolahnya bersebelahan dengan sekolahku. Memang, masa-masa sekolah adalah masa yang paling indah. Hingga saat ini aku masih mengenangnya.
“Abang mau ngantar proposal ke mana?,” tanya pemuda itu.
“Hmm… Saya kebetulan disuruh bos saya ke kantor temannya di daerah Bangkinang”.
Tak terasa travel ini telah penuh dengan penumpang. Dan sepertinya supirnya telah bersiap-siap untuk berangkat.
Selang beberapa detik, semua pintu telah ditutup dan si supir hendak memasuki travelnya. Namun, dari depan travel tampak seorang ibu tua yang memanggil sopir travel ini. Si supir pun turun dari tempatnya dan menghampiri ibu yang tengah sarat membawa kantung belanjaan yang cukup banyak jumlahnya. Dari kaca travel yang bening aku dapat melihat keduanya berbicara sangat serius.
Kadangkala ibu tua ini melihat ke arah travel dan sepertinya memaksa si supir untuk melakukan sesuatu. Sekitar lima menit lamanya si sopir dan ibu tua ini merundingkan sesuatu. Kemudian, mereka berdua berjalan ke arah travel bersamaan. Kemudian si sopir membuka pintu yang tepat berada di sebelahku.
“Maaf, Pak. Bisa turun. Soalnya ibu ini ada kepentingan yang harus berangkat cepat,” si supir berkata kepadaku.
“Lho… Kok saya yang turun?,”tanyaku.
“Ya, Pak. Siapa lagi? Tolonglah, Pak. Ibu ini harus cepat sampai ke rumah. Anak-anaknya masih kecil-kecil, Pak,” si supir masih membujukku.
Mendengar alasan yang satu ini aku tak mampu bicara lagi. Bagaimanapun aku dapat merasakan apa yang ibu ini rasakan saat ini. Sama seperti perasaan ibuku ketika aku masih kecil mungkin. Hmm… Lagi-lagi aku kembali ke masa lalu. Saat dimana aku merasa tenang berada dalam pelukan hangat ibu. Saat itu aku tak mempedulikan apa yang harus aku kerjakan untuk menyambung hidup. Tak seperti sekarang. Sebenarnya aku masih ingin melanjutkan sekolah sampai ke perguruan tinggi. Namun, kini ibu telah tiada dan begitu juga dengan ayah
Aku segera turun dari travel. Walaupun sedikit kecewa karena tak dapat berbincang lagi dengan pemuda di sebelahku tadi. Sebenarnya aku penasaran tentang siapa gadis yang hendak ia temui. Aku menoleh ke belakang sesaat dan disana tampak travel-travel lain yang sedang menunggu penumpangnya. Aku bergegas dan naik ke travel itu. Tak butuh waktu lama untuk menunggu travel penuh karena aku adalah dua penumpang terakhir yang masuk. Dan, travel ini mulai melaju di Jalan Raya Pekanbaru-Bangkinang. Di sebelahku duduk seorang mahasiswi yang sepertinya baru saja pulang dari kuliahnya. Segan rasanya mengajak ia berbicara. Ada baiknya aku diam saja.
Hamparan sawah dan ladang-ladang memenuhi sisi jalan ini. Apalagi saat kami sampai di daerah Kualu Nenas. Tampak banyak para pedagang yang menjajakan keripik nenas dan buah nenas segarnya. Mereka senantiasa menjual buah-buah nenas ini dengan harga yang relatif murah. Dari nenas kemudian pemandangan alam berpindah ke ladang-ladang karet milik masyarakat. Travel terus melaju di jalanan yang basah. Sepertinya baru saja hujan mengguyur daerah yang kulewati ini. Dari tempat duduk aku dapat melihat kaca depan mobil ini. Sepertinya perjalananku masih jauh.
Duapuluh menit kini, aku dilanda rasa bosan. Aku tak lagi nyaman menikmati perjalanan ini. Punggungku terasa sakit karena terlalu banyak duduk. Dari dalam tas cangklong lusuh yang tengah aku sandang, aku mengambil sebuah buku catatan kecil. Didalamnya ada terselip bolpoin biru.
