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?
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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.