It was Tuesday. In the morning at 03:00 Rahutama went to Jogja. He was fetched by his friend.
At 05:36 I went to the temple hall to join qigong. The participants were only 8 people. We practiced chenqi, pengqi guanding, and faqi. After qigong I was gardening.
Before zuhr time Nuri went to the Superindo for shopping.
Lanjutannya...About zuhr time Nuri went to the ACE Hardware to buy shower mattress. We need that stuff to avoid us slipping during showering. Lanjutannya...
In the afternoon we set the venue. All stuffs in the dining and rooms were moved to another room. Then, carpets were laid down. Several relatives came such as Utari, Bekti, his wife, Naja, Nadib, Mansur, his wife, and Rafi.
At 16:00 some guests came and later a congregation benediction started. About 30 guests joined the session. Lik Mus seemed lead it. I did not join the session because I welcomed another guests, Aris and his sister. Aris was Esti's classmate in their secondary school. Rahutama came in the time of the session.
After maghrib time Pri, Sri, Amir, and Ammar. Pri and Sri would go to their hotel. Amir would be dropped at a bus stop on the road to Jogja. He would go back to his boarding house in Jogja. Amir would be dropped at the Gontor Islamic Boarding School in Sawangan.
At 17:15 I, Nuri, Rahutama, Asri, and Ahmad (ALY) left the house to go back to Semarang. The road was crowded, the traffic was dense but it was going fluent. At 21:55 we arrived at home. Lanjutannya...
We were 10 minutes late. The pengqi guarding was starting. About 8 people we participating. After pengqi session we practiced the short version of xingshen zhuang. We settled the session at 07:29.
Before zuhr Nuri went to the Sriratu Department Store to shop a pot for Peni. She also paid of my medicines prescribed by Doctor Sumanto. She arrived at home at 15:00.
I joined the Friday congregation prayer at the Masjid Attaqwa. After praying I washed my clothes although the sky was cloudy. I would rely on wind to dry them. It was true, it dried in the evening. I ironed the other clothes in the evening. Lanjutannya...
Before zuhr time I and Rahutama accompanied Nuri going to the Gunung Sawo Hospital. She wanted to see her obstetrician for regular check.
After dropping her we went to the Wushu Building to see a masseur. Rahutama wanted to fix his leg that seemed in disorder following the slipping. The masseur told us to came again at 12:00 because there were 2 people before me in the line. In waiting the time we had breakfast in the Bu Lin stall.
In the meantime a message from Nuri came that she settled with her obstetrician and was waiting for a ride. So, we went there to pick her up. Then, we went home. I and Nuri dropped off while Rahutama went to the masseur.
In the afternoon Nuri accompanied Rahutama to the Banyumanik bus stop. He would go to Jogjakarta. Nuri also wanted to shop in the Ada Supermarket. Lanjutannya...
It was then cloudy and rainy. Nuri reported that the participants were just several people.
In the afternoon Priyono and his wife, Sri, came by. In short time later, Asri and Ahmad Lukman (ALY) also came by. They exchanged stuffs to bring to Salaman or drop here. Priyono gave me a pot of mint scrub. Lanjutannya...
At 12:15 I was accompanied by Rahutama went to the BNI Bank and Mandiri Bank, Pandanaran to print the bank books. Then, he dropped me at the Legend Coffee in the Trilomba Juang area to meet Zaenal.
The cafe we wanted to meet at was Banaran Cafe, actually. However, Zaenal was wrong to identify the cafe so he entered the first said one. We in the cafe just chatted to share our experiences. It had been long time we did not meet. We planned to meet every month.
In the cafe we ordered black coffee and noodles. I thought they were not special. Lanjutannya...
In the evening it was heavy raining ☔. The June would come but the rain was still on. In the evening Nuri made sambal lado tanak dish. The main ingredients were chilli peppers and small fishes. The dish was tasty 😋. Lanjutannya...
It was Saturday. I was still at home. I just laid on bed maintaining my laziness.
In the evening Dwi, the secretary of neighborhood concord knocked the gate. He informed us that there would be a gathering at his house this evening.
