Closing the Year

It is Friday. The Yellow-7 Friday-6 (Jumat Pon 13). This morning I woke ip at 05.15. I believed the time for praying was still on. I prayed and prepared for the office. At 06.40 I went to the office. I became the inspector on the roll call attended by Mr Ktut and Mr Lukito. There were two employees giving their last speach as employees because tomorrow they would be retired.

The office was not crowded because some employees taking their holiday. At 10.00 I went home. Then I was dropped at BCA Bank, Sudirman by Nuri. I walked home after banking. I joined Friday Worshipping at Attaqwa Mosque. It was cloudy, drizzle and showering. I closed the year at home. Lanjutannya...

Being Absent

This morning I felt getting flu. My neck was stiff. After waking up and praying I slept again. At 06.30 Sonhaji came so I asked him to directly go to the office. I was still at home. Nuri dropped Mbak Poppy at the Tawang Station. With Rajawali Coachs she went back to Surabaya. On the way home Nuri bought packs of rice and vegetable with peanut dressing (nasi pecel) for our breakfast.

I filled my day with finishing the report. I also help Nuri to set the new refrigerator at it's place. I felt relaxed. Our lunch was rice and bambu shoot in hot coconut gravy (lodeh bung). In the evening I still was at home. Our dinner was rice, bambu shoot and broccoli. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

I woke up, prayed and slept again. It was cloudy so I did not walk. I left home without breakfast. In the office I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Lukito and attended by Mr Prasetyo, Mr Ktut and Mr Hidayat. I and Sonhaji went to Pak Man Soto House to have breakfast. I stopped by home to get my back scratched (kerokan). Nuri did it. In the office again I settled report of the Meeting III Water Resources Council. I left the office at 15.30.

In the afternoon I walked through these streets: Pamularsih, Basudewo, Puspanjolo, Puspowarno and Pamularsih. In the evening it was light showering. The streets were quite. There was a final event between Malaysia and Indonesia football teams at Bung Karno Stadium that broadcasted by RCTI. Lanjutannya...

Cancelling a Trip

This morning I cancelled my trip again. I was scheduled to participate a meeting in Jakarta. This meeting would collect people from Semarang and Jakarta discussing Banger Pond. I had a Batavia ticket unfortunately it posponed the flight.

I went to the office at 12.00. I had my lunch in Warung Senggol. It provided less varieties compared to usual. I was in the office till 13.30. I discussed with Bu Win about my retirement proposal. It was cloudy. In the evening I, Nuri and Mbak Poppy had dinner at Jatilegi Resto. It was showering in the evening. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

It was a complete morning. After praying I walked along these streets: Pamularsih, Puspowarno Tengah 8, Puspowarno Tengah, Sudirman, Puspowarno Raya. My breakfast was rice and vegetable soup. I left home at 06.40.

In the office I joined the Monday ceremony inspected by Mr Hidayat. Mr Prasetyo and Mr Lukito joined this session. Mr Agus was late while Mr Ktut was sick. Then I had a second breakfast provided by Niken. She prepared rice and lamb curry for Bena's section. I had no lunch. At 13.40 I left the office. At home I had my late lunch. It was cloudy all day long. After bathing I came to Antok Salon to cut my hair. Then I went to Kimia Pharmacy to buy protection. In the evening it was long light showering. Lanjutannya...

Going to Salaman

At 04.00 Rahutama woke me up and reminded me that we were scheduled to go to Salaman. After bathing and praying I and Rahutama left home for there. We stopped at Ungaran for fueling. We stopped again at Magelang around the General Hospital, Tidar for breakfast. We had Ayu nasi gudeg. At about 07.30 we arrived at Salaman house. Lik Santo was in.

About 30 minutes Adi came with his scooter, Vespa. We talked for a while. I also installed modem to Lik's Santo notebook I brought from Semarang. That was the main objective I came here. At 09.00 I and Rahutama went home. We did not stop anywhere. At about 12.00 we arrived at home. At 15.00 I, Nuri and Mbak Poppy accompanied Anindya to Tawang Station. We met Bagus's family there. At 16.00 Anindya left Semarang by Argo Muria Coachs. Then we went to Lotte Mart to by refrigerator padding. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Being at Home

I woke up late so I missed my prayer. This day I actually wanted to go to Salaman but we had not settled to install Lik Santo's notebook. So it had not been usable yet. I accompanied Nuri shopping at Java Mall. We also visited an electronics fair there. I bought a refrigerator, a Sharp product costed Rp3.150.000 (150cm x 53cm x 55cm). At the Gramedia Bookstore I bought a 2011 diary. Then we went to Pekojan to get a strainer but the store closed.

In the evening Rahutama finished to installed operating system in the notebook. My dinner was vegetable salad and french fries. Lanjutannya...

Christmas Leave

This day was December the 24, a day before Christmas. We had a one day leave. I used this time just to have rest. Actually, I wanted to go Salaman to hand Lik Santo's notebook but it cancelled because Rahutama had not installed the os dan applications.

This morning I woke up early enough to have prayer. At 05.00 I walked through Jalan Pamularsih, Basudewo, Puspanjolo and Puspowarno. I did my Friday Worshipping at Attaqwa Mosque. Anindya went out to socialize with her friends. Lanjutannya...

Going to Jogya

I woke up 04.00. After bathing I prayed and prepared for going. At 04.45 I and Sonhaji went to Jogya. We stopped at Tempel to have nasi brongkos for our breakfast. At 07.50 we arrived at Inna Garuda Hotel where I would join a meeting.

At 09.15 the Progo Opak Serang River Basins Coordination Meeting was opened by Mr Sangidu Umar. Mr Bambang Hargono gave his speech. The meeting was chaired by Mr Suseno. It concluded at 15.00. I left the hotel soon. Baldwin H joined us to be back to Semarang. We stopped at Lezat Store to buy snack. We stopped again at Secang PFU for praying. The last stop was at Banaran Cafe to have rest. The traffic was congested. Baldwin were off at Jatingaleh. At 21.15 I arrived at home. Lanjutannya...

Cancelling a Trip

I woke up at 04.00, had bathing, prayed and prepared for a trip. At 04.40 I left home with Sonhaji as the driver for Jogyakarta. I thought it was Thursday and I had a meeting there. At about 06.30 we stopped at Magelang to have nasi gudeg for our breakfast. After passing Blabak I realized that this day was Wednesday so I cancelled the trip and went back to Semarang.

On arrival in Semarang we stopped at Sonhaji's house, Ngesrep. He put his today's uniform on. We stopped also at home to enable me putting my today's uniform on. At 10.45 we arrived at the office. It was showering. I was officing till 15.30. In the evening I still at home. Lanjutannya...

Welcoming Guests

At 10.00 guests from Banten came to the office. They were members of Banten Water Resources Council and members of the Council Secretariat. They enquired the establishment process of Central Java WR Council. They also asked us about what Central Java WR Council had done. On ending our welcome we had lunch together at Delman Resto.

I woke up at 04.30, prayed and prepared for officing. My breakfast was a pear. I came at the office at 06.40. It was to early. I joined a roll call inspected by Mr Ktut and attended by Mr Prasetyo, Mr Lukito and Mr Hidayat. Mr Agus joined after the roll call. Sonhaji helped Mr Agus to drive his car to Rawapening Lake. At 09.00 I opened a meeting validating our asset. Some employees from field office participated in the session. I joined this meeting again after welcoming guests. At 17.00 I went home. Nuri, Anindya and Mbak Poppy came from shopping at 18.00. They brought briyani rice and beijing duck. With such food I had my dinner. Bu Kus brought me my shirts just tailored by Jakahir. Lanjutannya...

Afternoon Walk

This afternoon after office time I walked through these streets: Puspanjolo, Sudirman, Basudewo, Simongan and Pamularsih Dalam. It was showering in the evening.

This morning I woke up in the morning and I still had time to pray. My breakfast rice was and bambu shoot in hot gravy. In the office I became the inspector in the Monday ceremony. It was attended by Mr Prasetyo, Mr Hidayat, Mr Ktut and Mr Lukito. I had my lunch at Warung Senggol, Damarwulan. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

This morning I almost late to pray because I woke up just before sunrise. After sleeping again I walked through the usual route: Kaligarang, Basudewo, Pupanjolo and Pamularsih Dalam. At Puspanjolo I bought 3 wraps of nasi pecel for our breakfast. For Anindya, Nuri provide fried chicken strip.

At about 11.30 I accompanied Nuri and Anindya to Bali Goldstore to exchange Anindya's necklace. They were there so long especially in deciding to buy a bracelet. At 13.00 we left the store for DP Mall. We had lunch there and then shopped. At 16.30 we were home. In the evening I had vegetable salad for my dinner. Lanjutannya...

Anindya Being Home

This morning I woke up at 04.00 for praying. On starting leaving home for morning walking Anindya came home accompanied by Bagus. He picked her up at Tawang Station following her getting off from Bromo Anggrek Coachs. I then tracked the route of Kaligarang, Basudewo, Sudirman, Puspanjolo and Pamularsih IV.

At 10.00 Lik Santo also came. Rahutama picked him from Banyumanik Bus Station. With Lik Santo I went to Semarang Plaza fifth floor. We had lunch at Bakmi Bandung. He bought a notebook, Asus Eee PC 1215P. It costed Rp3,700,000 (US$409). He also bought 3G modem (Rp350.000). After being at home for 1 hour Lik Santo went back to Salaman by Ramayana Bus. In the evening it was light showering. Lanjutannya...

Going to Jogya

I woke up at 04.00. prayed and prepared to go. At 05.30 Benhart and Sonhaji came and with them I went Jogya. At Banyumanik we picked Wahyu Wibowo up. We stopped at a gudeg stand in Magelang to have our breakfast. I realized I had a tasty gudeg. At 09.10 we arrived at Serayu Opak River Basins Management office where I would join a meeting. We then seperated. I joined a meeting discussing Merden Microhydroelectric Plant, Benhart inquired about Serayu Bogowonto Coordination Team and Progo Opak Serang Coordination Team activities and Wahyu inquired about issuing of water usage lisence.

The meeting was chaired by Mr Bambang Hargono and participated by Mr Mas'ud, Mr Harsoyo, Mr Suseno, Mr Nasrun, Mr Suryono, etc. The meeting concluded at 11.00. I, Benhart, Wahyu and Sonhaji joined the Friday Worshipping at a mosque in the office area. We had our lunch at Ampera Resto in Seturan area. Then we visited the Merapi disaster area at Cangkringan Village. We could not achieve Mr Maridjan house because the road to there was cut. The disaster area was a burned place. At 15.00 we left the area for home. We stopped at Lezat store in Magelang to buy snacks. We stopped again at Banaran Cafe for having rest. At about 18.30 I arrived at home. Lanjutannya...

Being Overtime

I woke up, prayed and walked. I met Mr Harsono near Lemahgempal Bridge. So, we involved in a long chat. The bridge pavement seemed just had been laid on it. It meaned the construction was very close to finish. My breakfast was a pear. I left home at 06.30. I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Ktut and attended by Mr Prasetyo and Mr Lukito.

At 09.00 I joined the Plenary Session of the Provincial Legistures as a guest. The meeting agreed the Provincial Tax Regulation. In the second session the Legislatures agreed the
Establishment of Special Committee on Ngargoyoso Main Forest Garden. Ngargoyoso was an area inside Karanganyar District. I then went back to the office. I again joined a meeting discussing rack structure for seaweed in the Pening Pond. It was a lively meeting. It concluded at 16.00. At 16.30 I left the office. At home I had an early dinner. In the evening I and Nuri went to Java Mall and then Semarang Plaza to see a notebook Lik Santo wanted. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

I woke up at about 04.45. It was showering outside. I did my prayer and prepared for work. I did not have my breakfast. Nuri just provide an apple. At 06.35 I left the house. I joined a roll call inspected by Mr Lukito and attended by Mr Hidayat. Mr Agus Pur arrived after that. He pleased me, Mr Hidayat and Mr Lukito to have breakfast at Pak Man Soto House.

