At 10:00 I went to the Kariadi Hospital Garuda Clinic. I saw Doctor Suharti to check my health. I got turn #9. My blood pressure was 130/80. As the lab result my CEA level was 3,17.
In the afternoon Pak No and his wife came. They asked permission to erect a tent on Friday at the alley. Sriyana wife Lanjutannya...
In the afternoon I made a walk tracing Jalan Puspagiwang. About 10 minutes from home on the way back the rain came. I had to hide at a verandah of a house. When I arrived at home the maghrib time had come. Lanjutannya...
In the afternoon I fetched Rahutama at the Kariadi bus stop. He came from Jogja. Tomorrow he would go to Jakarta to take Anindya's car.
The day was cloudy and rainy. We were in the month of August but the rain still came. Lanjutannya...
In the afternoon a heavy rain came in a short time. It was enough to water the front yard.
This evening Dastan and Bibik were overnight at Erlangga. Lanjutannya...
At 09:00 I woke up again. I accompanied Dastan to play around. Dastan was very active. He always moved and spoke. He had many words in his vocabulary.
In the evening I made a walk till the Puspagiwang area. I paid off the Indonet invoice through BCA ATM in the Pamularsih Fuel Station area.
At 17:30 the rain dropped. It was heavy enough. In the television it was broadcasted that Jakarta was raining, too, and same areas was flooded. Lanjutannya...
In the morning after praying I made a walk tracing the flood canal side walk. My weight was reaching 70 kg so I had to lower.
I joined the Friday prayer in the Masjid Attaqwa. The preacher reminded to avoid arrogance because it might ruin the point.
Nuri and Anindya went to the Elizabeth Hospital Clinic to control the baby condition. She was ok.
Before maghrib time I went to the Cak Rus Barbershop to trim my hair. Lanjutannya...
The next stop was the Bukit Barisan Guesthouse. Nuri was to fix her booking. At 13:00 we went to Rahutama's house to fetch him. We went to the Pronto Pasta to have our lunch. After dropping Rahutama back to his house we went back to Semarang.
On the way we stopped three times. We refilled the fuel at a station about Salam area. Then, we stopped at the Lezat Kiosk to shop some snacks and finally at the Banaran Cafe for praying. At 19:00 we arrived at home. Lanjutannya...
At 14:00 I, Nuri, and Rahutama went to Jogja. We stopped by Lezat Store Magelang to buy some snacks. We stopped by again at the Mi Pasarbaru Resto in Sleman to have early dinner. Finally, after dropping Rahutama at his his house we checked in the Tembok Batu Residence. It was a low cost lodge located on an alley close to the Sardjito Hospital. Lanjutannya...
At 13:20 Nuri, Anindya, and the new born baby arrived at home. Rahutama fetched them from the Tawang Station. A moment later Dastan and Bibik arrived. They were with Mrs. Djoni.
At 17:00 I went to the Kariadi Hospital Lab to put my blood sample. I used the prescription written by Doctor Sumanto.
In the evening Anindya, Bagus, Dastan, and the baby went out to see the family at Erlangga. Anindya wanted to see a dentist. Her tooth was in problem. Lanjutannya...
In the afternoon Bagus came to deliver nasi gudangan, a dish was usually served for thankgiving session.
In the evening I and Rahutama have wedangs at the Istana Wedang Resto on Jalan Anjasmoro Lanjutannya...
In the afternoon I made a walk tracing the perimeter of the West Flood Canal. Lanjutannya...
After isha time we went back to Semarang. We stopped by at the Bond Cafe, Magelang to have dinner. The time was 21:20. I ordered fish and chips and Rahutama did hot spicy chicken claypot. We also order bottled water and lemon tea. The check was Rp98.000. It was ok.
We took the route of Tegalrejo and Salatiga. We entered the Bawen-Semarang toll road. The traffic was almost empty. At 23:55 we arrived at home. Lanjutannya...
In the morning I joined qigong in the temple hall. The participants were 10 people. We practiced chenqi, laqi, pengqi guanding, and sanxin zhuang. On arriving at home I washed my my used clothes. I felt so exhausted.
At dhuhur time I joined the Friday prayer in the Masjid Attaqwa. At home again I and Rahutama prepared a hole in front of the house for burying placenta. At 20:30 Mrs. Djoni and Om Benny arrived at home bringing the granddaughter's placenta. We buried it. A lamp was installed above the pile. Lanjutannya...
At 10:30 Rahutama dropped me at the Pemali Juana Management Office, OM division. I met Hidayat to discuss our report. We then went to his house to continue the discussion. At 12:00 he dropped me at a Transemarang bus stop. A bus brought me to the Cakrawala bus stop. Rahutama fetched me there. On the way home we bought dishes at a warung tegal.
In the afternoon I made a walk tracing the flood canal perimeter. Lanjutannya...
About the Independence Day, the country was covered with the citizenship cases. The first was Arcandra Tahar, which had been installed as the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources. He, later, had been dismantled from the position because of his double citizenship. The second was Gloria Hamel,which had been trained as the member of national flag displayer team. She was not installed as the team member because of her double citizenship. Later, she allowed to join the team to strike the flag.
