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Friends and Foes

i hereby announcing my marriage to ken prasna pramita (yay to mee!! )
akad nikah will be held in 2 june 2007, 8 AM, at mesjid assalam, jln. keranji btn 3 way halim permai, lampung.
the reception will be held not long after the akad at gedung sumpah pemuda, way halim permai, lampung (not far from the first place, it'll be too tiring to walk though )
well... the event will continue with feast on nuts & wedhang jahe while watching wayang kulit all night long (ok... i lied about the nuts & wedhang jahe, but the wayang is true )

this post can be assumed as invitation. you all are of course invited.
i'm gonna get married i'm gonna get married i'm gonna get married

btw, i moved my blog to http://ayamjagobanget.multiply.com

pulang kampung

errr.... it is said that i have a blood of padangnese in my vein. so... i went there for an emergency response :p naahhh.... i was there for an assignment. got nothing to do with my inheritence. here's a bit about it. oh yaa.. i wasnt able to login to blogger so i wrote the story in a forum. i'll post some pictures later

Finally I got assigned to an emergency response project. Two days ago (felt like yesterday) suddenly I got called and informed that I would help the emergency response team in Padang. Whew!!! It was excited. I've been waiting for an opportunity like this like forever!!! I hurriedly transferred my work (I just returned to my post two days before), packed my bags (got few clean shirts, underwears & no jeans ), stuffed files I thought I might need, then got on a rented Kijang with Pak Akhmad who will manage the warehouse & transport.

Ozzy the GRT (global response team) member already flew to Banda to catch a flight to Padang earlier in the morning. We spent a few hours in Medan (errr.... transit hotel but no woman allowed, the night manager said ) At 7 we board Batavia Air to Padang. hueheuheuh It is well known that recently there is no safe airline in Indonesia. Seems the story affected Pak Akhmad (he gripped tight the armrest during take off and hard landing). We met a doctor from Slave.. I mean Save the Children at the airport. We just found out that the emergency team is actually a joint team of several NGOs. 9 o clock we gathered in the small meeting room at Padang office. The briefing was brief with some concerns and warnings (no warning should go outside the meeting room to avoid panic ) Then off the assesment teams. Logistics team were left behind to prepare and procure all materials and goods to be distributed. After Friday prayer I and my team accompanied by local general trader left for a quick market survey. I thought we would just do that. The emergency team leader said that he didn't have any authority or even the all powerful emergency statement. It meant that I would do all things according the procedure. However, when we returned we were informed that we would start the distribution on Sunday!! Good God!! All vendors require cash payment in advance and tomorrow no bank is open! Jakarta office closes on Saturday and they hard on decision that all payment will be made by bank transfer. Ugh!!! The negotiations were tough, internally and externally. Gotta convince Jakarta to issue the LoA and emergency statement. Gotta persuade and trick the vendors to accept bank transfer payment methode. whew.... we did that

Tomorrow... or today... will be a longer day. I just finished the report and documentation and justification (of course) This is the event I've been waiting. Though very tired I am really enjoying this. err.... yahh... not that I am excited that my countrymen are in trouble. But this is the reason why I stay in this field.

that was on the early days. i tried to spare sometime to write but i just couldnt. emergency required 24 hours of your time. well... i spent at least 6 hours everyday in a car. i got my dopod but i couldnt risk got sick for trying to type in the zig-zagging-fast-moving car.

Let's Shake The Dust!!!

Jumat maren tanpa banyak omong lagi langsung masukin form cuti 3 jam. Let's shake the dust!!! Tawaran Meulaboh - Banda via Geumpang naek motor (8 sampe 9 jam aja) bener2 menggiurkan. Walaupun tunggangannya Supra X punya Ustadz Inamullah tapii... yaahh... ok lah. Kita hajar aja!

Keluar dari Lapang, ternyata Ustadz Inamullah yang biasanya pendiem itu melibas tanjakan2 jelek menuju Tutut. Dalam hati kagum juga gw ama ustadz satu nih. Jangan2 dia bekas crosser di Medan dulu?? Anyhoo... Tutut punya pemandangan keren bo!!!!

Yang tengah tuh wilaya Kaway XVI, masi Aceh Barat juga.

Lewat dari Tutut, pemandangan mulae diganti dengan pohon2 dan plang dinas kehutanan di kanan kiri jalan. Kenapa banyak plan dinas kehutanan dengan tulisan "Tidak Seorangpun Berhak Merambah Hutan"?? Karena.... the pictures say all

Pas magrib, Ustadz Inamullah mulai kecapean. Gw dengan sedikit berat hati mengambil alih. Bukan apa2, semenjak AB 5657 YH dipensiunkan, gw jadi sedikit ga PD bawa motor lagi. Apalagi suru road trip begini. Tapi ternyata gw masi berjaya bo!!! Cen, kalo katanya Mick Jagger, Old Habbit Dies Hard lah! Huhuhuhuhuh really miss those old days of riding for nothing.

Nah... dasarnya kita nih orang sok kota yang jarang2 liat aer kali jernih, mulae dari berangkat kita dah bercita2 untuk mandi2 di kali yang ngalir sepanjang jalan. Tapi yaa... kita baru aja pulang dari musyawarah dan kabarnya dilarang mengumbar aurat disini. Jadi... cuma kalinya aja yang gw post dan bidadaranya ga gw tampilin :p

Ok!! Sebetulnya poto2 ini diambil sepulangnya dari Banda. Secara jadwal keberangkatan kita terpaksanya ditunda sampe jam 3 sore karena Ustadz Inamullah yang kesehariannya bekerja sebagai Finance Supervisor tiba2 disuru ngerekap itung2an severance payment, tangan gw sibuk pegangan biar pantat gw yg asoy ga mendarat di aspalt.

Btw, ini dia para dust shakers hohohohohohohoh. Ustadz Inamullah ini bener2 ga berjaya di jalanan lurus mulus. Masa tu motor cuman digeber sampe gigi 3 doang. Alhasil target yang awal 8 jam sebetulnya dah bisa tercapai, karena kita sampe di Sigli pas jam 9 malem. Tapi begitu keluar Sigli, ustadz satu nih ambil alih. Ya wis kita baru sampe jam 11.30

Well..... it always felt good to be spontaneous. Especially when you were already trapped in a routine life. hohohohohohoh

pssstt... kabarnya bulan depan ada pertemuan di Takengon....