At 10.00 I and Bena joined a meeting chaired by Ali Huda in the Secretariat Office to discuss joint financing on land acquisition in Cepu, Blora Regency. The joint financing would be between the Provincial Government of Central Java and the District Government of Blora. The land would be for Bengawan Solo dike site. After finishing the meeting at 12.00 I, Bena and Sonhaji had lunch at a fish head curry stand at Jalan Kusumawardani. Pangestu and Irawan were also there. I left the office at 15.30. At home I had a nice afternoon sleep. Lanjutannya...

Partly Officing

This morning was mine. After dawn praying I walked through Jalan Kaligarang, Jalan Basudewa, Jalan Puspanjolo and Jalan Puspowarno. My breakfast was rice and banana flower curry. At 06.35 I left home.

I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Hidayat. It was attended by Mr Prasetyo, Mr Ktut an Mr Lukito. Mr Ktut, then, pleased us to join breakfast together on dismissing a committee. Bena went to Surakarta escorting the Vice Governor. At 11.00 I and the subordinates gathered in our room to respect Djoko Sutiono on his retirement. He was retired since December 1st, 2010. We gave a gift to him and had lunch together. At 13.30 I went home. It was showering. I had an afternoon sleep. In the evening I had nasi padang for my dinner. It was an energy intensive meal. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

My condition was not good enough. After dawn praying I slept again. Nuri prepared mushroom and sprout stirred fry for my breakfast. I left home at 06.40.

I partly joined the Monday ceremony inspected by Mr Lukito. Mr Hidayat and Mr Ktut joined it, too. Mr Agus Pur as usual did not join it. Mr Prasetyo was at Gresik to join the meeting of BS Riverbasins Coordination Team. After joining the session we were at Pak Man Soto House to have second breakfast. I was relaxed in the office. At 10.30 I was home to pick up a shirt. I used it to make passport pictures at Duta Foto. The pictures would be used to complete my retirement proposal. On the way back to the office I and Sonhaji had lunch at Bu Sumo Pecel House. I was at the office till 15.20. At home Nuri prepared the house for women neighbourhood meeting. I had a nice afternoon sleep. I was at home in the evening. Lanjutannya...

Cloudy Again

This day was as the same as yesterday. It was cloudy and showering all day long. So, I was still at home. In the evening there was a slight opaque moon. I went to Djakahir house to measure my body. I asked him to tailor my shirts Lanjutannya...

Cloudy Day

I woke up, dawn prayed and slept again. At 08.00 I walked till Karangayu Market. It was cloudy. Fitri and Damar came home. With them Nuri went to Mijen. My breakfast was fried rice (again). After dhuhur time I and Nuri went to Paragon Mall to window shop. I was attracted to a gadget named Acer Liquid Ferrari. It was Rp5.600.000. I was home at 05.30. It was cloudy all day long. Rahutama was out in the evening Lanjutannya...

Going to Bancak

At 09.00 I, Rahmanadi and Sonhaji left the office for Bancak Kabupaten Semarang. In the other car Mr Prasetyo, Hidayat, Mr Agus Pur, Mr Lukito and Kastari left the office for the same reason. Our car stopped at Pudakpayung to pick Mr Dwiyanto up. We stopped again at Pak Keri Soto House to have second breakfast. I did not take the opportunity, of course. At about 11.00 we arrived at Desa Wonokerto Bancak where a small reservoir was being fixed. The main problem was landsliding that always threatening us. Many treatments had been provided but they had not solved completely. This day we came to this site to see a new landslide that might cause a serious problem. We were there till 12.00 when an adzan called us to join Friday Worshipping.

This morning I woke up for dawn praying then I slept again. Nuri provided fried rice for my breakfast. In the office I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Lukito and attended by Mr Prasetyo. I was in the office till 09.00. I joined the Friday Worshipping at Nurul Fata Mosque, Desa Wonokerto Bancak. I and the group had our lunch at Banaran Cafe, Bawen. When we were at the office again at 15.00, it was high water covering the access to and the front yard of the office. It seemed the showering was intensive. It was traffic congested to the way home. I was home at 15.30. I was at home in the evening. Lanjutannya...

Going to Surakarta

At 09.00 I and Sonhaji left the office for Surakarta to join a meeting. I stopped at home to get my cellphone. The traffic was fair flowing so at 12.00 we arrived at the place, Novotel Hotel Surakarta. The organizer served us with lunch. The meeting beginned at 13.15 chaired by Mr Prasetyo discussing coordination on water resouces management. He was with Mr Sudarsono and then Mr Graita. It attended by Mr Hidayat, Mr Agus Pur, Mr Ktut, Mr Novianto, Mrs Agus Dini, Mr Djumono, Mr Kasmono, Mr Eko, Mr Purwadi, Mr Sriyanto, Mr Widiarto, Mr Sih, Mr Suwarli. The meeting concluded at 15.30.

It was a complete morning. After dawn praying I did my morning walking. The route was these streets: Pamularsih, Puspowarno Tengah 8, Puspowarno Tengah, Sudirman and Puspanjolo. My breakfast was rice and cassava leaf in coconut gravy. At 06.40 I left home. I become the inspector at the morning roll call. Mr Hidayat and Mr Lukito joined the session. I was officing till 09.00.

In Surakarta I bought fruit cake after meeting. On the way home we stopped at a stand in Ungaran to have dinner. We had nasi goreng. At 08.00 I arrived at home. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

My morning was complete. After having dawn prayer I did my morning walking. I took the route of Pamularsih, Basudewo, Bojongsalaman, Puspanjolo Timur 9, Puspanjolo Tengah 8, Puspanjolo Raya. My breakfast was rice and cassava leaf in coconut milk. At 06.40 I left home. I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Hidayat. Mr Prasetyo and Mr Ktut were also in.

In the office I joined the monthly meeting. Mr Lukito and Mr Purwadi were absent. After meeting I, Benhart, Eni, Niken, Pujiono, etc. Had lunch at Senggol Stand. I left the office at 15.25. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Going to Salaman

This was the first day of the Hijra Year 1432. I had been off. I used the time to see Lik Santo in Salaman. I woke up to pray and sleep again. At about 07.00 I and Rahutama left home for Salaman using the Avanza car. We had had our breakfast so we stopped at Banaran Café to have it. I had a cup of no sediment kopi tubruk and a bowl of nasi soto ayam. Rahutama had a glass of Banana Coffee and a bowl of mi godok. At about 11.00 we arrived at Salaman. The house was empty because Lik Santo, with Mahardi and Adi, was at Pancar to have late breakfast.

At 12.00 Rahutama went to Jogyakarta. I, Lik Santo, Adi and Mahardi then went also to Jogya to see a fishing store named Mino. Fishing accessories were there. We had our lunch at Mi Pasar Baru at 15.00. We stopped at a moment at Salam to see Sungai Putih. Sungai Putih was flowing a mixed of water and vulcanic materials produced by Merapi Vulcano. We stopped again in Borobudur at a honey store. At 17.00 we arrived at Salaman.

After maghrib time I and Rahutama went back. We arrived at home at 08.50. Nuri made martabak for our dinner. Lanjutannya...

Night Gathering

This evening we, the members of neighbourhood community gathered to welcome the Hijriah 1432 New Year. Nuri did not join this session. However, some of the families joined this session in complete: husband, wife and children. There were Mr Sudiono and wife, Mr Sumar and wife, Mr Jakahir and wife, etc. Mr Djarwo, the chairman said that this session was organized every the end of the year to thank God and to ask God bless. We then were served with rice and vegetable in coconut grating. It was a traditional food. I asked for leaving at 11.30.

This morning I did morning walking after praying. My route was these streets: Pamularsih, Puspowarno Tengah 8, Puspowarno Tengah, Sudirman, Puspowarno Raya and Pamularsih. I left home at 06.40. I joined the ceremony inspected by Mr Ktut and attended by Mr Prasetyo and Mr Hidayat. I had breakfast at Pak Man Soto House. With me there were Suyono, Niken, Akhmadi and Sonhaji. At 09.30 I joined a meeting chaired by Mr Hidayat discussing water allocation for the Kedungombo Irrigation. At 10.30 I came to Smartphone Community to fix contacts list in my Garmin Asus PDA. At 11.30 I and Nuri were at Pondok Serrata to attend a party organized by Santoso to celebrate his daughter marriage. I met Mr Suharno, Mr Suprapto, Mr Hamim, Mr Sudirman, etc. In the afternoon I had a long nice sleep. Lanjutannya...

Joining a Wedding Party

This morning Mr Djarwo, the chairman of neighbourhood community came home to update family data. There were many pieces of paper with him. I corrected some items on my paper. At 11.30 I and Nuri joined a wedding party at Central Java Training Center, Srondol. Mr Mudzakir celebrated the wedding of his daughter Vita that married to Wide. I met many colleages during my work at Central Java Water Supply Project. Mr Setyoso, Mr Widodo, Mr Yatin, Abdulchalim, Watoyo, Priyo Harjuno, Sugiran, Rudjianto, etc.

In the evening I and Nuri went to Ada Supermarket for shopping. It was a monthly shopping usually to get monthly used stuff. Lanjutannya...

Joining a Wedding Party

At 19.00 I and Nuri joined a wedding party at Merbabu Hall, Central Java Fair Complex organized by Mr Danang Atmojo to celebrate his son marriage. Rahutama dropped us there because we speculated the parking area would be full. The invitees were so many but we felt comfortable because the AC were overwhelming. The food was also tasty and overwhelming.

This morning was usual morning. I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Joining a Ceremony

This day was December the 3rd. We the employees working in public works commemorated the Public Works Devotion Day. We organized a ceremony for it at 07.00 this morning at the office frontyard. Mr Sriadi was the inspector and Agus Supri was the leader. Employees and management of three departments (Water Resources Management, Road Managements and Spatial Planning and Human Settlements) joined this session. We had social gathering after the session. In the gathering a light breakfast was served.

I woke up late in the morning so I lost my prayer. I in a hurry prepared my self for the office. I wore the public servant association uniform because I would join a ceremony. At 09.00 I went to the Giri Tunggal Hero's Tomb to joined a ceremony again solemnizing the hero. Some of us joined the session but Mr Hidayat and Mr Agus Pur were late. At 10.00 I went home. I joined the Friday Worshipping at Attaqwa Mosque. Then I and Nuri went to Rizky Salon to cut the hair but the hair cutter was not in so we postponed our will. We went to Paragon Mall to window shop.

In the evening I went to Antok Salon to cut my hair. Then with Nuri and Rahutama had dinner at Cak Gundul Crab House. We had very good crab in sweetsour gravy. We spent Rp200.000. Lanjutannya...

General Rehearsal

woke up late so I lost my prayer. I took relaxation this morning by reading today's newspapers at home and coming to the office late. At 08.00 I went to the office. In the office there were some employees doing general rehearsal for the ceremony. We would be celebrating the Public Works Devotion Day tomorrow. This day we also organized the blood donation. There were 17 persons donated their blood. Bena Hartadi and the gang provided me fried chicken for lunch. I left the office at 15.00. I stopped at Smartphone Community to pick my Ipaq 6828 up.

At home I had a good afternoon sleep. In the evening I and Nuri went to the Ballroom of Masjid Agung to gather with other management and employees to have contemplating hours. We met Mr Prasetyo, Mr Ktut, Mr Hidaya, Mr Agus and Mr Lukito. We also met some people of other Public Works Department. At 23.00 we were home. Lanjutannya...

Going to Jakarta

breakfast rawon
sriwijaya departed 06.30 scheduled 06.20. landed at sukarno hata 07.05
bus and taxi wanted to Mr Cece
witnessed an agreement signing by orea and water research center
met Mr Sugeng Waluyo
met Mr Hermono
lunch nasi padang
met Mr Cece
Gambir again
Argo Sindoro Coachs
arrived Tawang 24.00. It was 80 minutes late Lanjutannya...

Seeing a Dentist

It is Tuesday. The Red-9 Tuesday-3 (Selasa Pahing 12) I woke up at 04.40. After praying I walked along the streets around West Floodcanal. I found Lemahgempal Bridge was on finishing.