Lanjutannya...It was Friday. In the morning I still laid on bed maintaining my laziness. Nuri made me kluwih dish to give me good breakfast. She then went to the Simsix Resto to join ITB alumni wives gathering. Later I went to the Masjid Attaqwa to join the Friday prayer.
Lanjutannya...After being at the office again Mahardi demonstrated his drone. In the first he got trouble in flying the drone. Finally, after a time consuming effort he successfully flied it. It seemed that everything would be going right but suddenly the drone was disappearing from the screen. He had to search it.
Meanwhile, because the time was running I went to the hotel to check out. I was accompanied by his subordinate. I was so grateful to him. When I was in the office again Mahardi was still searching the drone. An officer told that the drone had been found in the Bank Mandiri area and Mahardi was to settle the administration.
Then, Mr. Bastian offered me to join the guests to have lunch at the Mak Ucha Resto. The resto was known providing excellent pindang dishes. I did not have lunch because I still felt stuffed. Mahardi then joined in the resto. A ruined drone was with him. He said it would be fixed in Bandung. He told the drone had crashed the bank building at 50m high then dropped.
After having lunch I and Mahardi went to the airport. Mr. Bastian provided a car and the driver, Edi Purwanto, to bring us there. He also gave us 2 boxes of pempek. In addition, he ensured that our check-in process in the airport was settled. We just to see Mr. Afrizal, a Garuda checking in officer. We owe Mr. Bastian so much.
We arrived at the airport at 14:45. We in a hurry came to the check in desk to check in our baggage. Mahardi was in the Citilink flight number QG894 directly going to Bandung while I was seat 1B in the Nam Air flight number IN9085 going to Jakarta for transit. A boarding pass of seat 5C Nam Air flight number IN9220 going to Semarang was also attached. In waiting for the boarding I did praying and had late lunch in the Beringin Cafe.
Mahardi was boarding at about 13:30, I was at about. Surprisingly, I was in the business class although my ticket was an economic one. My gratitude to Mr. Afrizal. At I arrived at the Sukarno Hatta Airport of Jakarta. I had time to have coffee at a shop and to do praying. At I was boarding for Semarang. I arrived at Semarang at 20:50 when it was raining. Nuri picked me up home. Lanjutannya...
We then went back to the hotel. On the way stopped by the the Rebo Beach where fishermen unloaded his catched fish. About 50 small boat were there.
At 10:30 after having breakfast in the hotel we went to the air navigation authority. We met two officers someone and Agung. Then, we went to the airport authority chief again. Mr. Aditya Janu Saputro, an officer from the airport operator headquarter, was just arriving. Later, two officers of the Directorat General of Transportation, Thomas and Handojo also arrived. We gathered in the grand manager room to make a coordination.
After dismissing we went out to have lunch at the Adok Resto. We separated in 2 cars. In the first car there were Mahardi, Aditya, Thomas, and Handojo. The driver was Aping. The second car loaded me and Gilang. The driver was Hendra (常金浩), a guy of 31 years old. The restorant provided seafood.
After having lunch we went back to the office again. We separated, Mahardi went to the terminal building while I went to the pond where the raw water came. Gilang stayed to settle the pass cards. An airport employee named Mirza was with us as a guide.
I went to a pond on the west of the airport. Itu was the raw water resource for the airport. The size was about 150m x 600m with about 6m in depth. The water of about 2 liter/second was pumped into a simple treatment plant. According to Mirza, aluminum sulphate was administered occasionally. The treated water then was pumped into an reservoir in the airport land side. It was pumped again into an elevated reservoir before distributed gravitationally to the service area.
We then go to the new terminal building on the other side (the east of the runway). Mirza told that the water was supplied from 2 shallow wells in the airport area. A supply was also provided from a water supply system operated by the local government (Drinking Water Authority of the Regency Government of Central Bangka). MMr. Kodri told that the capacity of all was 120m³ per day adequate to serve the airport.
