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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Tangan Terampil

Karena plat nomorku yang belakang patah dan jatuh entah dimana, beberapa minggu yang lalu, aku putuskan untuk mengganti dan membuatkan baru di daerah kumpulnya para perajin plat nomor ngepos. aku sebut mereka 'perajin' karena setelah melihat bagaimana salah satu dari mereka menyelesaikan sepasang plat nomor buatku, kusimpulkan betapa trampilnya tangan mereka.

Tentu, koordinasi otak, tangan dan ketrampilan yang diperoleh melalui pengalaman jelas sangat mempengaruhi kecepatan dan kerapian kerjanya. Mereka 'rajin', yakni yang mencakup makna teliti, sabar, tetapi cekatan.

Dengan hanya dua puluh lima ribu rupiah, aku sudah bisa mendapatkan sepasang plat nomor yang sudah dirancang untuk diberi sekrup dari dalam dan langsung dipasangkan sekalian. sungguh, aku kagum tak lebih dari 30 menit mas ini dengan sangat terampil mengukur, memotong, memukul, menggilas, mengecat lalu jadilah sepasang plat nomor yang biasanya "taken for granted".

Teringat aku dulu waktu awal kuliah, dengan ketrampilan yang aku miliki mengajar bahasa inggris privat selama sembilan puluh menit dengan penghargaan sebesar dua puluh lima ribu rupiah pula. dan aku bangga. lihat mas ini! mungkin dengan berbekal lulusan sekolah menengah, dalam waktu sepertiga waktu yang kuhabiskan untuk mengajar, bisa memperoleh rejeki yang senilai. Luar biasa.

Dengan ketekunannya, penghayatan terhadap kerjanya, rasa syukur karena ketrampilan yang dimilikinya, aku terkagum dengan kegiatan mas ini. Lalu aku teringat dengan siswa-siswaku di gunung, mereka yang puas hanya dengan tuntas wajib belajar sembilan tahun, bercita-cita ke kota madya yogyakarta untuk mencari penghidupan. Akankah mereka mengikuti jejak mas perajin plat nomor ini? Bila aku begitu kagumnya pada mas ini, mengapa aku belum rela bila siswa-siswaku harus puas dengan ijazah SMPnya?
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Monday, November 09, 2009

di atas batu di bawah pohon mangga


bersama siswa-siswa, curhat dan berbagi rasa.
part of being a teacher that i adore.

Friday, November 06, 2009

ridwan is sick


ridwan, a student of mine, got hit in an unexpected accident. he is now hospitalized.
the aborigines believe that each time someone takes your picture, you lose a part of your life.
but, what they don't know, if someone sick is taken his picture next to a healthy man, he is gaining that man's energy. so that he'll recover sooner.
but, that's just me being superstitious.
the fact is, if this silly act can make him laugh inside his heart, he is happier. and happy man recovers faster.
get well.


Monday, September 21, 2009

New Friends



Today, we had lunch together at home. There were many brothers and sisters from the congregation who joined us. It was exciting, well it's been a while since last time we had this kind of stuff, but hey, that's not all!

There were five cute, and smart girls from abroad - Guangzhou?; I am not sure, I can't pronounce it right -let alone, spell? lol. Anyway, mbak Dani (Joey) brought them to our sunday meeting the other day and my mom happened to invite them to today's lunch. Well, they did come. AND that was COOL.

I love meeting new people (otherwise you won't find me typing this long in this blog) and I don't meet new people often [well, you know, my routine keeps me busy all the time, i hardly have time to hang out with anyone. shoot, i hate it].

So, there they were. Maria (curious and friendly. *ah), Sasya (the explicative girl. lol), Fajar (so cute. trust me.), Amalia (hmm. thoughtful.) and Saskia (she really loves eating. but hey, who doesn't!). I figure they're probably nicknames they made up for themselves.Yet, they are smart and cute. 

I really wish I could keep in touch with them even after the lunch. It's just awesome; but perhaps, they just see me as another local people not worth remembering. I mean, I often forget important people's names (and sometimes, faces); there are more reasons than not for this group of cute and smart girls to just knock me out off their memories. lol.

Monday, August 17, 2009

fellow teachers -plus


fellow teachers and crew. responsible for education to run well in SMPN 5 Ngawen.
location: lapangan ngawen. why: flag ceremony.

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

putri is my sister


mr. sudjatmoko, miss aganti and mrs. sartini.
at my cuzn's wedding.

mes parents et moi


mr. sudjatmoko, mr. estuarso and mrs. sartini.
at my cuzn's wedding

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

wanted: nelies


no offense. just for fun to celebrate narcism.

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Lord's Evening Meal


Lord refers to Jesus Christ. Evening because Christ ate with his diciples -the 11 apostles to declare the new covenant after finishing the first meal of that evening to commemorate passover, on nisan 14 -prequel to the exodus of the israels out of egypt in 1513 b.c.e.
lord's evening meal is observed by jehovah witnesses throughout the world also on nisan 14th which match april 9th on gregorian calendar this year.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

dinner with nelice


dinner with nelis, ajeng n yusuf n my sis, too.. the innocence of a superbly cheerful girl who gets bunch of advice from the going-to-be-maturer sister, ajeng, n in-law-to-be, ajeng's boyfriend, yusuf..
it's very entertaining, amusing, relaxing, after a whole week of tremendous stress in the office.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

sleeping child


Oo my sleeping child
the world's so wild
but you've built your own paradise

-michael learns to rock.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

PE n Paul


Paul and Primagama English; all day long talking about dictionary ++. awesome, how dictionary has now become, not only reference tool, but also a learning tool.. n i got one for free.. too.

Thursday, October 09, 2008

redo in coat


wuahahaha.. ok, what does that finger mean dear..?

Friday, September 26, 2008

mom N sis


friday's dinner.. yahoo..

dinner with my sister


yesterday! yesterday!

Monday, September 22, 2008

Ganing is cam-aware


i suspect she's born with genetically mutated muscles round her face which are neurostatically related to her eyes which are equipped to detect lense movement, on whose movement she would automatically react to focusing camera by responding through smiles or otherwise funny facial expression.

Monday, September 08, 2008

viody ìs ovy


viody is ovy, not vio. people CAN make choice how they would like to be called regardless of their given names.