Meanwhile, I worked to compose the drinking water section of the review of the airport master plan.
In the evening I made an afternoon walked tracing housing nearby, the Balad store and Jalan Sudirman. Lanjutannya...
In the afternoon Nuri fetched Rahutama at the bus stop. He just arrived from Jogja.
In the evening I, Nuri, and Rahutama went to the Nglaras Rasa Resto to welcome the Narwan Family. The family consisted of Mbak Mintil, her husband (Mr. Nathan), their daughter, and two grandchildren. Mbak Minil was Mbak Poppy's daughter in law. They just arrived from Jogja.
After welcoming the guests I and Nuri joined the neighbors in a gathering on the alley in front of the home. The gathering was a monthly one to welcome the Independence Day. It was a tradition. Lanjutannya...
At about 10:00 we left the office to go to the dam. Lanjutannya...
In the evening I and Nuri went to the Top Residence next door. Mbak Minil asked Nuri to seek a lodge she and her family would be in on Tuesday. The top residence seemed to be suitable for it. The rate was Rp220.000 per room per day. Lanjutannya...
My day was full day. In the morning I washed my used clothes. After put them for sun drying, I tried to compose the minutes of the meeting. However, I got difficulty to connect to the internet so I left it and went to the Masjid Attaqwa for Friday Praying.
Nuri went out to by gravels and to take the fixed wire. I was at home to composed the minutes. About an hour I spent the time. After sending the minutes I ironed the dried clothes. I was happy for using the day effectively. Lanjutannya...
I and Mahardi paid our dawn prayer in the musala. As a sharia hotel, the Sofyan Inn provided a masala on the ground floor. It was clean, cool, and comfortable.
At 06:15 we packed our stuffs and put them in the car. We entered the dining room to get our breakfast. As a budget hotel, they did not provide various dishes, but I thought the dishes they provided were adequate. I took chicken porridge, fried rice, and coffee.
At 07:30 we went to the Building 600 in the airport area. It was the Headquarter of the PT Angkasa Pura II. We arrived at 08:15 and waited for the time in the lobby. At 09:00 we entered the Anyelir Room on the third floor. At 09:30 the meeting started and was chaired by Mr. Eko Wahjudi. I, Mahardi, and Iqbal were the consultant representatives. Mahardi presented the report draft. At 12:30 the meeting concluded. We dismissed.
Mahardi dropped me at the Terminal 3 Ground. I checked in and got the seat 36D. It was about at the tail. At 15:00 we boarded. It was on time. At 16:00 we took off. It was late. At 16:50 we landed. Nuri fetched me. At 17:15 I arrived at home. I was so exhausted. At 20:00 I slept. Lanjutannya...
After having coffee I tried the Jakarta transport system named TransJakarta. I got in a bus at the Gambir-2 Stop and led to Pulogadung. The bus was air conditioned and comfortable. The fare was Rp3.500 and the passenger paid it using e-money card. I got off at the Cempaka Timur Stop and maintained myself still in the bus area going to the Cempaka Mas-2 Stop. I took a bus going to Cawang. I got off at the Pemuda Pramuka Stop. I walked to the Pramuka BPKP Stop. Then I got in a bus going to Dukuh Atas. After getting off at the Dukuh Atas-2 Stop, I walked to the Dukuh Atas-1 Stop to get the bus going to Blok M Terminal. I exited the busway area and walked around the Blok M area. I had a mi aceh dish in the Blok M Terminal.
I contacted Mahardi, he had checked in the Sofyan Inn, Tebet, so I went there. I entered the Blok M Busway Terminal and got in a bus going to Kota. I got off at the Bendungan Hilir Stop. I walked to the Semanggi Stop to get a bus going to Cawang. At the Pancoran Tugu Stop I got off the bus and walked to the inn. The distance was about 800m. I checked in the inn. It was clean an nice. I was just there for a while.
Then I got in a Metro Mini bus to go to Menteng Pulo to see Dastan. The fare was Rp4.000. I get off at the Jembatan Merah and walked to Dastan's house. Dastan was sleeping but then he woke up. He seemed so happy for being visited. At 17:30 I left Dastan for being back to the inn.
At 18:30 I went to the Sapta Taruna Building in the Ministry of Public Works area to join a kinship gatering. It was a gathering of the ITB Civil Engineering Alumni. I went there by a Gocar car. The cost was Rp27.000. It took about 30 minutes to arrived at the place. About more than 100 alumni gathered from the class 1970 to class 2012. About 23 people were from my class, Class 1975. At about 21:00 I was back to the hotel. Bambang W gave me a ride. Lanjutannya...
At 10:00 we organized a meeting to prepare our presentation on Thursday. The participants were Mahardi, Iqbal, Arief, and me. Gilang came when the meeting going. At 14:00 we stopped for lunch and praying. However, then Iqbal did not show up again so the meeting was terminated and we dismissed.
