About Me and My Talent

Once I thought that wouldn't it be great if I had a 'magic boss' standing on my shoulder telling me straight what I am good at and what I shouldn't waste my time with.. Well, now I realize it's ridiculous as I know there's no magic boss around (actually I hate it *lol*).

It goes without saying though that-and seems everyone would too-I am more likely to enjoy my work and get the kind of success I want, more easily, if I just putting my natural talents to work. My problem then was that, like most spirited employee, I could actually do almost anything I turned my hand to. The problem was not in having few choices, it lay in having too many; what I lacked was a clear focus on expressing my own core talents. The moral of the intermezzo is clear but it does throw back the question: How do I find out what my talents are?

There are certain things that you can do or that you can learn to do that can make you extraordinarily valuable to yourself and to others. Your job is to identify your special area of uniqueness and then commit yourself to becoming very, very good in those areas. (Brian Tracy)

What a great quote! Write on your notes if you like, hurry! :D

And now I stunned when I remember a straight simple question, but I make this most important: What do you do easily and well that is difficult for other people? It's amazing to know that I could write a list in just a minutes! Because it's easy. This is some examples of my list:
- I can draw easily
- I love to read, can read very fast and take in information quickly that way
- I can play various of music instrument (guitar, bass and drums)
- I'm exiting while playing with children
- I have great visual sense of style and creativity
- I often addicted to make mistakes, cause it can open other possibilities
- I can write blog in English!

The interesting thing is that I don't regard any of those as special talents. I thought those are simple for everyone in this modern age. But then I've noticed that when I'm working in a team with people who can't draw, slow readers, creepy with children, not know how to play guitar, and wonder 'how could you write in English? How much did you pay a translator?', amazingly they become real talents.

Otherwise, when I meet people who can express themselves verbally, speak easily as they want to and act naturally in any condition, I am in awe because I have to work really hard at it.

Well, God does not play dice with the universe (Einstein). He took a special ability for each of us to complete each others, so we can make harmonize this world to a better world. I hope so.

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Morning With Mercy

Oh, this morning like the saddest movie of the century but without roll of tissues. I woke up about to late and fortunately a cup of warm tea able to brought over my mind. My unconscious eyes looked at the window when the sky got darker and spattering raindrops to make this morning drizzly. It's wonderful time..


I walk lazily to backyard and just plunged in thought while cloud march each other from north to south. I've seen those before, but I can't remember clearly. It's like recurred melody that sang when we got impressed to something. This astonished feeling might pass just seconds away, but its effect transpire hour by hour. Amazing, that's only word I have.

Alhamdulillah, thank God for blessing this morning with his mercy.

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Feeling Good!

Hey, it's a beautiful day, isn't it? I try to roll out this passionate feeling as I had done with my first band concert. D'you know the best part of it? I decide to think nothing. All of my brain cells commit to be like snail in a jar of sticky mucous. Ah, there is a job, but I may not call it job. Job is suck and you know, I think we must erase that word forever from that dusty dictionary. I choose to look at Jim Carey when he act disgusting in I, me and Irene, instead get drunk with emerics! So, where the hell this talk will end to? I suggest to make bold point in this word: JOB, yaks!


I remember when I took my first job as an internet operator on a small rental. It's two shift job and I take night shift from Monday till Friday and day shift on the rest. Let me convince you, it was a boring boring job. Being stuck for 9 hours and always (I hate it much!) see that grim face of my colleague. She was a cleaner than a co-worker. She wrecked down everything I did good and got angry like God Hera lose her fave g-string! I swear to God to not meet her again, but when I knew the rental was not exist anymore..suddenly I miss her. I miss her cause there are two words I don't say yet right in her face..'you suck'.

Am I feeling good already? A little for sure. Actually, I still looking for someone who I want to give my two words to. Ah, that's good to liberate evils from this head..

Now, I'm ready for next task.

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Salute for Everyone on the Launch of CRBOM! (2)

This is a second chapter from the first one. In early post I have mentioned that we had a trip which called Field Trip on Friday, 31 May 2009 (Mr. Nielsen-ADB's official-hates the banner on the bus that write 'Study Tour' instead 'Study Visit', he said it's like a group of high school students!). Well, there are 5 places to be visited and I had written in the early post that we have visited an underground river in Wonosari, Special District of Yogyakarta.

