Bandung - Jakarta Part I

I am not in the mood of writing in English right now. It's like too much time I spent with people speaking Sunda so that my head full of unknown words. Jadi ceritanya dari tanggal 27 Januari yang lalu saya tiba di Bandung. Sebenernya bukan liburan sih, cuma kangen sama saudara-saudara di sana. Bahkan saya stay di sana tanpa perencanaan kapan pulang, intinya belum beli tiket balik. Makin excited karena banyak temen-temen dari Surb yang ternyata juga lagi berlibur di Bandung. Ditambah weekend depannya ada acara ITB fair. What a coincidence gitu loh. Rencana awal tanggal 29 pergi ke Jakarta buat dateng acaranya Indonesian Future Leaders di gedung RRI bareng Tika. Karena tiket acara sebenernya harus reservasi dulu dari kapan hari dan ternyata si Tika juga masih galau mau dateng apa engga secara dia masih di Bandung juga waktu itu akhirnya kita mutusin buat ga jadi dateng. Eh ga taunya mendadak dia ngajakin dateng dan beli tiket on the spot aja. Ngga ngerti lah secara saya bingung juga gitu kan ya akomodasi ke Jakartanya. Rencananya juga ketemuan sama Tika di ITB, eh susah amat jalannya, cibaduyut ke dago mah jauh, apalagi saya awam. Ternyata Tika malah ketemunya sama Aven di Salman. Rencananya lagi karena besoknya (Minggu 29/01) Nana juga mau ke Bandung, kita berempat mau janjian ketemuan. Kebanyakan rencana deh akhirnya juga ga jadi. Sabtu sebenernya mau nyamperin Rani, Selly, Dekape yang lagi di PVJ, karena nyasar ga nemu jalan akhirnya balik rumah. Padahal besoknya mereka uda pada balik Surb alamat ga bisa ketemu kan ya. Asli pengen banget ketemu.

Hari Minggu ternyata diajakin tante ke Bogor, selain ada acara lumayan refreshing. Berangkat dari abis subuh, namanya weekend ya pagi-siang-malem puncak tetep rame dan macet. Jalan masih buka-tutup ditambah ada kecelakaan mobil di daerah puncak. Serem pisan mana te waktu itu lagi jaman kayanya kecelakaan mobil setelah peristiwa tugu tani. Ini sempet jepret dari dalem mobil, bagian depan sebenernya lebih ringsek.


Kita akhirnya istirahat di Griya Dunamis di Bogor, belum masuk kotanya tapi. Langsung sms si Iman yang katanya juga lagi di Bogor. Pengennya bisa ketemuan gitu ya sama temen-temen yang di Bogor macam Rangga dan Nthay, lagi-lagi ga bisa karena sorenya harus balik Bandung.


Mendadak wiper mobil rusak pas balik. Mana itu hari Minggu ga ada bengkel besar yang buka alhasil kami bertahan di jalan dengan gerimis tanpa wiper. Pas di puncak hujan deres banget dan itu kabut uda turun akhirnya kita memutuskan minggir dulu sambil cari makan di Dapur Organik. Ada cerita yang menurut saya coincidence banget pas kita lagi makan. Jadi ada dua orang yang menurut saya orang papua makan juga disitu. Dan ternyata emang bener mereka orang papua. Mereka berdua dateng cuma sama supir yang notabene ternyata juga orang Jawa. Emang dasarnya si om jiwa dagang ya, berlagak sok kenal ikutan nimbrung di meja mereka, ikutan ngobrol, nawari produk. Saya sama Amel (anak tante) tetep stay di meja kita ketawa-ketawa sendiri gara-gara logat mereka ngomong lucu banget. Baru sadar salah satu diantara mereka mirip sama papa-nya Minus (film keluarga Minus), belakangan diketahui ternyata beliau salah satu anggota DPR di Papua. Ngobrol-ngobrol sana-sini akhirnya kita mau balik duluan, sebelumnya kita minta bill dulu mau bayar. Tiba-tiba orang papua yang lainnya itu minta lihat bill-nya om dan say nothing. Ternyata mereka balik duluan dari kita, sebelumnya om udah minta kartu nama duluan dari bapak ini. Kita sama teteh kasirnya sama-sama bingung dan kaget. Ternyata si bapak tadi bayarin bill kita. Wow. Dengan jumlah yang ga sedikit dan baru kenal juga kenapa dia bisa berani banget mau bayarin kita. Alhamdulillah lah. Ternyata si bapak ini bos tambang/emas di Papua (dilihat dari kartu nama). Life's good. Kata si om kerjasama berlanjut sampe mereka pesen sepatu plus seragam buat semua pekerja mereka di Papua. Semoga jadi ya.