I went to the office without having breakfast. Starting working in the office a roll call was organized. It inspected by Hidayat. Beside us, Lukito was in. I had breakfast at Soto Pak Muh with them.

I chaired a meeting on Rawasedu.

I went to Smartphone Community shop to fix my Ipaq 6828, the memory card out of order.

In the afternoon I visited the meeting of TKPSDA Bodri Kuto

In the evening I accompanied by Rahutama was seeing Doctor Winarto for scaling and pathing. We spent Rp280.000 Lanjutannya...

Joining a Ceremony

It is Monday. The Sweet-5 Monday-4 (Senin Legi). At 07.30 I joined a ceremony on Simpanglima Square to celebrate the establishment of Indonesia Civil Servants Association (Korpri). The ceremony was inspected by the Governor and participated by employees from the Provincial Government of Central Java and Municipal Government of Semarang. I came here at 06.45 as requested on the invitation.

I woke up at 04.30 and had dawn prayer. I walked through these streets: Pamularsih, Puspawarno Tengah 7, Puspawarno Tengah 8, Puspawarno Tengah, Sudirman, Puspanjolo and Pamularsih Dalam. My breakfast was rice and cassava leaf in coconut grating gravy. I went to the office at 06.30. I just put my bag and then went to the Simpanglima Square. Following attending the ceremony I organized the plenary session of the Central Java Water Resources Council at the meeting room of the Department of Forestry. We welcomed guests from the Province of Aceh to attend the session. The session settled at 14.30. I went to the office again but my room was locked. I report the plenary session to Mr Prasetyo verbally. I went back at 15.30. I had a nice afternoon sleep. It was showering in the evening I postponed to see a dentist. Lanjutannya...

Joining a Wedding Party

At 11.40 I accompanied by Rahutama went to Supardi's house at Jalan Karangrejo Barat 3/18 to join a wedding party. Supardi was celebrating the wedding of his daughter. Supardi had been my colleague in the office. He had been retired for about 3 years. At the party I met Mr Sudirman, Mr Eko, Agus Sura, Mr Prasetyo, Bena, etc.

This morning I woke up late so I lost my dawn prayer. My breakfast was rice and tempe in chilli pepper.
Lanjutannya...

Being at Home

Saturday was my relaxing day. After doing dawn praying I slept again. Our breakfast was nasi pecel. Isak, Rahutama's friend also joined the breakfast session. Isak had been an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affair. Nuri went out to joined the ITB social gathering. I was still at home to watch a Chinese serial named Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (倚天屠龙记). It was an exciting story. I watched it until night. Lanjutannya...

Social Walking

This morning our office organised a social walking to celebrating the Public Works Devotion Day. I came to the office at 05.45 without breakfast. The session started at 06.15. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Danang and Mr Hartanto were in. They tracked the route of Jalan Madukoro and O turn of Marina housing. The session concluded at 10.00. I left the office at 10.45.

I joined the Friday Worshipping at Attaqwa Mosque. The remaining day I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Going to Brebes

I woke up at 04.00, prayed and prepared for my trip. At 05.00 Sonhaji, Hendro, Niken and Riwayanto came home to pick me up. With them I went to Tegal. We had breakfast at a stand at Brebes. The traffic entering Tegal was congested. At 10.30 we arrived at Desa Cipajang Bandarharjo Brebes.

Desa Cipajang was at the upstream of Malahayu Reservoir. Since 2008 the people had been receiving early young plants from the office to support land and water conservation. We came here to formally give them the plants. Mr Riwayanto was also to present a theory of planting. We welcomed by the leader and people of the village. We finished the session at 13.00. After having praying at a mosque close to the village hall we went home.

On the way home we stopped at Haji A Zaeni Sate House, Jatibarang to have our lunch. I arrived at home at about 19.00. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

I woke up late no dawn prayer. I left the house without breakfast. I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Lukito. Mr Prasetyo was not in. After the roll call I had breakfast at Pak Man Soto House with Mr Lukito, Mr Hidayat and Mr Ktut. In the office I was still sleepy.

In the office hour I joined a meeting at BPK (State Auditor) office concerning the cooperation of Semarang Municipality and Regency on exploiting water resources. BPK office was at Tambakaji, ex the office of Revenue Agency. I left the office at 14.30 because the power was down. I was at home in the evening. Lanjutannya...

Back to Semarang

Using Argo Sindoro Coachs I and Nuri went back to Semarang. The coach fares was Rp440.000 for 2 persons. I came to the Gambir Station at 14.00. It was long time to board because the coachs would depart at 16.45. We had lunch at Bumbu Stand on the first floor. I did dhuhur and ashr prayer at a mushola at the ground floor. We also put our luggage at a luggage deposit at the ground floor so we could go arround. We bought a package of meal at Hoka Bento Resto at the first floor for Rahutama. At 16.45 we were on the 3 coach 2A and 2B seats leaving Jakarta. The coachs was schedule to arrived at Semarang Tawang at 22.39 but actually we arrived at 24.00. It was true that lateness belonged to PT KAI. Rahutama picked us up and at 00.30 we were home.

went to DWS want to meet officers at Law Division. They were on duty trip. I was back again to the hotel. At 13.30 left the hotel Lanjutannya...

Visiting the Ministry of Public Works

By an Express Taxi I came to the Ministry of Public Works to see several persons. First, I met Suprapto to say hallo. I had been for about 6 months no see him. He was still at his position, the Subdirectorate Chief of Coastal Affairs. Then, I came to the Subdirectorate of Information System to see Mr Agus. However, I did not meet him, instead, I met his subordinate. I got a CD containing PAI Application. Eventually, I met Ade, an officer of the Water Resources Council Secretariat. From him I got several information about the progress of coordination bodies.

At 12.00 with Mr Guntoro, Mr Sudarmanto and Andre, I had lunch at Bina Marga canteen. I did my zuhr prayer at Assalam Mosque, a mosque inside the ministry area. I was still there for a while because a heavy showering occured. Using an Eksekutif Taxi I came to Lik Him's house where Nuri was waiting for me. I had the second lunch

I woke up for dawn prayer then I slept again. Anindya went to her office at 06.30. I and had breakfast in the hotel. At 09.00 I and Nuri left the hotel. At 14.00 I and Nuri went to the Ambassador Mall. I fixed my shoes while Nuri did window shopping. She eventually bought a bag. We had dinner at the Bakmi Gadjahmada counter. At 20.00 we went back to the hotel. Anindya had been waiting us. Lanjutannya...

Window Shopping Again

This day we were out for window shopping again. I, Nuri and Anindya went to Mangga Dua at 10.00. Express Taxi fare to the place was Rp35.000. At the entrance we were splitted. I went to Mangga Dua Mall and Nuri and Anindya went to ITC Mall. Mangga Dua was connected to Harco Mas. The two malls offered computers and their supplies. Mangga Dua had 3 floors while Harca Mas had 6 floors. Until 13.00 I was there before I met Nuri and Anindya at ITC Mall. We had our lunch at a stand close to the entrance.

I woke up for praying and slept again. My breakfast was rice and rendang. In the evening we were in the house. Our dinner was rice and chicken sate. Bulik Meti's niece, Yuka, came to the house. She would join a private bank training tomorrow. She would be overnight. As scheduled I, Nuri and Anindya checked in Sofyan Hotel Tebet. I had bought the voucher in Semarang for 2 days. We got room 118. It was narrow but comfortable enough. Lanjutannya...

Window Shopping

late and lost the dawn prayer
anindya and nuri went to pramita lab
lik him and bulik Meti went to Gatot Subroto Hospital to do haemodialisis
I, Nuri and Anindya went to Ambassador Mall
I had fish soup alone
I bought a stylus for Ipaq 6828
We went to Plaza Senayan for window shopping again
We had lunch at Marche food court, a Swiss styled one
We went to the hospital to see Lik Him
At 18.00 we went home Lanjutannya...

Going to Jakarta

At 16.00 I and Nuri went to Jakarta by Argo Muria Coachs. The coach was good. The trip was flowing. However, wet arrived at Jatinegara Station at 22.30. It was 30 minutes late. Bulik Meti and Anindya got me to Lik Him's house where we had overnight.

I woke up for dawn praying then slept again. My breakfast was rice and baby corn stir fry. I left home at 06.45. I became the inspector in this day roll call. Mr Ktut and Mr Lukito joined this session. There was an announcement that Wagimin the roll call organizer had passed away. After the roll call I saw Dr Lewie. He gave me one more sort of afternoon cream. I then went back to the office. I went to Kaha stand at the airport to buy hotel voucher. It was Rp560.000 for 2 nights in Hotel Sofyan Tebet. I had my friday worshipping at Attaqwa Mosque. I did banking at BCA Siliwangi and BCA Pemuda. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

woke up praying and doing morning walking. my route was Jalan Pamularsih, Jalan Basudewo, Jalan Bojjongsalaman, Jalan Puspanjolo timur 10, Jalan Puspanjolo, Jalan Pamularsih Dalam. breakfast rice and kangkung stir fry, at 06.45 I left home. joined roll call inspected by Mr Ktut. Mr Prasetyo and Mr Hidayat joined the session. In the office was relaxed. At 10.00 I was home to take the usb wifi. In the office again I had lunch prepared by subordinate. I trained Upoyo to use email. At 15.40 I left the office. Iwas at home in hte evening Lanjutannya...

Eid al Adha Again

I had holiday for Eid al Adha. this was according to the governmetn announcement. Some people celevbrated the festival today. My breakfast was nasi pecel. At about mid day I and Nuri went to Trajutrisno to check the qurban. Then we went to Carrefour DP Mall to buy apple and carrot. In the evening we got a big cut of lamb, our qurban Lanjutannya...

Eid al Adha

This day was Eid al Adha. I joined the sunnah worshipping at the front yard of Pamularsih Tennis Court. According to Muhammadiyah calender this day was Dhu al Hijja the 10, 1431 Hijra. However, the government had decided that the day would be tomorrow, November the 17. The worshipping started at 06.30 and finished at 07.30. I came there at 05.30. Arif Istaman was one of the organizing committee members.

I came to the office late, of course. At 09.30 I was home and relaxed. At 10.45 Bena, Niken and Sonhaji picked me up. We had our lunch at a fish curry stand at Jalan Siwalan. At 12.30 I was at the office again. It seemed that some officers were absent. At 15.40 I left the office. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Nuri Coming Home

After maghrib praying I went to Tawang Railway Station to pick up Nuri. She was about the time coming from Surabaya by Rajawali Coachs. It was through. After parking the car Nuri called me that she just arrived. She was waiting for me at the left exit gate. For going home Nuri was the driver. At 19.00 we arrived at home. She brought 3 big baggages from Surabaya.

After dawn praying I walked through Jalan Puspanjolo and Jalan Basudewo. I realized the Lemahgempal Bridge was in the finishing step. Some people were on to have nice morning air. My breakfast was rice and steamed mushroom in banana leaft. I arrived at the office at 06.55.

In the office I became an inspector in the Monday ceremony. Only Mr Ktut joined the session. Mr Prasetyo was at Magelang, Mr Hidayat was at Jogya, Mr Lukito was out dan Mr Agus was late as usual. At 08.00 I accompanied Mr Agus having breakfast with a guest from Jakarta at Pak Man Soto House. I just had a glass of sweet tea. At 09.00 I joined a coordination meeting with the Governor concerning post measures of Merapi eruption. At 11.30 I was home to have lunch. At 12.30 I was in the office again. Wulan reported that the laptop disapeared. I asked her to make a formal paper. At 15.40 I went home. In the evening I was at home. It was showering. Lanjutannya...

Rahutama Coming Home

At about 13.45 Rahutama came home. He used Express Taxi to bring him from the Bus Terminal. He brought Bondowoso tape for me. Actually, I asked Nuri to buy tape for me and she got it at Pasuruan.

