A short message came to my mobile phone last night telling all Visual Communication Design (VCD) graduates of the class of 2004 to gather at Erasmus Huis. The agenda was hanging out reunion for the graduates who are presently working in Jakarta. At first I didn't have intention to come up because of the coming deadline. Then the second message came. It said, "Too bad you can't make to come. Most graduates have agreed with the timing. Please spare your time. It'll be hard in the future to match their schedules for another reunion." I straightly confirmed to be counted in.
At 1 pm the graduates gathered at Erasmus Huis. After that we headed to Pizza Hut outlet in Plaza Indonesia for hanging out and ordering late lunch. There were 6 of us in the outlet. Because of our small numbers we sent some short invitation texts to the VCD earlier and later graduation class currently working in Jakarta. Few minutes later they showed up. Later on the small outlet capacity wasn't able to accomodate our numbers. Therefore we moved to Starbucks to have wider space. Our chit chat continued to the plaza food court where we ordered dinner. Overall I spent nearly all money in my wallet for pizza, dinner, and beverage. Night getting late thus the party had to be closed down. In the end we said goodbye to each other.
Hanging out in a plaza located in the heart of Jakarta business central off course was lavish. Despite its extravagant ambience this reunion was truly worthy to attend. I didn't only catch up with the latest news of my friends but also their knowledge. During the fuzz I absorbed their knowledge like a sponge. It was really enriching my insight on how managing a work, making an interesting resume, presenting oneself well in an interview, getting a kick ass idea, and so on, and so on.
I usually avoid any kind of reunion because of its location in lavish and extravagant plaza and mall where I rarely order either food or beverage and do shopping. But this day it changes my judgement on reunion, I won't be mind to attend another one next time. The knowledge transfer is priceless.
Reunion Overview
Eccentric Office Environment
My office was three stories building and located in Manggarai, an area in south Jakarta. A wide long river is crossing in front of it. Under the river bridge vault lives some homeless people. In day time, there's nothing extraordinary.
Life starts at night. Transvestites go out from their nest starting to make their living. On the other side of the river, it's she-males' playground. Music plays out loud after the sun goes down. The next morning I saw a worn condom in front of my office gate. Prostitution and theft are common in this area.
Within a year, two corpses were found. The location was about 10 meters from the gate. The victim was an adult man and belong to an arm force division. Bare chest with burnt injury, tied wrists, he wore green arm force trousers and the boots. His eyes were covered by mud, witnesses said, they could see the pain on the victim face. Several months prior the incident, a seven-year-old-dead boy was found. he had been drown by his mother. The motive was unknown.
Let's talk about the office itself. The building has its story inside. It's haunted. My colleagues saw supernatural thing at night. An office boy and my friend saw a headless black figure. Another colleague didn't see anything particular but she felt the presence of this spirit. Luckily, this sighting didn't happen to me.
Inside and outside, this office has a lot of story. Totally eccentric environment for working. Eccentricity comes along with creativity isn't it?
RIP Kitty
I found him dead this morning when I woke up. He died in his sleep. He looked like he was sleeping. So peaceful. At first sight I didn't know that he was gone. I got the feeling when I touching his little body. It was cold and stiff. No life signs. No heart beat. No breathing exhale.
I did anything possible to give him longer chance to live but God already had made his plan for this little fellow. His two neck bumps deflated after I pushed the pus out but it left 2 deep big hollows on those spots. I cleansed and sterilized those wounds with alcohol and dropping antiseptic medicine but the result of my effort was the opposite. Infection paralyzed him. He was able to move his legs but he couldn't able to wake up and to walk. He stopped purring since the paralyzing. He lost his appetite of eating and drinking. I had to help him eating and drinking.
I couldn't able to give him proper burial. This boarding house doesn't have any vacant soil space. In the end I wrapped him in used newspapers where he used to sleep. I double wrapped it with black plastic bag. Then I put him inside the dumpster outside the front door. I never did that before. None of my late kitties had this kind of burial.
Goodbye kitty. I haven't given you any name yet but my mind is still with you. I hope you are happy now at the rainbow bridge playing with my other late kitties.
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Kitty Rescue
On last Wednesday Evy called me that she found a kitty on her way off of our office. That kitten was in front of a house near the office. I rushed to finish my work that day. Then I went to the spot Evy told me. I turned left from my office. I walked ahead and passed two houses. There I found a kitty in front of the second house. I grabbed that little one. He struggled to get off my hand when I first grabbed him but then he purred. I examined that it's a male. His face was full of dirty dry mud. I found also an open wound on his left side neck. I saw coagulated blood along with pus inside that hole. It caused a bump. Later on I found another bump on his right side neck.
I walked back to office and headed to the toilet to do some cleaning on him. Before cleaning I had to push out that pus along with the coagulated blood in order to deflate his bump. After that wiping off the mud was on the way. What I thought dirts, was dry tissues of wounded skin. Once I wiped off those dirts my wet white tissue turning red. Blood ran out fast. I didn't continue cleaning him because of the bleeding. He kept purring when I did the cleaning. He purred hard and loud like motor engine. I wrapped his body with a plastic bag to prevent him scratching and tearing off my paper bag where I took him inside. I let his head unwrapped so that he was able to breath. Some times kitty tried to get off of my paper bag during my way home. Then he fell asleep knowing his struggle ending in vain. Arriving at home I released him from the wrapping plastic. He purred knowing someone caring about him and loving him. He's home now.