At 16:00 we went home. The traffic was congested but then smooth when we were in the toll road. It was also smooth after we exited the toll road. This evening Mahardi bought dishes for dinner through Go-food from the Go-jek application. Lanjutannya...
It was Monday. I went to Bandung by train. Anindya dropped me at the Gambir Station at 06:15. I then went to the ticket booth at the north lobby. Argo Parahiyangan executive fare was Rp100.000. As a man over 60 years I got the discount of 20% so I just paid Rp80.000.
Parahiyangan departed at 08:30. The day was cloudy but the train run smoothly. It was scheduled to arrive at Bandung at 11:59 and it was on time.
Mahardi fetched me. We then directly went to the campus. In the campus canteen we stopped by for having lunch. At about 13:00 we had a meeting at his room. Only Arief joined it. We discussed the report for Review of Depati Amir Master Plan until 16:00.
We then went to Faris' school on Jalan Martadinata to fetch him. We led to the house. We stopped by a Padangese Resto for having early dinner. At about 18:00 we arrived at the house. I was overnight there.
Lanjutannya...At 11:00 Nuri, Dastan, and Bibik accompanied me to the Bulog Oryza Building. I was dropped there. I attended a wedding party organized by Subiyakto, my ITB Civil Engineering classmate, to celebrate the marriage of his daughter, Diany Kemalasari. She married to Max Gilang Arifianto. There are a number of classmates attended the session such as Djoko and Endianto (my highschool mates), Rudianto, Nurjanto, Wahyu, Endro, Ramoni, Taufik, Budi, Micca, other CE classmates.
In the evening I attended a wedding party again. It took at Persada Executive Club, Halim, at 19:00 was organized by Faunaim, my former subordinate, to celebrate the marriage of his daughter, Rias Trisanti. She married to Dimas Reka Hardja. I did not meet anyone of my acquaintance because I was in a hurry to leave. Aninday, Dastan, and Bibik were waiting for me on the parking zone. we then went to the a Mi Gajahmada counter in the Tebet area. This evening I was overnight in Anindya's house. Lanjutannya...
After leaving the resto I directly go to the Sehat Pharmacy to buy my medicines prescribe by Doctor Sumanto. The medicines was for 10 days consisted of Biobran, Sulcolon, and Protexin. On the way home, the car touched the rear of other car. The owner asked for Rp50.000 for the damage I believed to be old scratched. Lanjutannya...
At dhuhur time I joined the Friday Prayer at the Masjid Attaqwa. The preacher remind us that every single person would be asked for his/her responsibility for everything he/she had done.
In the afternoon I ironed my clothes. It was exhausting. Lanjutannya...
We stopped by at the Bu stall in Magelang to have our breakfast. The kidney beans soup was on the menu. I had 2 pieces of fried vegetables filled tofu (tahu susur) but unfortunately the green chilli peppers were void. Then, we came to the Fiori Bakery nearby to buy some pastries. We also stopped by the Lezat Snacks Shop to buy various snacks.
At about 11:00 we arrived at the house in Salaman. Bulik Warti and Paklik Santo seemed healthy. We came just to take the steamed banana they provided. Then, we continued going to Jogja via Borobudur and Gunungpring.
In Jogja we visited Rahutama and surveyed the venue Nuri would organize a reunion. We have to wait for Rahutama for a while in his boarding house before he joined us. Then, we surveyed the venue, the Bukit Barisan Guesthouse, bought some bread at the Parsley Bakery, and had lunch in the Bungong Jeumpa Resto.
After dropping Rahutama in his boarding house and having prayer there we left Jogja. We took the route of Magelang, Tegalrejo, and Salatiga.
At about maghrib time we stopped by the Banaran Cafe, Bawen for having rest. We ordered tea and tofu for our dinner. At 19:30 we arrived at home. Some stuff was delivered to Asri's house before we got home. Lanjutannya...
At 09:30 I went to the office to meet Hidayat. On the way I stopped by a PFU to refill the car tank. I arrived at the office at about 10:10. It was 10 minutes late than I set time. I and him discussed what would be written in the report. For a while I came in the administration room to sign the invoice. At 11:30 I went home.
In the evening I and Nuri went to the Simpanglima area to buy printer ink cartridges, LCD cleaning kit, USB-flash, and nasi pecel. Nasi pecel was for our dinner. Lanjutannya...
After showering I went to the Bank Jateng to withdraw my August pension salary. I was a quick service but I was still there to call Mahardi discussing about our work in Depati Amir.
After I was home, Nuri went to joined the monthly gathering of ex water supply project employees' wives at the Kampung Kali Chicken Resto. I was at home to supervise the workers. The work was about to finish. We run out of conblocks but Nuri did not succeed to get the addition because the vendor was out. The remaining was left as it was. A kelor tree was planted there.
At 16:30 the work finished and Nuri paid off the salary. She was satisfied with the work. Lanjutannya...
This morning Nuri found 2 of the 3 the wild cats (a cat with her 2 kitties) 🐱 she has been taking care dead. The workers then buried them. Nuri still continued to take care the surviving kitty. Lanjutannya...