I woke up at 05.00 for dawn praying. I walked until the Kalibanteng intersection. It was several people doing the same. On the way back I bought traditional snacks like: tiwul (steamed cassava flour), gatot (steam cassava chip) and ketan hitam (black sticky rice). I had them for my first breakfast. At 08.00 I was at the Bimasakti Car Washing Station to clean my Avanza. I just dropped it and I walked home. At 10.00 I came there again to take the Avanza and drop the Starlet. I and Rahutama took the Starlet at 14.00. In the evening I was still at home. Lanjutannya...

Being at Home

This morning I lost my dawn prayer because I woke up late. The day was clear and bright at the beginning but then it was going to be dark and showering. I had to postpone washing the cars. My breakfast was rice and cassava leaf in hot coconut milk. Bu Kus cancelled to go to her village and was still in his job, making the house tidy. After dhuhur time I went to DP Mall to shop at Carrefour. I bought coffeemix, agar fiber powder and baby soap. On the way home I stopped at Bimasakti Washing stantion but it had closed. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Joining a Wedding Party

This evening I joined a wedding party again at Masjid Agung Convention Hall. I replied Harsono's invitation to join. He was celebrating his daughter's marriage. His daughter, Enggar had married to Didit. I arrived at 18.55 and after waiting for a while I could give my regard to the bride, the groom and their parents. The food was quite tasty. I had a nice grilled salmon. I met some my old colleagues such as Naro, Bu Yanti, Abdulchalim, Agung, etc. I left the crowd at about 20.00. It was a long line outside. Fortunately, it was no shower treat.

I woke up at 05.10. It was almost the end of dawn prayer time. I did the prayer. I had my breakfast with rice and jackfruit in hot coconut milk. I left home at 06.45. In the office I became the the roll call inspector. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Hidayat, Mr Ktut and Mr Lukito joined the session. At 09.00 I joined the kick off meeting of quality assurance auditing for the Management Office of Jragung Tuntang. Then I joined a meeting discussing Blorong River. I left the office at 11.15. On the way home I passed through the Trajutrisno street to see Al Kahfi Foundation. I joined the Friday Worshipping at Attaqwa Mosque. Then, I fueled the starlet at Pamularsih PFS. Lanjutannya...

Full Day Meeting

It was a special day because almost all of the office time was used for meetings. The first was monthly meeting to monitor and evaluate our work. It was attended by complete management. It took the morning part of the office time. It was chaired by Mr Prasetyo. The second was a meeting discussing a shortcut of Garang River at Candirejo Ungaran Barat conducted illegally by a person name Miftahul Niam. The meeting was chair by Mr Prasetyo also started at 14.00. It was attended by the person, Kabupaten Environmental Agency, Subdistrict officers, etc. The meeting ended at 15.30.

In the morning I woke up at 04.30 for praying only. My breakfast was rice and jackfruit in coconut milk. I left home at 06.45. I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Ktut. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Hidayat, Mr Lukito joined this session also. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Going to Ungaran

This morning I had just dawn prayer. My breakfast was just rice and tofu. I left home at 06.30. It was early because I would join the ceremony. However, the ceremonony was cancelled. The front yard of the office was covered with mud. The flood occured last night left the mud behind. At 10.00 I, Wulan and Kasir went to Ungaran to see an illegal short cut. It seemed the actor wanted to have more land for his real estate. On the way to the office we stopped at Widodo Sate House to have our lunch. At the office again I joined a meeting welcoming a public works infrastructures management assessor. The assessor wanted to see the practise in field. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Rahutama Going to Surabaya

I woke up at 02.30. It was the time Rahutama left home for Surabaya. A taxi was waiting for him. After having my permission he went to the Tawang Station by the taxi. He would catch the Argo Anggrek Coachs. Rahutama went to Surabaya to make his false teeth. A dentist would make them for him.

I then had my night prayer and, after the time came, I did my dawn prayer. I did morning walking for about 40 minutes just around home. I tracked Jalan Pamularsih I and Jalan Pamularsih for 5 rounds. My breakfast was rice and cassava leaf stirred fry. At 06.45 I left home with Sonhaji. I joined the office roll call inspected by Mr Hidayat. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Ktut and Mr Lukito joined this session. At 10.00 I chaired a meeting on preparation of Water Resources Assembly. At 13.30 I left the office to survey gensets. Lik Santo and Adi needed those things. I came to genset stores at Jalan Agus Salim. I also came to Asaya Store at Pedurungan. It was heavy cloudy following with showering when I went home. At home Bu Kus provided steamed cassava leaf and stinky bean for my dinner. I had very early dinner at 17.30. Lanjutannya...

Going to Surakarta

This day I was at Surakarta. I left home at 06.15 with Sonhaji. We fueled at Gajahmungkur public fueling station. We picked up Wahyu Wibowo at around Banyumanik Bus Stop. We had our breakfast at Boyolali. We stopped again at Banaran Cafe Colomadu because we thought we had still time until the meeting. Surprisingly, we had cheaper price here than that at the other Banaran cafes. A cup of black coffee was only Rp9.000. It was twice in price at the other.

At 09.55 we arrived at the BBWSBS (Bengawan Solo River Basins Management Office) at Kartasura (about 7 km to the west of Surakarta). We joined a meeting chaired by Ruhban. Mr Graita was at Merapi to accompany Mr Amron and Mr Sudarsono was on the way of haj pilgrimage. At 15.30 the meeting was over so we went home. We stopped at Banaran Cafe Bawen to have rest and tea. At 18.00 arrived at home. Nuri was not in. She departed from Tawang Station this morning for Surabaya. Lanjutannya...

Being at Home

In the morning I woke up at 03.30 then I did the night prayer. I did my dawn prayer after the time had come. I was out to have morning walking. My breakfast was rice and shrimp stir fry. It was cloudy when I had morning walking but it turned to showering after I had been home. In the remaining day I was at home.

I composed several reports I had to do. Rahutama went out to see a computer fair. The television broadcasters were mainly reported the eruption of Merapi Volcano. The deal toll reached more than 100. In the evening it was light and long showering. Lanjutannya...

Seeing a Doctor

At 13.30 I accompanied by Nuri came to Dr Lewie to check my cheek skin. A brown spot on it had made me restless. He said that it was ok. He offered me to peel it using CO2 laser tool. I spent Rp615.000 for that service, supplement and two kinds of ointment (sunscreen for morning and maintenance salve for evening). I finished the session at 16.00. The time was mainly for waiting for the peeling doctor.

This morning I had nasi pecel for the breakfast. Nuri bought it. At 11.00 I and Nuri went to ACE Hardware to see tray and genset. I was at home in the evening. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

After praying at 05.05 I was out for morning walking. My route was through this streets: Pamularsih, Puspowarno Tengah, Puspowarno Tengah 2, Puspowarno Tengah 8, Puspowarno Tengah 1, Sudirman, Puspanjolo and Pamularsih Dalam. My breakfast was rice and fried egg. I left home at
06.35.

In the office I became the roll call inspector. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Hidayat and Mr Lukito. I chaired a meeting on bridging across Silandak Creek by PT Puri Sakti. I joined the Friday Worshipping in the office mosque. In the evening I and Nuri went to Java Mall to see a computer fair. We realized there was a spot on my left cheek. Lanjutannya...

Back to Semarang

At 10.30 I, Abdulgani and Sonhaji left the Serayu Citanduy Management Office for Semarang. We took a route of Temanggung - Sumowono - Ungaran. We stopped at Purbalingga to have Durian Cocktail in a stand close to a bridge. We stopped again in Wonosobo to have our lunch. The third stopped was at Darussalam Mosque Temanggung to have zuhr and ashr prayer. We also stopped at Bandungan to have fried tempe and tofu and soy milk. At 17.00 I arrived at home.

I woke up at 04.00 to pray and then I slept again. I cancelled to do morning walking because I worried to get ash outside. Last night had been ash showering due to the eruption of Merapi volcano. I had my breakfast in the hotel. At 09.00 I, Abdulgani and Sonhaji checked out. I paid Rp465.000. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Going to Purwokerto

At 06.00 was at the office with Sonhaji. Abdulgani was not there. He was at Kalibanteng. We picked him. We had breakfast in Temanggung near townsquare at 08.15. We inspected the Minihydro plant at Singgi, Kincang and Rakit. We arrived at Atrium Hotel at 12.15. The meeting beginned at 13.30. Mr Pas and Mr Heru chaired the meeting. I checked in at Wisata Niaga Hotel. We had dinner at the Tiga Saudara Sate House. Lanjutannya...

Stranded in Front of Home

I woke up early this morning. After praying I did my morning walking. My route was these streets: Kaligarang, Basudewa, Bojongsalaman, Puspanjolo, Puspowarno, Pamularsih. I had my breakfast with rice, steamed mushroom in banana leaf (pepes jamur) and rawon (meat in black broth). I joined the morning roll call inspected by Mr Hidayat. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Lukito and Mr Ktut also joined the session. Mr Agus joined us at yard meeting after the roll call.

Then I, Mr Ktut and Sonhaji accompanied Mr Agus to have his breakfast at Pak Man Soto Shop. Then I joined a meeting at Mr Hidayat's room to discussed a study of Logung Land Acquisition and Resettlement Action Plan. I left the office at 15.30. I was stranded in front of home because the home was locked. I did not bring the key with me. I had to wait for Rahutama till his home at 17.00. Nuri came home at 20.00 from her trip to Solo. Lanjutannya...

Entertaining Subordinates

This morning I had my walking through these streets: Pamularsih, Puspawarno Tengah 8, Puspowarno Tengah 1, Puspowarno Tengah, Sudirman, Puspanjolo Barat, Pamularsih 8 and Pamularsih 1. My breakfast was rice and bokchoy stir fry. I left home 06.35. I joined ceremony inspected by Mr Ktut. Except Mr Agus all officers joined this session.

Then I joined a meeting in the Provincial Inspectorate Agency discussing Waduk Kedungombo settlers. A group of settlers demanded lands and the utilities for them. The meeting was chaired by the Agency Secretary. After meeting I entertaining my ex subordinates during my service in Kutoarjo at Citra Bundo Restaurant, Jalan Ahmad Yani. They were Tyas, Wiwik, Ari, Tasinah, Retno and the driver Sarmin. Before leaving the office for home Sudiarto then Soleh came to my room. I left the office at 16.00.

In the evening I accompanied Nuri drawing money. Then she bought skin cure from Doctor Lewi's pharmacy. Lanjutannya...

Being at Home

I woke up early for praying and walking. Nuri bought nasi pecel for our breakfast. Before mid day we welcomed a guest. He was Didit, afriend of Nuri. In the afternoon I had my nice afternoon sleep. Nuri accompanied Fitri and Kris to look for a house. In the evening we were at home. We had rice, bamboo shoot in hot coconut gravy, cassava leaf and fried milk fish. Lanjutannya...

Going to Salaman

At 08.00 I and Rahutama went to Salaman. I had words to be with Lik Santo to shop sanitary accessories for the new bathroom in Salaman house. As usual Rahutama was the driver and I was the navigator. The traffic was moderate so before 11.00 we arrived at Kartika store. After waiting for about 5 minutes Lik Santo arrived. Toko Kartika provided varieties of sanitory accessories made us to have many options. About an hour we were there. We spent more than Rp5.000.000. After shopping we had fried noodle at Pak Broto's stand for our lunch. We then were apart for home. At about 16.00 we arrived at home.

I woke up late in the morning so I lost my prayer. My breakfast was rice and tempe in hot coconut gravy. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Copying Contact Phonebook

After worshipping I went to Smartphone Community to do many things for our new handset. The first was to copy my contact address from the HP 6828 to GarminAsus M10 that I could not do myself. Window Mobile was little bit tricky for me. The second was to fill the M10 with Pocket Islam. It was failed. I paid Rp50.000 for the service.

I woke up at 04.30 then I did my dawn prayer. I had oatmeal porridge for breakfast. It was prepared in Melilea soy milk. At 06.35 I went the office. I became the inspector in the roll call. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Hidayat, Mr Ktut and Mr Lukito joined it. Benhart and the gang went to Surakarta. I chaired a meeting clarifying reports on asset enumerating work conducted by a consultant, CV Tumbuh Jaya. At 11.00 I left the office for home. I joined the Friday Worshipping in Attaqwa Mosque. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Organizing a Meeting

I woke up early in the morning then I had my prayer. I was out to have my morning walkint through streets: Pamularsih, Puspowarno Tengah 8, Puspowarno Tengah 1, Sudirman, Puspanjolo, Pamularsih Dalam. Breakfast with rice and tofu curd was mine. I left home at 06.50. I was late. There was a ceremony comemmorate Young Oath. Except me all of the third echelon officers joined the session.