Next, after lunch break, we landed on Sand soil Irrigation System in Samas Beach, Bantul. Actually it's a weird farm. You see, farmer plant onion, eggplant, cucumber and other kinds of plants in the sand soil that we think it's impossible to do. I have no right to explain further, but I can describe it in short expression: it's simple. We just dam a river about 30 km away and distribute its water through underground pipes and we build a hundred of well to suck it, and yes, the soil become wet and we were able to plant some kinds of vegetables.

Hmm..it's lunch break

Everyone amazed

How it can be?

Not satisfied yet, but the time is running out. It's 5 pm and we must on the bus again otherwise we could be late to have dinner and watch Sendratari Ramayana in Prambanan.

Actually it was a great dinner. We enjoyed the food with fantastic view of Prambanan Temple. Too bad that I can't provide it because there is not enough light to support the pic..:(

After that, right about 7.30 pm the show would be held. We walked to indoor dancing arena beside. I see that everyone were prepare for unexpected thing here..


And some pics that I think the best of all..



Ok, the Field Trip was completely done and everybody seem happy. It's time to go back home because tomorrow's program await us..fiuh.

And finally this is a last pic of Workshop..


See you guys!

Salute for Everyone on the Launch of CRBOM! (1)

I start with say hello to all fellow readers. This is a very busy week as I thought, but in the end it's just an equal revenge if I have sufficient time to write just a few words to describe.

It was a hard week actually. Start with Monday till Friday that I with all comrades had fought with chaotic circumstances, little confuse..but it paid off after all. CRBOM is the starting point to what it's all about. It's an agency which established by Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia, as a member of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) network of regional water knowledge hubs. As a plan, it held in Solo City during five days but the core of the agenda was held on Tuesday, April 28th, which a formal ceremony of CRBOM consisted.


Unfortunately, the Minister did not show up so Mr. Iwan Nursyirwan who is a Director General of Water Resources hit the gong loudly. Congratulations!

We would thank to Mr. Wouter and all ADB's coleagues, all participants-especially from Viet Nam, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Korea, Philippine and Afghanistan (sorry if I've missed one..). Also for delegation of donor countries such are Netherland and Japan. We appreciate and hope this brief companionship of brotherhood would continue, as well as our spirit to share knowledge about water resources in the region, and surely it could possibly make this world better.




After a long long presentation from each envoys, and tight discussion between others, three days is like a prosaic-monotonous time for all of committees. The committees are from Balai Sungai Solo, BBWS Bengawan Solo and Jasa Tirta. In Balai Sungai itself, there are almost 40 persons who came up and support the event. We actually were the ideal combination of old-young generation. The wisdom of the old with the youth spirit have made precious experience, as it was our first time to organize such kind of event, and fiuh..we made it up!




As in a schedule, Thursday was a Field Trip program. We would visit Flood Warning System in Solo, Colo Weir and Gajah Mungkur Dam in Wonogiri, Underground River in Wonosari, Sandsoil Irrigation System in Samas Beach and well..watching Sendratari Ramayana in Prambanan, Yogyakarta. The last one was not a study visit I guess, may I say that it was a cooling down agenda? :D

First, we visit Flood Warning System..


Then visiting Colo Weir..





Uups, where is the weir in the last pic? Oh, I afraid that's just for fulfill our narcissism desirability (what an amusing reason!). You see, I'm wearing hat and squat in the middle with handy cam. There is Mr. Wouter in left side and some Philippine's participant, and of course the committees with the red id card!

After a half and a hour journey, we landed on Gajah Mungkur Dam in Wonogiri, one of the biggest dam in Indonesia.

Just like Hollywood, isn't it?

From the giant Dam, we spin around Wonogiri through mountainous area and would to see an unusual river in Wonosari. The river was flow about 1oo meters below and we must go down by elevator (exactly it was a heavy steel cage hanged by a couple of cabels..and it takes 5 minutes to go down. How frightening!).

Where's the river? Down there?

Who's the first! Who's the first!

Queue please...

Where's the river now? Ups, we just modify it and..well you know, for water user efficiency.

Where were we go next? I think this was enough and I'll post it in the next chapter..

See you.