By the way the view from Dapur Organik is so picturesque... awesome! The food's quite good too. Akhirnya kita pada balik dengan masih wiper rusak, untungnya ujan redahan. Tiba-tiba Virga ngabari kalo ternyata dia juga lagi di Bogor. Sebelum balik kita mampir benerin wiper dulu, di tempat temen si om tapi, dan alhamdulillah berhasil. Karena kita berencana ke Bogor lagi hari Selasa jadi wiper harus bener dong.

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Envication, From Here We Begin

Well.. been a long time I don't go blogging. What's up folks? I've just done a camp held by my seniors at Wonosalam, Jombang. So now I'm gonna tell you what had happened. Before I begin, jump over to the next post any time if you get bored while reading this post because it's just too principal.

Here we go! Me and 122 my friends (actually only 106 pupils can go) had a schedule for a camp on January, 17-19 2011 which called Envication (Enviro Dedication) 2012. Why is it called 'Enviro Dedication'? Because It's a camp followed by Environmental Engineering student (freshmen) dedicated to surrounding society, especially people at Desa Sambirejo, Wonosalam, Jombang.

Day 1
I came at campus at 6 o'clock in the morning with carrier bag on my back and a small fabric purse in my hand. After checking all we have to bring, we departed approximately at 9 by military truck. We arrived there at 12 and then continued to take dzuhur prayer. Moreover we also had our small lunch with meals we bring. Hereafter there was an opening from headman of Sambirejo giving a greet to us (Environmental Engineering ITS team) and then it's continued with distribution of compost reaction for each family in the village for free. Me and my friends were divided into many groups consist of 3 pupils and 1 senior each group. The group came to a family and explained how to use the reactor for composting. Some of them already knew, the rest was not. Some of my friends also told me that during their visit they were given many fruits like durians, rambutans, and bananas by the family they visit. The villager were gracious. We just had some difficulties with language they spoke because we didn't understand with some 'bahasa jawa alus'. From this activity, we can study how to socialize with the society, care for others, increase our soft skill, and coordinate in a team.
After doing those society service, we went to our camp ground, called Guardian Jungle Park, and had a short rest. The ground is quiet large and its structure is flat. The bathroom near our tent is also quite good for such a camp. I think that's a forest / camp ground which has been designed special for camping. It's like artificial ground. Its scenery is picturesque and the river is marvelous, but its air is not too cold for a camp. On the first day of our camp we also had a sharing time with our Backwash talked about our last activity and had a cup of tea. At 9 pm we went sleep. We had 7 hours time of sleep. Can you imagine that?

Day 2
We woke up at 4 am, had subuh prayer, and did physical exercise together. There's something special for our breakfast, it was we had to cook our meal by ourselves. The committee only served cooked rice, stove, pot, and LPG gas. So we cooked instant noodles then. They only gave us 3 hours to cook, eat, and clean the stuff. It was exhausting yet gratifying. The main schedule that day was we divided into many groups consist of 9 - 10 pupils each group. Then we had to reach 3 different places where my seniors were waiting for, to met them up, and got so many experiences and advices from what they talked about. For the first stop we learned about how we know ourselves and the essence of knowing the meaning of our camp's name. I got named Gutter at that time. It's like a sewer that functions as a balm for the flow. What I got from this stop is we can use our capabilities to cover the shortcomings of others. The second stop is about leadership and the true togetherness. I'm not gonna tell you what has happened in this post. You'll guess. In the last stop we discussed about our expectations and contribution at campus internally and externally.
The rest of the day we just stayed at our tent, eating, chatting, sleeping, some of us took a bath, and other activities that made us feel togetherness, humility, and happiness. Sadly, rain was falling during our break time in the evening so that some of our goods got wet. We went sleep at 7.30 pm.


Day 3
Approximately at 2.30 we woke up. With sleepy face we went into the yard to line up. That was seniority time. We support each other. We've chosen new leader. We sang together vigorously. We are all up now. I want it lasted forever. I realize there's no word such forever, but at least until we find our destiny. Camp ended with closing ceremony at 7 am. We had packed our stuff and went back to the town at 9 am by military truck again. We had noddles for breakfast again!! I'd rather stay starving than have to eat it in two days. By the way, that was the most enjoyable camp I ever had, very pleasant.




*ps: We didn't bring any watch or hand phone during the camp. So I only guess the exact time is.