At 09.00 I, Benhart and the gang were at Telomoyo Hotel to organized a meeting of conservation special committee. Mr Djoko Sutrisno (Environmental Agency), Ms Peni (Department Forestry), and Mr Agus Purwadi (Department of WRM) joined the session. The meeting was to discuss a recomendation to the Water Resources Assembly. At 14.00 the meeting concluded. I had lunch there. At 14.30 I was home and had afternoon sleep. In the evening I and Nuri went to Ampera Resto at Jalan Imam Bonjol. It was a chain of Ampera Resto Bandung. Different with the one in Bandung the resto served less varieties of vegetable. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

This morning I had my prayer and walking. My route was through streets of Pamularsih, Puspawarno, Puspowarno Tengah 1, Sudirman, Puspanjolo and Pamularsih Dalam. My breakfast was rice and kidney bean soup. I left the house at 06.30. I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Lukito. Mr Hidayat, Mr Ktut joined it also. At 11.00 I joined a meeting on trash rack design. At 14.00 I joined a meeting on water allocation study. I left the office at 16.00. It was heavy showering. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Going to Surakarta

I got ready for Surakarta after having dawn prayer. At 06.00 I left home. Sonhaji was the driver. Wahyu joined us at Banyumanik. We fueled at Boyolali. We had breakfast at Tamansari Resto, Colomadu. At 09.30 we arrived at Bengawan Solo WRM Office.

I chaired a meeting on monitoring the water using licenses issuing. It was attended by the applicants and stakeholders. Mr Sudarsono and Ari Parto also joined the meeting. It concluded at 13.00. After zuhr praying, at 14.00 we left the place. We came to Mesran Store to have snack gift. We stopped at Banaran Café to get rest. At 17.45 I arrived at home. Nuri was out to see her gynecologist, Dr Ratna. On coming home she told me she was ok. Lanjutannya...

Serial Meeting

This day I involved in 2 meetings. At 10.00 I chaired a meeting discussing memorandum of understanding and joint operation between Central Java Department of Water Resources Management and River Basins Management Offices. This meeting was attended by Arif Susanto, Sulistijo, Sudarto, Djaja and Salimin and Karsum from the offices of Pemali Juana, Cimanuk Cisanggarung, Serayu Opak and Bengawan Solo, respectively.

The second meeting was at 14.00 at the Provincial Secretariat Building A Fourth Floor scheduled to discuss the Provincial Regulation on Retribution. This meeting was chaired by Mr Zubaidi and Mr Herry Supangkat and attended by departments' representatives. The chairman only told the audience that there was a cost to process the regulation. The cost was the expense of departments as proportionally.

In the morning I still had dawn prayer and morning walking. I took the route I had tracked last Friday. In the office I joined the Monday Ceremony inspected by Mr Prasetyo. Mr Ktut and Mr Lukito also joined the session. Mr Hidayat and Mr Agus joined the yard meeting after the ceremony. The meeting was proceeded at Mr Prasetyo's room discussing the 2010 budget. After dhuhur time I came to Azhari's house to extend my condolence. His mother passed a way last night. At about 15.00, after meeting I went home and had a nice afternoon sleep. In the evening I and Nuri went to Gunungsawo Hospital to check Nuri's reproduction organ. Howerer, it was canceled because Dr Ratna was not in. We then proceed to go to DP Mall to have our dinner. Pizza Hut was the place. Lanjutannya...

Anindya Going to Jakarta

After magrib time I dropped Anindya at the Ahmad Yani Airport. She would go to Jakarta by Sriwijaya Air. Her flight was delayed to 20.00. I left her before she was on board. Bagus was being with her.

This morning I missed my prayer. I woke up at 08.00. Anindya had gone out to joined the Bagus's inauguration as a medical doctor. I had a late breakfast of chicken curry and canai bread. I joined the neighbourhood gathering for cleaning the environment. Mr Sudiono, Mr Parno, etc joined the session. After mid day we had Surabayan styled vegetable salad for our lunch. Then, I had an afternoon sleep. Lanjutannya...

Welcoming a Guest

This morning was still mine. I woke up at 04.30 to do dawn prayer. I was still at home to enjoy the day. Our breakfast was nasi pecel. Nuri bought it. About mid day I and Nuri went out to buy snacks and PDA holder. We bought snacks at Imperial Bakery and PDA holder at Anamely store. At 14.00 Mr Guntoro came home by taxi. We discussed Merden microhydro electric plant project. After we finished I dropped him at the Kaliwiru Halte. He would go back to Jogya.

Anindya and Bagus went out. Anindya came home at the beginning of the evening. She said she had dinner with Bagus's family. Lanjutannya...

Anindya Coming Home

At 20.00 Anindya joined to the family. She landed this afternoon, had dinner with Bagus and showed up. She was home to joined Bagus on Sunday on his inauguration and oath taking as a medical doctor. Bagus picked her up from the airport.

This was my complete morning. After having prayer I was out for morning walking.The route was these streets: Pamularsih, Puspowarno Tengah 7, Puspowarno Tengah 1, Puspowarno Tengah, Sudirman, Puspanjolo and Pamularsih Dalam. Flying termites were emerging from their hole indicating the wet season was coming. At 06.40 I left home for the office.

In the office I became the inspector at the daily roll call. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Hidayat and Mr Ktut joined the session. Mr Lukito and Mr Agus joined the 'front yard meeting' that occured after the roll call. In the office I chaired a meeting discussing sand mining at Bodri river.

I joined the Friday roll call in the Attaqwa Mosque. Then, I accompanied by Nuri came to Rizky Salon to cut my hair. We proceeded to DP Mall Carrefour to buy vegetable. We also went to Paragon Mall to see KMN (Klinik Mata Nusantara) stand. In the evening Rahutama bought nasipadang for our dinner. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

This was a good morning. I woke up at 12.30 then I had night prayer. I did some works with my laptop. After the time coming I did my dawn prayer. Then I walked along these streets: Pamularsih, Kaligarang, Basudewa, Simongan, Puspanjolo Timur, Puspanjolo 12, Puspanjolo Dalam 11, Puspanjolo Tengah 9, Puspanjolo Barat 9, Pamularsih Barat 8 and Pamularsih 1. I left home at 06.40.

In the office I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Hidayat. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Ktut and Mr Lukito also joined this session. I chaired a meeting to direct the management offices (balai) on enumerating our assets. A gentlemen from the Auditor Office and 2 ladies from Provincial Asset and Revenue Agency directed the audience. At mid day in showering I and Sonhaji went to Mrs Basuki stand to have dinner. It was costly. For very modest meals I had to pay Rp30.000. It was not recommended anymore to have lunch there. At 16.00 I went home. It was still showering. Rahutama was out till 21.00. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

It seemed to be a usual day. After woke up and prayed I went out for walking. It was 04.50 and the outside was not dark anymore. I took a usual route: Jalan Kaligarang, Jalan Basudewo, Jalan Puspanjolo and Jalan Puspowarno. I saw the construction of Lemahgempal Bridge was on progress. Almost all of the concrete girders had been on the place. Mr breakfast was rice and bamboo sprout on coconut gravy. At 06.45 I went to the office.

In the office I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Lukito. Mr Hidayat, Mr Prasetyo and Mr Ktut joined the session. Mr Agus, as usual, came after the session was over. At about mid day I joined Mr Agus and the auditors having lunch at Pak Sangklak stand. Then, I joined a meeting discussing substructure of Kalong Reservoir. I left the office at 15.30. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Going to Juwana

At 08.00 I, Hendro and Sonhaji the driver went to Juwana. It was a duty trip to clarify a land information at Desa Kebonsawahan Juwana. On the way we stopped at a stand at Genuk to have our breakfast. Then, we stopped at the Management Office at Kudus to meet Mr Djumono. Then we went to the place. It was a piece of land converted from ponds. It seemed that there is no connection with the lands in our control. However, when we saw the map in the office, it appeared that it was not located at Kebonsawahan. I told to Mr Djumono that it had to be clarified anymore.

At 01.00 I woke up to do isha prayer. I opened the notebook till 03.00 before I slept again. I woke up again at 04.10 for having dawn prayer then I slept again. I went to the office without having breakfast. In the office Mr Ktut inspected the roll call. I and Mr Prasetyo attended the session. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

I woke up at 03.55. I did my isha prayer then after the time had come I did my dawn prayer. I slept again till 05.30. My breakfast was rice and long bean stir fry. I came to the office at 06.50. A high tide was covering the street in front of the office.

In the office I became the inspector at the Monday ceremony. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Ktut and Mr Lukito joined the session. Mr Hidayat came after the session has been over. I had chicken soto soup at Pak Mul stand for my lunch. At 15.30 I went home. In the afternoon Fitri and Lia came home. We talked about their future for a while. Lanjutannya...

Joining a Social Gathering

At 10.30 I and Nuri went to Pands Collection on Jalan Pandanaran to have a gift. Pands Collection provided a variety of Islamic wearing apparel. Then we went to Nita's house to whom the stuff would be given. Nita and her hubby Safrudin would be going pilgrimate to Mecca. This day they managed a social farewell gathering at their house. I met Mr Prasetyo, Mr Ktut, Mr Lukito and Mrs Dini.

In the evening I joined a monthly neighbourhood gathering at Karyanto's house. Almost all of the members (15 out of 17) came. It was my turn to draw the collected money. Lanjutannya...

Going to Wonosobo

At 06.00 I was ready to go. Rahutama drove the car. We stopped at Condong Raos stand at Jambu to have breakfast. At 09.00 we arrived at Salaman. I joined Lik Santo and Adi. We used Lik Santo's car for going to Wonosobo. We arrived at Garung at 11.00. We met Bulik Cunong to whom we delivered our condolence. Yesterday afternoon Bulik Yuli passed a way. She was buried this morning at 10.00. Bulik Yuli, Bulik Cunong shared their grandfather with Lik Santo.

At 12.30 we left the house. We had our lunch at a stand in Kertek. It was heavy showering. At about 14.30 we arrived at Salaman again. I inspected the construction of septic tank. At about 15.30 I and Rahutama went home. We stopped at Lezat snack stand in Jalan Ikhsan Magelang. After maghrib time we arrived at home. Lanjutannya...

Going to Jogya

At 04.15 I woke up for praying and preparing myself for Surrakarta. At 05.30 Bena and Sri Pur came to be with me going there. We had breakfast in a stand behind Boyolali main market. At 08.30 we arrived at the Bengawan Solo River Basins Management Office. We organized a meeting to prepare our recept the national jury of the operator contest. The meeting was attended by Mr Niam (and his subordinates), Mr Sudarsono, Ruhban, Kus, etc. At 10.30 we left the office for Jogyakarta. We stopped at Muttaqun Mosque in Prambanan for joining Friday Worshipping. It was a nice mosque. Then, we had our lunch in Ambarukmo Plaza. At about 14.00 we were at Bakoel Komputer store to buy a gadget named GArmin Asus M10. I paid Rp3.995.000 for the unit and the travelling kit (mobile charger and handset docking).

At about 15.30 we left JOgya for Semarang. We stopped at Banaran Cafe Jambu to have Ashar prayer dan after the time came, Maghrib Prayer. We stopped again in Serba Penyet stand at Srondol to have our dinner. At about 20.00 I arrived at home. Sonhaji, Bena and Sri Pur proceeded their walk to home. Rahutama bought chaomian for Nuri and his dinner. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

This morning I had no walking. I was just relaxed after doing prayer. My breakfast was rice and tofu and tempe in hot pepper coconut milk. I left the house at 06.45. In the office I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Ktut. Mr Lukito and Mr Agus Pur joined this session. Mr Prasetyo was in Jogya joined a ICID conference. Mr Hidayat was on the way to Malaysia.