After dropping Mirza back to the office I went to the Tung To coffee shop. I ordered a cup of coffee O and a plated of grilled bread. I thought it was the best combination I ever got. The coffee was just Rp8.000 per cup and the grilled bread was Rp16.000. We then went to the airport to pick Gilang and went back to the hotel.
At 16:30 I and Mahardi checked out of the hotel for the airport. Aping accompanied us. After entering the first inspection we checked in. Mahardi was at seat number 30D while I was at the 30E. We passed the second inspection to get to the waiting room. At 18:15 we got call for boarding (the schedule was at 17:45). At about 19:45 the Lion Air Boeing 737-800NG flight number JT0143 took off. After about 30 minutes we landed at the Sultan Machmud Airport of Palembang. The airport terminal was great. It made Palembang people proud of, I guessed.
A taxi then took me to the hotel. It took about 1 hour to get to the Wisata Hotel. We avoided the usual road because it was almost congested all the time. A light rail transportation was on the median of the road was under construction. The taxi costed Rp95.000 and I gave the driver Rp100.000. We checked in the hotel and we got room number 616. We had dinner in the Selatan Indah Resto (南美酒饭). Lanjutannya...
We went to the project implementation united located on the east of the runway. From Mr. Kodri and Mr. Nandar we had more information. They suggested us to ask escorts to accompany us working in the airport area.
After having lunch at a food stall in the airport area we dropped Gilang to the administration building again. He had a duty to see Mr. Mangatur. I and Mahardi came to the Air Navigation Authority (Lembaga Penyedia Pelayanan Navigasi Penerbangan Indonesia) to get some data. We failed to see the chief. Then, we went to the Climatology Station of Pangkal PInang to buy some data. An employee named Amat Bisri served us.
Leaving from the station we came to the Provincial Development Planning Authority. Mrs. Martini, Head of the Environment Subdivision welcomed us. We got data we needed. She suggested us to see Mrs. Tuti Andriani, Head of the Air Transportation of the Provincial Transportation Authority. We met her, she gave us the document of transportation strategic planning. She then suggested us to see her boss. Reluctantly, we came to him. Surprisingly, I knew him. He was Mr. Sardjulianto, my colleague when I served at the Directorate General of Human Settlements. So, we shared our experience since we separated. We left the office at 15:30.
We went to the Bangka Nesia Plantation in Perlang Area, Central Bangka Regency, to meet Suharsono Jayadi, Mahardi's colleague during his study in the Bogor Institute of Agriculture. The Bangka Nesia Plantation is a multiculture plantation that forest conservation is the main objective. To get to the location we trace a good pavement road to Perlang then come deep to the plantation on a non paved road. It took 3 hours to achieve the place. It was a place on the edge of forest. Suharsono Jayadi welcomed us. He served dinner with grilled fish. We has no much time, at 18:30 we asked dor leaving. He in his car escorted us to exit the format. At about 22:00 we arrived at the hotel. Lanjutannya...
I had breakfast at the Handayani Resto. I ordered soto ayam and plain tea. They were all Rp65.000. Then, I went to the departure waiting floor, still in the Terminal Building 1B. My flight was Sriwijaya Air SJ072 scheduled to take off at 09:40. The plane was a Boeing 737-800NG. I got seat number 21A, same as the previous seat. However, I was in the middle of the plane compared to the previous seat location. I boarded at 09:10 but the plane took off about 10 minutes late, 09:50. The plane landed at about 10:55. In the arrival room I met Mahardi. He was waiting for his baggage.
We then exited from the terminal. A man named Aping (李水平) fetched us. We went to the A Sui Resto to have lunch. Seafood was the speciality. We ordered buncis stir fry, water spinach stir-fry, fried calamari, and kerapu fish in yellow spices.
We then went to the Bumi Asih Hotel to check in. We got a room number 609. The day was hot so we better to stay in the room, sleeping.
At 16:00 we left the hotel for Sungailiat just for sightseeing. Apin was still accompanying us. We went to the Tri Agung Temple (叁圣殿). In the site Mahardi flied his drone. I made some pictures the scenery surrounding.
Leaving the pagoda we went to the Pesona Bay. An entrance fee was imposed Rp15.000 per person. The area was constituted by cottages. We just there to fly the drone and made pictures.