Aku mencatat semua apa yang kurasakan. Orang-orang kebanyakan bilang bahwa saat ini aku sedang menulis puisi. Namun, aku sama sekali tak pernah berpikiran seperti itu. Aku sama sekali tak berpikiran untuk menjadi sastrawan atau apalah. Saat ini aku hanya menyalurkan apa yang ada di pikiranku. Tiba-tiba…
Travel yang kutumpangi berhenti. Sebelum melihat keadaan sekitar kumasukkan catatan kecil dan bolpoin itu ke dalam tas cangklongku tadi. Sesaat kulihat bagian depan kaca mobil travel ini. Tepat diarah jam sebelas, ada sebuah mobil yang reyot di bagian sampingnya. Sepertinya mobil ini baru saja mengalami kecelakaan. Supir travel yang kutumpangi langsung turun tanpa memperdulikan kami. Sepertinya ia ingin tahu apa yang terjadi. Dari dalam mobil, kuamati lekat-lekat mobil yang naas itu.
Sepertinya aku mengenalnya. Tapi, kapan? Tak sengaja mataku terpaku pada nomor polisi kendaraan itu BM 8956 FU… Hah… Sesaat aku terperanjat. Mobil itu berwarna putih dengan garis biru di pintunya. Bukankah itu mobil yang nyaris aku tumpangi? Dan saat ini posisi aku tergantikan oleh ibu tua tadi. Ya Tuhan… Ingin rasanya aku sujud syukur. Namun, mengenang kejadian yang baru saja terjadi, aku juga dilanda nelangsa. Bagaimana keadaan anak-anak ibu tua itu? Bukankah mereka masih kecil-kecil? Dan, bagaimana dengan teman si pemuda tadi yang sedang menunggunya di restoran Tora Tori ?
Aku termenung sesaat hingga supir travel yang kutumpangi kembali masuk seraya berkata, “Semua penumpang dan supirnya meninggal. Aku kembali terperanjat. Malang benar nasib mereka. Apalagi sebelum kejadian itu aku sempat menggantikan posisiku dengan ibu tua tadi. Dan, aku juga sempat bercerita dengan salah seorang penumpangnya.
Kembali travel yang kutumpangi melesat cepat dan tak lama setelah itu aku telah sampai tepat di depan kantor temannya Pak Junaidi. Aku langsung masuk dan tak butuh waktu lama untuk menyerahkan proposal ini. Seusai dari kantor temannya Pak Junaidi, aku melangkah keluar dan seketika terbaca olehku “Restoran ToraTori”. Hmm… Aku teringat pemuda malang yang baru saja kutemui.
Aku melangkah masuk dan mengamati sekeliling. Di ruangan ini hanya ada tiga orang. Seorang pemuda dan gadisnya ada di salah satu meja. Dan di salah satu meja tampak seorang gadis belia yang sepertinya sedang menunggu seseorang. Langsung kuhampiri gadis itu dan berkata,“Kamu menunggu siapa?”
“Hah……’’
Gadis itu hanya terdiam sesaat dan kemudian berkata, “Aku menunggu teman dari Pangkalan Kerinci. Sekarang dia dalam perjalanan ke sini dari Pekanbaru”, sahut gadis belia itu. Aku mengangguk perlahan dan kemudian berkata ‘’ Apa kau sebelumnya belum pernah bertemu dengannya?”
“Hah… Belum”, jawab gadis itu heran.
“Kalau saya boleh menyarankan, lebih baik kamu sekarang pulang dan mendoakan agar pemuda yang kamu tunggu-tunggu itu.”
“Memang, kamu siapa?”, tanya gadis itu penuh selidik.
“Aku bukan siapa-siapa. Namun, percuma kamu menunggu pemuda itu. Dia sudah tidak ada lagi di dunia ini. Baru saja travel yang ditumpanginya kecelakaan dan semua penumpang serta supirnya meninggal dunia”, sahutku.
Seketika hening menyelimuti restoran ini. Dan tak terduga, si gadis belia meneteskan air mata dan membasahi pipinya yang pucat pasi mendengar berita dariku. Mungkin berita itu titipan dari hujan yang sejak kemarin mengguyur kota bertuah ini.