At 08.30 Djoko Roosmany and his colleage came to the office to give a disk containing a draft of MoU and cooperation documents regarding retarding basin construction. Then, at 09.30 I chaired a meeting on preparation of Water Resources Council assembly. I and Sonhaji had our lunch in Senggol stand at Jalan Damarwulan. At 13.30 I left the office for Exan Tailor in Jalan Supriadi. My uniform had been made. I paid the rest Rp295.000. So, the total cost was Rp595.000. US$1= Rp8.925. LM Gold bar price of 100 gram was Rp401.020/gram.

In the evening I was at home. Rahutama went out to pick Gilang up. Lanjutannya...

Half Day Officing

This morning after doing prayer I walked along Jalan Pamularsih, Jalan Puspowarno VIII, Puspowarno Tengah I and Jalan Puspowarno. My breakfast was fried rice. Sonhaji picked me up for the office at 06.45.

In the office I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Ktut. Only Mr Hidayat joined this session. At 09.00 I and Nuri seeked a tailor that could make my uniform in a day. The Molek in Jalan Veteran, the Harmoni in Jalan Lampersari and the Han in Jalan Atmodirono could not do that. Finally, I came to Exan Tailor at Jalan Supriadi that was able to make it in a day. The cost was Rp595.000 including fabric. Nuri had a session in the office with the other spouses. I went back home at 13.00 with Nuri.

In the evening I was at home. Nuri had an Islamic learn at Mrs Siswo's house. Lanjutannya...

Meeting with Legislative

This morning I woke up at 04.30 then I did my prayer. I walked along Jalan Kaligarang, Sutomo, Suyudono for 35 minutes. My breakfast was rice, papaya leaf stir fry and fried egg. I left home at 06.45. I became the inspector at the roll call.

At 09.00 I joined Mr Prasetyo, Mr Hidayat, Mr Ktut and Mr Lukito in the Legislature Building. However, we met the legislatures at 11.00. We left the building at 13.00 then we had lunch at Pecel Bu Sri stand. At 14.30 I joined a meeting in the office preparing assembly of the Bodri Kuto River Basins Water Resources Management Coordination Team (TK PSDA WS Bodri Kuto). Mr Hidayat chaired the meeting. At 16.30 I left the office. At 19.00 I was at the office again to joined the Central Java Islamic Work Board (BAI Jawa Tengah) meeting. However, I did not joined them till the end. At 20.00 I went home. Rahutama served me driving the car. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

This morning I woke up at 04.00. I did my isha prayer then continued to dawn prayer after the time had come. I did my morning walking through Jalan Pamularsih, Jalan Puspowarno Tengah, Jalan Sudirman, Jalan Puspowarno. My breakfast was rice and kidney bean soup. At 06.35 I left home for the office.

In the office I joined the Monday ceremony inspected by Mr Lukito. At 09.00 I organized a meeting for giving the operator contest prize. Mr Prasetyo led the meeting. About 40 person gathered at this session. At 13.00 I, Pujianto, Niken, Eni, Sonhaji, Achmadi and Djoko Basuki had lunch in the Widodo Sate House. At 16.30 I left the office for home. Fitri, Aning and Damar were at home. In the evening Anindya told me that she had applied a passport. Lanjutannya...

Joining a Wedding Party

At 11.00 I and Nuri joined a wedding party at Borobudur Building on Jalan Veteran. Mr Hadi Santoso were celebrating his daughter's marriage. We met Mr Imam AN, Mr Nidhom, Mr Zaenal, Agus Surawan, etc. This day there were many wedding parties had organized. They used a magic number of 101010 for the day of marriage.

My breakfast was rice and omelet. In the afternoon I and Nuri went to Panti Wilasa Hospital Citarum to visit Mr Supardjo. He had an Alzheimer suspect treated at Cempaka Pavilion Room 4. We met Agus Surawan again. On the way home we bought nasi padang for our dinner. Lanjutannya...

Visiting a Computer Fair

At about 10.00 I and Nuri went to Java Mall to visit a computer fair. The fair presented some vendors offering brandnamed computers like Asus, Toshiba, HP, Axioo, Wearness etc. They also offered the computer linked things like storage media, protectors, overhead projectors, digital cameras, etc. The visitors were not as many as usual because the fair was just opened. It will be opened from 9 to 12 October 2010. I did not buy anything.

This morning I woke up at 05.00 to did my prayer. Nuri bought us nasi pecel for our breakfast. Our lunch was at Java Mall after joining the crowd at the computer fair. We also visited Gramedia Bookstore at the same building to look for a fence book. However, we got it at the same bookstore in Jalan Pandanaran. In the evening we were at home. It was cool. Lanjutannya...

Meeting with Legislative

At 09.00 I, Mr Prasetyo, Mr Ktut, Nita, Abdulgani and Kus went to the legislatures building to discussed the 2011 provincial revenue. The authority were asked to get revenue of Rp3.250.000. We involved a discussion with the legislatures for a about 10 minutes. At 10.30 we left the building.

Sonhaji was absent this day. So, Nuri got me to the office. Gilang accompanied by Rahutama left home to join his training in Karimunjawa. It was about a week. I came to the office late. Mr Hidayat did the same. I had an invitation to Kus's party at Ronggowarsito Building but I could not come. It was a party celebrating his daughter marriage. I joined the Friday Worshipping at the Attaqwa Mosque. In the evening I and Nuri were at home. Gilang was overnight at home. Lanjutannya...

Back to Semarang

At 09.00 I and Sonhaji left Surakarta for Semarang. The traffic was flowing so before 12.00 I arrived at home. I mostly slept on the way home.

I woke up at 04.30 for praying. At 06.00 I swamp in the pool. Hotel provided a semi olympics size swimming pool. I really enjoyed the time. However, I was off the pool at 6.30. At 07.00 I was in the dinning room for having breakfast. At 08.00 I was ready in the meeting room. At 08.30 I chair the meeting. It just concluded what had deadlocked yesterday. We excluded the items we did not agree.

I joined a meeting in Gradika Bakti Praja to see the installation of 4 fourth echelon officers. They were Bambang, Ktut Suryana, Dasirun and Supriyanto. Before being there I and Sonhaji had our lunch in the Bu Sumo stand. In the evening I was at home. Lanjutannya...

Going to Surakarta

This morning I missed my dawn prayer. I left home at 05.50 for Surakarta. Sonhaji was the driver. We had our breakfast at Tamansari Resto Colomadu. At 09.00 I arrived at Sunan Hotel where a meeting I wanted to join was organized.

The meeting was General Assembly of Bengawan Solo Water Resources Management Coordination Team. Mr Graita and Mr Sudarsono were joined the meeting. Mr Muhammad Adi from East Java Planning Agency chaired the first session while I did the remaining. The meeting was commenced at 09.00 and ended at 17.00. There were some agenda still outstanding. I checked in Sunan Hotel Room 427. At 18.30 I and Sonhaji had our dinner at Bakmi Pasarbaru. Lanjutannya...

Joining a Wedding Party

At 10.45 I came to Mardani's house in Sruweng Kebumen to join a wedding party celebrating the marriage of his son. I met some Kutoarjo guys, such as Djoko Wasono, Sobar, Salud, Marsiman. Hadi Pranoto and his group also joined this party. At 12.30 I left the crowd for Semarang.

This morning I woke up at about 05.00. It was 3 minutes for having dawn prayer. I had my breakfast prepared by the motel. At 08.00 I left Jogya for Sruweng Kebumen. I had my zuhr and ashr prayer in the mosque at Purworejo townsquare. I stopped at Salaman to direct the construction of septic tank. I stopped again in Pusat jajan in Magelang. Before maghrib I came home. In the evening I went to the office to take some documents. Lanjutannya...

Going to Jogya

At 11.00 I, Bena and Sri Pur and Sonhaji the driver went to Jogya. We stopped by Warung Ayu at the border of Semarang town and county for having lunch. Sri Pur did not join us because he was fasting. We arrived at Jogya at 15.30. We checked in at Vidi2 Motel. It was a short heavy showering. We joined the opening ceremony of the national operator contest at mantri catagory. In the evening I, Bena, Suharno, Supriyanto, Sonhaji and Adi had dinner at Pondok Mang Engking, Sendangrejo Minggir Sleman. It was a big dinner. I was satisfying.

In the morning I had rice and tofu sprout stir fry for my breakfast. I joined the Monday ceremony inspected by Mr Ktut. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Hidayat and Mr Lukito joined the session. Mr Agus Pur was absent as usual. Before mid day I left the office for Jogya. Lanjutannya...

Anindya Going to Jakarta

At 15.00 I escorted Anindya went to Tawang station by a taxi. In the same time Nuri went to Taman Supeno to get tahu gimbal that would be brought by Anindya to Jakarta. In the station I met Mr Suryono and Mr Guntoro and we involved in a short discussion. We separated when Mr Guntoro was on board. Nuri, Bagus and Dimas then joined us. At 16.00 Argo Muria coachs brought Anindya to Jakarta. I and Nuri dropped Mr Suryono at his house.

This morning I lost my dawn prayer because I woke up late. I had rice and steamed chicken (garangasem ayam) for my breakfast. Gilang came to Semarang this mornig from Bandung. Rahutama picked him at Poncol Station. Just before mid day I joined a wedding party at the hall of Balai Lalu Lintas Angkutan Jalan Semarang. Purwadi celebrated his son marriage. At about lunch time I, Nuri, Anindya and Bagus having lunch in Paragon Mall. After being with Anindya in the station and dropping Mr Suryono at his house I and Nuri shopped at DP Mall. On the way home we stopped at Oemah Durian, a durian stand at Jalan Sugiyopranoto, to have durian. Lanjutannya...

Introducing to a Family

At 13.00 I, Nuri, Anindya and Rahutama went to Gama Resto at Jalan MT Haryono to attend a lunch invitation. The host was Mr Djoni Djohan and the family that wanted to introduce theirselves to us. They were Bagus's family. At the other side, we also wanted to introduce ourselves to them. They were friendly although we came late. The food was so tasty. We enjoyed the session. We were so thankfu.

This early morning Anindya came home. For the next two days she would join us. We were happy. Nuri provided noodles and salad for our breakfast. At 10.30 I dropped Anindya to Rizky Salon and then I went to Suyono's house at Jalan Watulawang Kalilangse to join a wedding party. He celebrated the marriage of his son. I met Agus Trimulyono, Bena Hartadi, Arus Horizon, Mr M Ghozi, Mr Widiarto, etc. I left the place at 12.00.

In the evening I was still at home. Anindya was out with Bagus. Lanjutannya...

Joining a Ceremony

This morning the office managed a ceremony commemorating the nation resilency against communism. At the first of October 1965 we revealed that 9 military officers (8 of them were top rankers) had been killed by communism followers. However, the state was still going because we had the resilence. The ceremony was inspected by Mr Agus Pur. The other third echelon officers joined the session. Mr Prasetyo was absent to be with the Governor going to Blora.

This morning I left home at 06.45. After the ceremony Mr Hidayat and Mr Agus went to Bancak. I was still at the office to process incoming mails. At 10.00 the PLN line was down. I left the office for Gramedia Bookstore. At 12.00 I joined Friday Worshipping at Attaqwa Mosque. Nuri was making the house tidy. In the evening I and Rahutama went to Gramedia Bookstore. Like in the morning I did not buy anything. On the way home we bought nasi pecel Yu Sri for our dinner. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

This was a usual day. In the office I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Ktut. Mr Hidayat was absent. Eni gave me nasi padang for my lunch. It was just right because I did not want to go out. In the evening I and Rahutama went to Giant Supermarket to buy fruit. It was heavy showering. The PLN line was down. I and Rahutama then had our dinner in Widodo Sate House, Sampangan. When we were home again, Bagus came home to deliver a package commemorating the 1000 days of his grandmother passing away. The package consisted of a book of Islamic pray, a woman praying cloth, a box of bread and a dinner pack. Lanjutannya...

