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.
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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...