Tuesday, May 26, 2020

KAIZEN, SMALL STEPS TO BECOME BETTER IN LIFE

Sometimes we think we need to do a very big steps to have an extra-ordinary succesful life.
But in some steps, we will stuck on laziness and it will bring us to the deep  stagnan life.

Do you ever hear about KaiZen?
Yep...
This is kind of a good knowledge Japanese bring to the world and these KaiZen approach lead some multi-national company to their successful stories.
Today I was listening a podcast regarding this and it made me realize that KaiZen is really important for our life.
In KaiZen, we can do something which is better for our life continously.
No need to do that for long time on the beginning. Just took couple of minutes on your life for doing good things daily, with the same time and same periods, it will gave you a huge impact on your life.

Okay.
Let me explain it to you.
For example if you're a lazy people who don't like to do exercise, you can start to do a very small exercises daily, like 5 minutes every day in the morning after you woke up. Do it everyday without any distraction and you'll feel something different happens on your life.
You'll feel better day by day and there's a possibility you'll increase your exercises time you have.

These kind of KaiZen can apply to whole of side of our life. For being more healthy, smart, clean, and for girls, to being more beautiful we need to apply KaiZen methods.
Of course cleaning our face every nights after whole day make up, cleaning it, apply toner, serum, vitamin and night cream will gave a huge impacts for our fair skin.

For boys, these KaiZen methods also help us to being more smart and bold as a guy. Reading books/ articles daily can makes us be more wise. In other side, these kind of things will increase our skills and knowledge too.

So, after I realize about these methods, from now on I tried to make my KaiZen Goals. Now I only have 5 KaiZen Goals :
1. I want to do exercises after woke up in the morning every day. 5 minutes daily.
2. Before lunch time, I will do small exercises again 5 minutes daily.
3. Every day I'll spend 15 minutes for learning new languange. Nowadays I learn Japanese and re-call my French ability.
4. At night time I'll spend 1 hour for reading any books or any articles.
5. Every day I'll spend 1/2 hour for writing my blogs or writing my nouvel/poems. Anything I want to write.

So, this is my KaiZen Goals, soon maybe it will increase. ^_^

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Wise in Choose The Appropriate Dredging Contract

This article is a resumed from "Managing Risks : How to Select the Appropriate Dredging Contract" a paper has been prepared by the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) Working Group on Effective Contract Type Selection (WGECS), TERRA ET AQUA

So, I'll make a simple resume for you to more understand how to be wise in choosing the appropriate dredging contract.

There are 6 main steps in choosing a dredging contract :

Step 1. Project Basis (Scope/Owner Requirements)
At this step, first we need to considered type of our dredging. Is that a maintenance dredging, capital dredging, land reclamation, coastal protection or offshore/seabed dredging. 
After we know it, we can prepare the dredging elements like doing preliminary studies which include surveys (multibeam, hydrographic, soil, environmental, UXO - Unexploded Ordnance, underwater installation/infrastructure, archaeological, morphological. Then we can start to prepare design, engineering, permits and financing design.
Then on the third step of project basis we can prepare the execution elements such as contract management requirements; monitoring; inspections; surveys; and research internally.

Step 2. Packaging of Work
In this step we can make WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) for our project. We can see what type of dredging we need, the available capacity or expertise; elements of projects and how we bundle outsourced elements. In some area, due to lack of material, we need to double think about how to manage our equipments and materials. We need to thinking more about the risk which we will face if we outsourced some elements.

Step 3. Risk/Opportunity Analysis
After we understand enough about what we do and what we need, we can start to analyze the risk. Nowadays, some company already used ANN (Artificial Neural Networks) for analyze the risk of their project.
In general, we can do risk and market analysis for our project. Considering technicala, legal, financial, geographical, spatial and safety elements is one of important things we can do. We need to know client knowledge/expertise level and know who is best suited to manage the various types of dredging and other aspects of risks. We can accept or avoid the risk. When we avoid, at that time we invite the insurance for accept our risks. Surely, the decisions will taken based on some deep analysis. At this stage also we need to know when or how to involve contractors.

Step 4. Contract type selection
At this step we need to know well the type of contracts according the risk and analysis we got from step 3. At the bottom table, there's some characteristics, responsibility allocation and boundary conditions for several contracts.


Step 5. Procurement Method
At this step, we start to prepare and evaluate design; awarding on price/quality (value for money). On this stage, the output of a value engineer is important. Because they will choose which method based on the comparison between value and cost. On this procurement method we will decide contract management and tender procedure. A good market analysis, including an estimation of the equilibrium of demand (for services) and supply (of providers), is very useful in procurement.
At this stage, we need to legally required to follow public procurement procedure, private tendering procedure. After following both of that procedure, we will get results : a contract with or without prequalification, competitive dialogue, BAFO/ Best and Final Offer, Negotiation. After that only we reach the next level is Contract Award. In some cases, there's no negotiation so that we can reach Direct Contract Award.

Step 6. Procurement process leading to contract award
After we reached the Contract Award, then the next things to do are:
- Relying on quality management and certificates of the contractor;
- Monitoring systems or mankind control of amounts or constructions;
- Independet inspection to be hired.

Here I attached the flowchart of this 6 steps.

In general, there's 5 key aspects we can consider while we choose the dredging contracts. That 5 keys aspect are:

1. Project Scope

2. Physical/environmental site conditions

3. Risk Allocation/liabilities

4. Owner's control/contractor's flexibility

5. Time&Schedule

6. Price and valuation


Okay, hope this resume can help you!!! :) 


Saturday, April 25, 2020

TRYING TO BE PRODUCTIVE IN THIS COVID19 TIME

Hi everybody...
All of my blog viewers and everyone who luckily get inside this blog.