Farewell Gathering

At the sideyard of the office at 09.00 I joined a farewell gathering. It was to celebrate the retirement of Mr Suryono and Mr Triwidodo. It also was designated to celebrate the Eid ul Fitr Festival. Mr Prasetyo and almost all of the third echelon officers joined this session. Mr PUrwadi was absent. Mr Bambang Sudjono, Mr Tasambar, Mr Inu and Mr Suryono attended this session. The officers and employees gave songs for them. At 12.00 the gathering was over.

In the morning I went to the office without having breakfast. I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Lukito. Only Mr Hidayat was absent at this session. Then, Mr Agus asked Mr Prasetyo, Mr Ktut, Mr Lukito, Mr Eko, Mr Kasmono and me to have breakfast at Pak Man's soto stand. I went home to pick Nuri but she said that she would join Mrs Ktut.

In the evening I and Nuri had dinner at Citra Bundo Resto. For Rahutama we bought a package of Hokben. Rahutama then went out to play futsal. Lanjutannya...

Back to Semarang

At 18.30 I, Bena, Sri Pur and Sonhaji the driver left Yogyakarta for Semarang. We stopped by Tahu Pojok stand to have dinner. On the way Anindya told me that she just met Indonesia top financial executives in Hotel Indonesia. She joined her office organizing the gathering. She felt good. At about 10.30 I arrived at home.

I woke in the morning just to pray then slept again. At 07.30 I had breakfast prepared by the lodge. At 08.30 I went to Hotel Cakrakusuma to see the contest. It seemed that our guy had no hope anymore. He was temporary in the top 3 of 6 participants.

At 12.30 I was at Hotel Sahid Raya Babarsari to chair a meeting. It was General Assembly of Progo Opak Serang River Basins Management Coordination Team. Mr Bambang Hargono and Mr Suseno attended this session. The assembly was over at 17.00. I used my room 701 just for bathing. At 17.30 Abdulgani had come so I left the hotel. Abdulgani would proceed the tomorrow assembly. Lanjutannya...

Going to Yogja

At 10.00 I, Bena Hartadi and Sri Purwanto went to Yogja. The traffic was congested so we passed through alternative roads. We reached Watugong at 11.00. At about 13.00 we had our lunch at Bu Atmo’s stand in Magelang. At 15.20 we arrived at Cakrakusuma Hotel where the operator contest would be organized. We checked in the Vidi 1 Lodge because the hotel was full. We joined the opening ceremony at 16.00. Mr Graita opened the contest.

I woke up at 05.00 then I did dawn prayer. I had breakfast with rice and steamed mushroom. At 06.30 I went to the office. I joined the ceremony inspected by Mr Prasetyo. Mr Agus and Mr Hidayat were absent. Mr Prasetyo distributed the promotion letters to Mr Lukito and others. At 01.00 I went home. I prepared myself for Yogja.

In the evening we witnessed the performance of Suyatno. He was my candidate for this contest. He received the first turn. The jury team gave him a score of 368,5. The second turn was a man from Central Sulawesi. He got 367,6. We were so disappointed of the score received by our candidate. Lanjutannya...

Being at Home

This day I was at home all day long. I filled my time with composing an access file concerning the monitoring of water surface extraction permission. It was just time consuming since I had to use Access 2007 that different with the 1997 version I familiar with. In the evening Rahutama bought nasi padang. We had our late dinner with it. Lanjutannya...

Going to Salaman

I and Nuri left home this morning for Salaman. As usual Nuri drove the car. We stopped at Gajahmungkur PFU for fueling. I paid Indonet invoice at the same place. We stopped again in Magelang at Bu Atmo's stand to have lunch. We arrived at Salaman at about 11.00. Lik War and Lik Santo were in the house. At 13.30 we went to Adi's house. We met Adi, Kanti and Adit. Nimas was out.

We left Salaman at 15.00. We stopped at a snack stand in Magelang. We stopped again at Banaran Cafe. We arrived at home at 19.00. In the evening I joined a neighbourhood gathering at Jakahir's house. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

This a usual day. In the morning I had my prayer and breakfast. The breakfast was rice, botok paku (steam vegetable in cocunut gravy), and abon (fried smashed meat). Sonhaji came at 06.30 but we left home at 06.50 I deliberately came late to the office because I was still in a travel duty. At 09.00 I chaired a meeting to examine the preparation of Bodri - Kuto Water Resources Management Pattern. Mr Hidayat, Mr Agung Suseno, Mr Ghozi etc. joined the session. When it concluded at 11.10 I left the office.

I joined the Friday Worshipping at Attaqwa. Heavy showering occured when we were praying. However, it was clear when the worshipping was over. Then, I and Rahutama had fishhead curry in Jalan Kusumawardani for our lunch. In the evening I and Nuri had noodle at Istana Mi, Depok. Lanjutannya...

Going to Surakarta

At 06.15 Bena and Sri Purwanto came home to pick me up for Surakarta. As usual the driver was Sonhaji. We stopped at a PFU in Ungaran for fueling. We stopped again at a stand behind Boyolali market to have breakfast. Sri Purwanto did not had it because he was fasting. My breakfast was rice and vegetable in tempe gravy. At 10.00 we arrived at BBWS (River Basins Management Office) Bengawan Solo. Mr Ainur Rafik and Mr Tedjo Sularto welcomed us.

As done in Semarang we organized a presentation trial concerning the Irrigation Operator Contest. Mr Ainur Rafik was the moderator when Maridi, the irrigation operator from Kemantren Masaran I, gave his presentation. Maridi was escorted by Mr Niam. We then made an evaluation to the presenter. This meeting was over at 13.00. After doing prayer we left the office for home. On the way home we stopped 3 times: at Mesran Kalilarangan, Cahaya Abadi Katamso and Getuk Ketek Salatiga to get snack. At 17.00 I arrived at home. Lanjutannya...

Joining a Meeting

At 10.00 I was at the BBWS (River Basins Management Office) Pemali Juana to join a meeting examining the preparation of the Pesantren Kletak Field Office Leader for participating on the contest in Jogja. Bena and Sri Purwanto alos join the meeting. Suyatno, the leader, presented his material. He was escorted by Mr Bambang Pramudianto, the chief of Pekalongan Regency Authority for Water Resources, Mining, and Gardening. Mr Arief became the moderator. Mr Widiarto joined the meeting to give his evaluation. It was heavy showering outside. At 13.00 the meeting was over and I was back to the office.

It was cloudy this morning. I left the house at 06.30 after breakfast with rice and tofu. In the office I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Lukito. The powerline was off in the office in the afternoon when I came back from the BBWS PJ. It was on again when I was back home. Lanjutannya...

Going to Grobogan

I left home at 06.35 for Grobogan. There would be juri examination to the Tirta Langgeng Water User Organization. I and Sonhaji had breakfast at Lumayan Restaurant. I met Bambang Purnamasidhi having breakfast, too. With him we proceeded to Grobogan. We joined the team at the office of the organization. It located at Siderejo Secondary Channel in Sugihan Village. At 14.00 I left the place. The examination was still ongoing. I had my prayer at Jabal ul Khair MOsque in the simpang lima Purwadadi. At 17.00 I arrived at home.

In the evening I was still at home. Lanjutannya...

Join Ceremony

This morning I slept again after doing my fajr prayer. However, at 06.10 I was ready to go to the office. It was earlier than usual because we prepared ourselves for a join ceremony. The ceremony was held at the frontyard of the Authority of Energy and Mineral Resources. Fives authorities joined this session. They were authorities of Water Resources Management, Roads and Bridges Management, Human Settlements and Spatial Planning, Energy and Mineral Resources and the Secretariat of Provincial Drugs Prevention. The ceremony was inspected by the Governor. He said that Indonesia Unity relies on 3 pillars: Armed Force, Police and Public Servants. Following the ceremony he delivered his Eid ul Fitr greeting by shaking our hands one by one. We served with breakfast at the end.

I went back home after the ceremony to change my underwear. In the office again I joined a meeting in the chief's room discussing Kalong Reservoir and employee promotion. Mr Hidayat, Mr Ktut and Mr Agus were in while Mr Lukito was absent. It was dark cloudy and showering so I missed my prayer and my lunch. I had my late lunch at home. Lanjutannya...

Being at Home

I woke up early in the morning to do my late isha prayer. After being rest in a while I did my fajr prayer. I slept again afterward. My condition was still not good. I got a usual cough. I had a late breakfast with rice and vegetable peanut dressing (nasi pecel). Before mid day I wiped and mopped the floor. I felt good afterward. In the evening I was still at home. It was showering for a while.

Actually today my schedule was to go to Salaman. However, considering the traffic and my condition I cancelled it. Lanjutannya...

Being at Home

My condition was still not good, so I preferred being home to going out. My breakfast was rice and bokchoy stir fry. For lunch Nuri prepared vegetable salad and french fries. It made me full but in the afternoon I had the second lunch with rice. In the evening I had rice and fried tofu for my late dinner.
Lanjutannya...

Seeing a Doctor

Before maghrib time I, accompanied by Rahutama, went to the Mardi Waluyo, a 24 hour clinic, to see a doctor. She examined my health condition. My blood pressure was 110/80 mmHg. She told me that it was normal. She gave me 3 medicines: GOXALLIN 500 10 captabs (3 captabs daily), Demacolin 10 tablets (3 tablets daily) and Methyl-prednisolone 4mg 8 tablets (3 tablets daily).

I woke up late so my prayer had gone. My condition was not good. My breakfast was corn soup and coconut leaf wrapped rice. At 06.35 I went to the office. In the office I joined a the day seventeen ceremony inspected by Mr Prasetyo. We failed to rise the flag because the rope was cut in the beginning of flag rising. Benhart was absent for Grobogan helping the Agriculture Authority. Wulan was absent no explanation. At 11.00 I was home. I did not join the friday worshipping because I still felt not good. I went bed early in the evening. Lanjutannya...

Giving Briefing

In the first half day I asked Bena to gather his subordinates in my room. They were Hendro, Niken, Pujiono, Eni, Adi, Achmadi and Riyanto. I directed them concerning their duty. I felt there were many items had to be settled.

I woke up in the morning in a bad condition. My throat was sore. My breakfast was bread and corn soup. At 06.35 I left home for the office. I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Ktut. Mr Prasetyo and Mr Lukito joined the session.

At mid day it was heavy showering. I could not come to the mosque to pray. I also could not have lunch. At 15.30 I went home in a dark cloudy atmosphere. In the afternoon we recieved a gift food from Mrs Ndun Kuswari. It was rice in coconut leaf, tofu and egg in hot gravy and smoked fish in hot gravy. Lanjutannya...

Meeting with Agriculture Authority

At 10.00 I joined a meeting chaired by Mr Nuswantoro, the Head of Agriculture Infrastructure of the Authority of Foodcrops Agriculture and Horticulture. The meeting was discussing our preparation on welcoming the jury team to Grobogan. The jury would make a field examination to the Tirta Langgeng Water User Organization. The jury would come in Grobogan at 20 September and make examination at 21 September 2010.
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I woke up for fajr praying. Then I walked through streets Pamularsih, Puspowarno Tengah, Sudirman and Puspanjolo. I had fried rice for my breakfaast. I joined roll call inspected by Mr Ktut. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Hidayat, Mr Agus Pur joined the session. At 07.45 left the office for the office of Foodcrops Agriculture and Horticulture Authority in Ungaran. I stopped at Plaza Hotel to pick up Mr Guntoro. Then we went to Soto Bangkok Resto to join Mr Harsoyo. He and Mr Mas'ud showed up after we were there for a while. We involved in a discussion about intake for Microhydroelectric plant. After meeting in Ungaran I and Sonhaji had lunch in a stand on Jalan Abdurahman Saleh. We had fish head curry. In the afternoon Asri, Kris, Lia, Aning and Damar came home for a courtesy visit.

In the evening I felt my throat was sore. I recalled Yuni was sneezing along the meeting in Ungaran. She might have transmitted cough to me. Lanjutannya...

First Weekday

It was a usual day. My breakfast was rice, steamed fish and soup. I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Prasetyo. All fourth and third echelon officers and almost all the employees joined this session. This was the first weekday of Shawal month, the first day after long holiday. There were an inspection by two officers from the Governor's office. The were Mr Salim and Mr Hita Yoga. They supervised our first day attendance.