Movie Review
I was bored with The Sims and browsing that I had done. Then I search to my unwatch DVD piles. I selected 4 movies out of those piles. They are Wicker Park, Pan's Labyrinth, The Fountain, and Casanova. I review only the first 3 because I am impressed with them. Let's start with the first one.
Wicker Park:
A story about love lost and found. The storyline is moving back to past then forth to present. The story is revealed from each character's view. Like any other love story this movie ends happily but the twisting love triangle gives spice on it. I love the editing effect on most of the scenes which takes me to look the scenes from pieces of glass. Good soundtrack too! The plot set in winter about a young man named Matthew who's obsessed to find his long lost girlfriend. This girl, Lisa, vanished without a trace 2 years ago. One day he finds a glimpse trace of her and he begins his search. Then the 2 reunite. I wish Matthew and Lisa never reunite. I pity Alexis the girl who causes Matt and Lisa separation. I'd love to see the ending that he hook up with Alexis and Lisa really vanishes. I think Matt's eyes only projected to Lisa because she has stunning beauty, blond, height, and body. In the other side Alexis has ordinary face, short, red hair, and little chubby. I'm on your side Alexis!
Pan's Labyrinth:
The plot set in Spain in 1944. A girl named Ofelia with her pregnant and ill mother are on their way to rural area of Spain to accompany Ofelia's stepdad in the war field. Unable to find comfort in the harsh real world surround her then Ofelia builds an imaginary world of fairy tale. Should you not be deceived by the fairy tale theme. This movie isn't for children. Many violent scenes and blood spilled along the story.
The Fountain:
A story about life, love, and death. A researcher husband is seeking a cure for his wife who's apparently having brain tumor. The hubby is devoting himself in a research and is hoping that the result can be used to cure his wife. Tragically the wife dies when the result indicating the cure for the tumor. This movie is extraordinary in my opinion because the plot isn't set in one linear storyline but 3 parallel stories. The movie is supported with awesome soundtrack too. I love how amazingly brave the wife facing her own dead. She isn't afraid at all. She also encourages her husband to finish the final chapter of her novel. I'm in awe how the actors play their role. No crybaby impression I had about this movie although a lot of tears is shed. In the other hand I felt the lost of the husband. I'm also deeply impressed by the wife's perspective about death. Death is a road to awe.
Sold
Yesterday the house maid of my boarding house, where I live, told every room renters to gather at 9 pm in the house owner's resident. His house and the renters are in one big house but it's separated with different entrance doors. The owner lives in the front part of the house while the tenants live in the hind. All his room renters are females because this is female only boarding house. The owner name is Koh Ayong. Koh is a term in chinese to address an older male fellow in order to pay respect. Back to the invitation. The maid said that the owner had an urgent announcement. I wondered what would that annoucement be. Would it be the raise of the room cost? Or would it be application of the earlier curfew for visiting male guest?
This night my questions were answered. None of those predictions above were close enough to the annoucement. Koh Ayong invited his renters inside his house. While he was serving his guests, he said that the house was sold to a couple of husband and wife from Padang and he will move out on this 20th October. We were surprise with that news. Major questions from the girls were about the rent cost and the new policy. Koh Ayong replied that the cost will not raise. He added that the new owners are nice couple. They will live with their 2 children. He implied nothing to worry about. In his last words he added that he takes his maid when he leaves. Now he is in searching of temporary maid to wash and iron the girls clothes.
My concern about this new owner are the house rules. They are moslems. Most moslems owners, as I once surveyed, have stricter rules and more conservative. That was why I prefer to rent a room from chinese. Well. I've made my decision. It's not nice to make prejudice to someones you have not known yet. Hopefully they are not conservative as I think.
Lovely Comment !!!
I browsed to my friend's friendster account and I found this lovely comment.
Dream what you want to dream;
go where you want to go;
be what you want to be,
because you have only one life
and one chance to do all the things
you want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
enough trials to make you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human, and
enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily
have the best of everything;
they just make the most of
everything that comes along their way.
The brightest future will always
be based on a forgotten past;
you can't go forward in life until
you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying
and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end,
you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
Long Road to Heaven
My first contact to the net was 7 years ago when my old pal from junior high school made my first email account. The location took place at one of internet station in the campus library. Mainly I used the internet for sending and replying email.
One day I went to internet rental at the campus. I browsed to msn chat. That was my first contact to chatting world. I went online more often since then. I began going online from my house using the dial up connection. I went online for hours. In the end it effected the monthly telephone bill. Mom was upset for it. I was wondering how I could have internet connection at home without adding any rupiah to the bill.
Time flew. I kept online from internet cafe and sometimes via dial up at home if it was urgent. Then a year ago my dad decided to subscribe to Speedy. Yippie!! Finally I could online at home although it was limited access. Yuck!! Three months later my dad unsubscribe the provider because he seldom use it.
I kept wondering why was it so hard to go online from home. I kept dreaming having internet at my room in Jakarta. Then one day a friend, living in the same boarding house, told me that she was going to subscribe to speedy unlimited. In addition she was looking for friends to share the monthly payment. That was dream come true!! I've been longing for this moment. Off course I'd love to share the subscribe and the payment.
Finally after 7 years waiting I am able to go online from my own room. I have unlimited access plus affordable monthly cost. What a long road to heaven.