Welcome for you...

I think everybody knows about COVID19 who changed many things in this world nowadays.
These COVID19 also changes so many peoples goals in their life.
For some, these COVID19 cure them. For anothers, these COVID19 killing them.

Anyhow, these is the life. And show must go on is not make any sense in this COVID situation.
Everything stucks on some levels, and many people lost their jobs, their families, and their life also.

For me, I'm trying to be productive even I am not busy as before.
Many people start WFH a.k.a. Work From Home and try to more productive.
But I saw some funny video always in TikTok every night and some of them doing the weird things.
I guess, that is their ideas to be productive maybe.

I used to see many criminals news spread out due to this COVID19.
Government locked down the city. Some poor and middle income people being more poor and they don't have any choice for strike anothers for get their own food.
Beggars everywhere, pick pockets, thief, killers and many more.

But still, this is the world.
In this time we can see the real human being also.
If we see closely, most of the human is a selfish package of creations.

Okay, now forget about the SELFISH things.

For me, I'm trying being productive in this time by :
1. Re-check all of my work documents
First step I do to being more productive is to re-check again all of my works and some documents in my computer. I'll delete the double documents, checking foldering and many more.

2. Making YouTube Video for My YouTube Channel
I made more videos nowadays for my YouTube Channel YYY Channel. Inside this Channel you can found many things and I assure you will be more get knowledge after SUBSCRIBE it. Lol...

3. Making New Account on Behance.net
I don't know this account will be long last or not. As my blog on blogspot and YouTube, I'm kinda dynamic person who do like to do an creative things in my life. So, I made Behance.net account so that I can post some of my graphic design I ever made. So maybe it will remembering me with what I did in my past.


Hahaha...
So, this is all.
See you in the next info from me, Yelna Yuristiary.