I, Bena, Adi, Eni, Pujiono, Riyanto and Sonhaji had lunch at Widodo Satai House, Sampangan. I left the office at 15.00. I looked for a restourant along Sultan Agung and S Parman streets that served breakfast. Mr Guntoro had asked me to look for a restourant for our tomorrow meeting. At about 16.00 I arrived at home. Lanjutannya...

Back to Semarang

At 09.30 I, Nuri and Rahutama left the house for Semarang. We tracked the north route: Waru, Manyar, Sidayu, Tuban, Rembang and Kudus. We stopped many times. First, we fueled at a PFU in Manyar. Second, we had lunch at Wahyu Utama 2 Restaurant in Tuban. That was a moderate restaurant. Third, we stopped at the Pati townsquare for having rest. We had steamed corn and soy. The last stop was at Kacang Dua Kelinci factory. We bought some kinds of peanut at the coop store. At 07.45 we arrived at home.

This morning I still maintained to wake up early. After praying I prepared myself for accompanying Anindya to the airport. At 06.15 I and Mbak Poppy dropped Anindya at the Juanda International Airport of Surabaya. She would fly Mandala RI565. At about 07.00 Anis, his family (Yuli, Nadia, Ratu and Refan) and his brother in law came to the house for a courtesy visit. Lanjutannya...

Back to Surabaya

We left Bondowoso at 08.00 on two cars. Nuri and Mbak Poppy were in one car and I, Rahutama and Anindya were in an other car. We stopped by Bu Mimik's house to pay a courtesy visit. We stopped again at Tengger Restourant Tongas to have lunch. It was an overwhelming lunch. We order water spinach stirred fry, mixed vegetable stirred fry, sprout and dried fish stirred fry and same cubes of fried tofu. Rahutama paid Rp150.000 for all. I also did my zuhr and ashr prayers in this place. Nuri and Mbak Poppy stopped again in Pasuruan to buy snack while I, Anindya and Rahutama directly went to Surabaya. We arrived at our house in Surabaya at 15.00.

I woke up at 04.30 for praying. I was still awake to prepared myself for Surabaya. Our lunch was still the same.


Lanjutannya...

Going to Jember

After zuhr time I and Nuri went to Jember to visit her old friend, Yayuk. It was cloudy afternoon and becoming light showering when we were entering Jember. We fueled the car with Pertamax RON 95 on Jalan Ahmad Yani. There were only several PFSs in Jember so we fully filled the tank. At about 13.30 we arrived at Yayuk's house on Jalan Sutomo X-52. Yayuk and her mother welcomed us. We talked till about 15.00. On the way back to Bondowoso we stopped at Pizza Hut stand on the perimeter of townsquare. We bought a medium pan vegetable and a medium pan black pepper beef pizza on a take way order. I paid Rp95.000. We arrived at the house in Bondowoso at 17.10. All people in the house welcomed the pizza.

I woke up at 04.20 for praying then I slept again. Our breakfast was still rice and chicken curry. In the late morning I slept again. In the evening Mas Slamet, Mbak Yati and Mbak Yani came to the house. They made a social visit and discussed about Mas Tjip and Mbak Yet's heritage. Lanjutannya...

Eid ul Fitr

This day I woke up at 04.15. The dawn time had come. It was Eid ul Fitr 1431H. I prayed and showered. I prepared myself for eid prayer. Before 06.00 I and Rahutama were on the townsquare in front of the mosque. The prayer began at 06.00. Nuri and Anindya were late to join this session. The preacher conveyed a message to maintain the Ramadan spirit.

The house prepared varieties of food. There were rice in banana leaf (lontong), fried smashed shrimp, fried smashed meat, eggs in shrimp paste gravy, chicken curry and meat brown soup. I enjoyed the food. After welcoming some guests I, Nuri, Anindya, Rahutama, Mas Andi and Mbak Poppy went to my parents in law's graveyard. We then made courtesy visit to Ending's family house. Endung was Nuri's uncle. He had passed a way 15 years ago. We met Mrs Ending, Mbak Teli, etc. Then we went to another graveyard where Mbak Yet and Mas Tjip were buried. At 12.00 we were home. I did not joined the Friday Worshipping because it was not mandatory for this day. Instead I did zuhr prayer. I had afternoon sleep.

In the evening Mas Pung came to the house to make a courtesy visit. Then Mr Ending's second wife with her children and grandchildren did the same purpose.


Lanjutannya...

Going to Bondowoso

I woke up at 02.45 to have my early breakfast. There were 2 reasons I woke up earlier than usual. First because I had not good sleep following my bitter tea consumption and the second because the dawn in Surabaya is earlier then in Semarang. Imsak was at 04.00 while in Semarang was at 04.13. Our menu was rice, fried tempe, fried eggplant, chilli pepper and fried tofu.

At 06.15 I and Rahutama left the house for the Juanda Airport to pick up Anindya. She was scheduled to land at 07.00 but the Sriwijaya Air SJ268 she flew landed at 07.25. At about 08.00 we left the airport for Bondowoso. Although the traffic was crowded the trip was fairly flowing. We joined Nuri and Mbak Poppy at Bu Mimik’s house in Besuki. After doing socialization for a while we proceeded our trip to Bondowoso. At 13.10 we arrived at our house in Bondowoso.
We broke our fasting at 17.25. This was the last day of the Ramadan month this season. We had many varities of food preparing for Idul Fitri 1431H. However, I, Rahutama and Anindya had meat balls soup at Bakso Tenes stand. Lanjutannya...

Going to Surabaya

At 10.45 I, Nuri and Rahutama left Semarang for Surabaya. That was an Idul Fitri trip. The traffic was moderat and flowing. The road was fair: some segments were good and the others were not so good although no hole was found. Nuri controlled driving from home. Before Tuban Rahutama took over. We stopped for fueling and praying at Kudus ring road. We stopped again at Mandala Depot Lamongan for breaking our fasting and having dinner. At 19.05 we arrived at Mbak Poppy's house in Kutisari Surabaya.

I woke up at 03.30 to have my early breakfast. It was just rice and steamed fish. This day was the day of 29 of Ramadan month. I slept again after having breakfast. At 07.30 I left home for the office. Mr Lukito became the inspector at the roll call attended by Mr Prasetyo, Mr Agus Pur, Mr Hidayat and Mr Ktut. At 18.30 I went home for preparing myself for Surabaya. Lanjutannya...

Preparing for Bondowoso

I woke up at 03.20 to have early breakfast. My breakfast was so modest: rice and steamed shrimp. I slept again after the breakfast. I left house at 06.40. I joined the roll call inspected by Mr Hidayat and attended by Mr Prasetyo, Mr Ktut and Mr Agus Pur. In the office the tempo was slow. Employees prepared theirselves for Id Fitr.

I went to downtown twice. First, at about 10.00 I came to BCA Bank, Pemuda to deposit money through a machine. And second, at about 14.00 to fit my cloth. It was a special cloth known as baju koko would be used in a farewell party releasing Mr Suryono and Mr Triwidodo.

I broke my fasting with cocktail and banana in sweet coconut milk. Our dinner was modest: rice and roasted fish. In the evening I joined the night prayer (tarawih) organized in Attaqwa Mosque. On the way home I was wet because of showering. Lanjutannya...

Cloudy Day

I woke up at 03.20 to have my early breakfast. It was rice, vegetable soup and steamed shrimp. I slept again after that session. I went to the office at 07.30. It was cloudy. I joined the ceremony inspected by Mr Prasetyo. Only Mr Ktut and Mr Lukito joined the session. At 09.00 I joined the monthly meeting chaired by Mr Lukito. Except Mr Ktut almost all of the third echelon officer attended the session. Mrs Kertati presented the Gender Responsive Budgeting to the participants. It was showering so it was dark outside. When I did my zuhr prayer the showering was still on going. So was it when I went home at 14.30.

In the evening I and Rahutama went to BCA Pemuda to deposit money through a machine. I just waited for a depositor to get my turn. When we were home Bagus came to give a package of Idul Fitri cakes. Then we came to Attaqwa Mosque to give money as Anindya asked. Finally, Rahman Adi's daughter and son came home to give us a package of Idul Fitri cakes. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

I woke up at 03.10 to have early breakfast. My breakfast was only rice and paste of mixed tempe, paku leaf and thick coconut milk (botok paku). I slept again after had it. In the afternoon I wiped the floor while Nuri washed the clothes. I asked Haryono to bring my cellular phone from Salaman on his way to Semarang. I left the gadget yesterday.

The maghrib time was 17.39. I broke my fasting with water, grass jelly cocktail and banana in sweet coconut milk. My dinner was rice and vegetable soup. After isha time I and Nuri went to Duta Pertiwi Mall. I just accompanied Nuri buying some 'lock lock' cans at Carrefour. It was so crowded. Lanjutannya...

Going to Salaman

At 08.00 I and Rahutama went to Salaman. We refueled at PFS Gajahmungkur. The traffic was moving. At 13.30 we arrived at Salaman. Lik Santo and Bulik War were at home. I put pastry there. We talked together for about 3 hours. At 15.00 I and Rahutama left the house. It was heavy showering. However, it was clear when we arrived at Tanjung. We arrived at home at 17.40. It was the same time with maghrib time.

I woke up at 03.20 for early breakfast. Nuri was in bad mood. She was little bit upset because we forgot to turn the lamps off in the night. I slept again after having breakfast. Before going to Salaman Nuri and Rahutama were quarrelling. However, they then forgave each other.

In the afternoon we broke our fasting with vegetable salad. Lanjutannya...

Usual Day

I woke up at 03.20 for having early breakfast. We had rice, fried tempe and kidney bean soup. I slept again after breakfast. In the office I became the inspector in the roll call. Mr Prasetyo, Mr Hidayat, Mr Ktut and Mr Lukito were in. At 09.00 I went to the Immigration Affair to get information for getting a passport. At 11.15 I left the office. I had my friday worshipping at the Attaqwa Mosque.

After friday worshipping I got home quickly on walk. I felt uncomfortable and I thought I would be fainted. I went to BCA Bank Sudirman to deposit money but I cancelled it because the line was long. I still felt unconfortable. I went home and aske Nuri to accompanied me. Instead of banking, we went to Supit Money Changer Simpanglima to get US$. The selling rate was Rp9.030 while the buying was Rp8.850. We then window shopped in the Ciputra Mall. We bought grassjelly (仙草) at Gelael and then 2 wraps of nasi padang at Citra Bundo Restourant.

I broke my fasting with 3 glasses of water then 1 bowl of palm seed and banana in sweet coconut milk (kolak). Our dinner was nasi padang. We added it with emping cracker and stinky bean. It was tasty but ruined my diet. Lanjutannya...

Going to Kedungombo Reservoir

I, Mr Arif and Mr Rosyidi accompanied B commission members of Central Java Legislatures going to Kedungombo reservoir. They wanted to clarify the remaining problem in the area surrounding the reservoir especially land acquisition. We started from the Legislatures Office at 11.00. The traffic was congested so we arrived at Kemusu Subdistric office at 15.00. We were welcomed by the Kabupaten Government of Boyolali. For about 1 hour we were there discussing the problem. Then we were inspected the reservoir for a while. Mr Rosyidi told me that the water elevation was 92.00 above mean sea level. The elevation of the bridge floor was 94 above mean sea level.

Our early breakfast was rice a omelet. I joined the roll call that Mr Agus was the inspector. Mr Ktut, Mr Lukito joined the session. At at 7.30 I went to the Legislatures Office. A secretariat officer said that the schedule was delayed to 11.00. I at 10.15 went again to the office. I met Mr Arif and Mr Rosyidi. On the way back to Semarang we broke our fasting at Wasis Restorant that served mutton satay. I had rice and 5 sticks.

It was showering in Semarang. I got off at the toll junction Banyumanik. Sonhaji was ready there. With him I went home. At home the showering was so heavy. Rahutama gave me an umbrella. Lanjutannya...