Saturday, February 15, 2020

CANDY PRINCE



Once upon a time, there’s a poor family with their wonderful daughter. This family living in a small hut inside the forest. Their daughter named is Syahlah. Syahlah’s father works in the forest to make a piece of equipment to catch the birds and Syahlah’s mother used to help him for farming and collect some gemstone from the cave. Syahlah grows as a curious girl who does like asking anything to their parents. And her parents are very supportive people in the world. They used to teach Syahlah about anything they know. They teach Syahlah about how to living in the forest, how to hunt, how to get a rubber, how to make a  hut, how to cook, how to get over from the sickness, how to heal herself even there’s nobody surrounding her. They teach Syahlah mostly everything.
Sometimes, Syahlah’s father buys a book for her when he visiting the city. He used to get a second-hand book which is not so popular by people. At that time, most people like to entertain themselves by reading a comic, novel or storybook. They don’t like science book and some history books. They think that the book is difficult to read and a little bit heavy for their brain. They just read a book which makes them enjoy while reading.
Syahlah and father used to go to the second-hand book store and she will stay over there while her father selling the gemstone or some equipment to catch the birds. In Syahlah place, there are so many birds and people like eating birds. They said birds have more protein and taste better. They used to put a bird catcher in their garden or on top of their home and the next day there’s some small birds inside.
People in this city are so addicted in gemstone too. Their favorite is aquamarine gemstone because they believe it can bring them to the prosperous life. Many fortune teller hiding in this city and told a story to some people about some of gemstone. And most people in this city believe in that.
Syahlah grow day by day far from any cheap gossip from the city. She doesn’t have any friends except her parents. She used to be alone every day but she is happy with that. She found herself and feel enjoy do anything by herself. Sometimes she will talk to her mom about anything she found. They used to share their story each other every day and from what her mother see, they decide to send Syahlah to a kingdom.
Two days ago they know a King open an opportunity to everybody for becoming a teacher for palace district. This people will filtered by an exam and whoever choosed to be teacher will be stay in palace and have a duty for teaching everyone in palace. Syahlah’s mother know her daughter love to share her ideas and addicted in knowledge. She believe in palace there’s a huge library and sure Syahlah will be happy every day surrounding the books. She is a dreamer and she needs more knowledge to built her dream big and bigger.
After all, Syahlah joins that exam and as we guess, she is in. She becomes a teacher in palace and stay in palace area. She stays close to library and a big room for practicing the knowledge. We called it as laboratory now.
Day by day Syahlah become a very good teacher in the palace. She already read all of the books in the library and the end of the time, she asked to the king, if there’s any other books remaining in the palace.
“Your Majesty, I have read all the books inside palace’s library. I just curious if there’s any other books in this palace. As I know this kingdom is very big and I believe we have another knowledge we should know and I should teach to our people”
The King saw the sky a little time, see his Queen who is busy with her own thinking about the flowers she has and then he said,
“Our ancestor have a library deep under one of this palace building. If you know where is that building, you can go there and read whatever you want”
Syahlah thinking hard about that statement. She think how can the King doesn’t easily let her go there. Why she should found another people’s ancestor legacy hint. But because of she is a curious girl, she tried to find it and finally she found it was under the Queen’s glass house building. After she told that to the King, King looks like so confuse.
In another side he know that the Queen will be so angry if she know people will demolished her garden to find the old library room. But in another side, King want his son, which is Prince Siru become a great King in future which is will affected by the lessons he get from his teacher. As a wise King, then they decide to demolished Queen garden for knowledge’s sacrifice.
In this Kingdom, the most wise person is King. Nobody can replace him as a wise-man. But unlucky his Queen is not so wise like him. His Queen only think about gold, flower, wonderful dress, or another artificial things. And how about their son, Prince Siru? These Price is a combination between 2 people. In other side, Prince Siru is a kind boy. But in another side he is an unstable person. He likes candy too much even candy is not good for his health. But in other side, he used to following whatever his father told to him. Even sometimes he forgot it after found his happiness.
After 1 week demolished Queen’s garden, King replaced it with a new beautiful garden full of beautiful flower and a big water pond. People can see the flower from inside the small boat from the water. King made a very beautiful garden with the help from Syahlah as designer of the garden.
One month after, Syahlah already finished with her garden project and return to her old library. She is so happy to find a huge library with old sculptures inside the King’s ancestor room. She found so many new point of view of the world. And one thing which attract her attention is a space and time book. That is a huge book with so many practicing about space and time research. And in the middle of the book, Syahlah found that they can become an unbreakable kingdom if they can see the future.
The next day, Syahlah come back to King palace and told about her discovery. She told everything to the King and King told her to make the equipment for empower his kingdom soon. Syahlah invite her parents and some of teachers to help her to finish that equipment. She need her parents to share her point of view every day and giving her inspiration. She knows that her mother is a good listener for her and her father is a good support system for her mother. So she needs both of them.
Day by day, month by month until year by years, finally they can finish that project. And for launching they send a maid to the future and he returns back as he is inside that tools. He told everything what he saw in future and he is recommend that tools work so easily and make him see another point of view of the world.
At that time, Prince already being 18 years old. He is mature enough to go for seeing another new world. Actually Syahlah also want to go there, but she should stay in the Kingdom for making sure the maintenance of the tools if something bad happen. So she only can send people and taking back that person as long as they keep another equipment with themselves in future.
So at that day, Prince Siru go to the future world. King and Queen is very sad and remind him to come back safely. They said to Prince to come back whatever happen because this Kingdom need him to grow. They gave the Prince a lot of gold for his expenses in the future world. But they forget to giving him enough knowledge and they just insist Syahlah to send their children even Syahlah already warning them to postpone the process. Syahlah just want to making sure that Prince Siru’s addiction in candy already gone because she doesn’t know what’s in the future. But from the story of the maid before, he told in future life, everything is very easy for him. He doesn’t need do many things as now.
And, the end, they send Prince Siru to the future world. They send this Prince in a huge Kingdom as a part of Kingdom itself. Once Prince Siru reach there, he is very happy because of the modern room he got over there. But unlucky, there’s so many choices of candy, sweet cotton, chocolate and ice cream surrounding him and it makes him deny himself to go back. He throw another space and time tools with him. Then Syahlah, King and Queen can not trace back Prince Siru. Prince Siru is gone for an artificial things which is they can make soon in their real kingdom. He is okay lose his family, his own kingdom and everything just for a ton of candy. Until today, people remember this Prince as Candy Prince. 

By : Yelna Yuristiary

1000 YEARS BACK

I am made by myself from 1000 years back
From the cycle of genetic full inside a pack
From the happiness and tears
From the ego and fears

I am made by them
Who judge me like I always being same
Who disobey my wish and my dream
Who do like to see something based on an achievement

Don't you think world is big
We are only the tiny one but spesific
We have hope in this arena which always chaotic
And will be end with the sense of patriotic

You and me, include them is only a dust
A super tiny object who like to moving in a rush
Who always thinking bigger than ourself
And soon it makes us lose the respect

Now I can say I hate these view
Now I can say I hate these rule which is new
Now I can say that I am free
There's no you or them can take it from me


I'd like to wrote a poem. And you can found my another English Poem on :
https://allpoetry.com/yuristiary.yelna