The next destination was the town of Sungailiat. It was maghrib time Sungailiat was empty. We checked in the Tung To (东道) coffee shop. Apind told that the shop was the oldest shop in Sungailiat. We ordered cups of coffee and 2 packs of fried banana.
After full with coffee we went back to Pangkalpinang. On a food court on the way to the hotel we stopped by for having dinner. I ordered siomay dish. At 19:30 we arrived at the hotel. Lanjutannya...
It was Sunday. I washed my used clothes in the morning. I dried them in the shadow in front of the home. At zuhr time almost all of the clothes were dried.
Bu Kus came and went to take care of the cats. In the afternoon she ironed the clothes. I watered the front yard. The day was so hot and humid.
In the evening there was a short heavy rain. However, the temperature was still hot. After the rain stopped I went to the printing shop on Jalan Majapahit to print documents of the Depati Amir Airport Development.
Lanjutannya...It was Friday. In the morning Nuri got up early to packed her stuffs. She would go to Jakarta to accompanied Dastan and Bibik going there. At about 09:00 o'clock Dastan and Bibik arrived at home. They were accompanied by Bagus, Mr. and Mrs. Djoni. Dastan was always crying wanting to be with Mrs. Djoni.
At 11:00 Bagus came again to fetched Dastan, Bibik, and Nuri for the airport. At 11:30 they went to airport and I went to the Masjid Attaqwa to join the Friday Prayer. The day was sun shiny and humid.
In the afternoon I did gardening. Bagus came in the evening to take his tee shirt.
Lanjutannya...It was Thursday. I was at home. Nuri seemed busy to prepare her trip to Jakarta. She washed our clothes almost all. She then went out to complete her stuff. I tried to write an article but no word was written down. Bagus came to take some medication for Dastan. He told Dastan was getting cough.
In the afternoon it was raining ☔. It stopped but started again in the evening.
Lanjutannya...At 09:20 I and Nuri went to the Garuda Pavillion of the Kariadi Hospital to see Doctor Suharti. I got turn number 10. I saw her at 12:30. My blood pressure was 160/90. It was too high. She and her assistant prescribed Amlodipine 5mg. However, my condition was ok. She told me that since then we would not covered by BPJS anymore if I made consultation to her.
In the afternoon Bagus came. He fetched Dastan and Bibik for overnight in Erlangga house. In the evening I ironed my clothes. Lanjutannya...
At 05:24 I was in the line for boarding. At 06:00 the Airbus 320 Batik Air, flight number ID6339 took off from the Ahmad Yani Airport of Semarang. At about 06:50 it landed and I got off the plane at 07:00. About 2 hours I was in the baggage claim room to wait for the time. At 09:30 I hired a taxi to go to the 600 Building, Angkasa Pura II Headquarters. The taxi claim was only Rp12.000 but because I appreciated his leave from the line I gave Rp70.000 to the driver.
In the building I met Iqbal from the consultant company. We then waited for Mahardi in the Auditorium 2. At 10:30 Mahardi arrived and the meeting commenced. It was 30 minutes late.
The meeting was the presentation of Depati Amir Airport Master Plan Review Inception Report. Mahardi was the presenter. He was the tim leader of the consultant. It was chaired by Mr. Agus Suhardi from the airport company. It attended by personnel from the company, Directorate of Airport (Ministry of Transportation), Depati Amir Airport Management, and the PU. Several suggestions were delivered by the attendants. The point was that the land acquisition was the culprit on the background of reviewing the master plan.
In the meeting we decided to postpone the survey till next week. So, I decided to go home. I ordered a plane ticket using traveloka application. I got a Batik Air ticket at Rp352.456. It was ID6346 scheduled to depart at 18:00.
Iqbal dropped me at the 1C departure terminal. I directly checked in. I got seat number 31F. I went to the waiting room on the upstair. For about 2 hours I sit there. At 16:00 I entered the entrance waiting floor. I did zuhr and ashr prayers. Then, I entered the Gate C7 waiting room.
At 17:45 I was boarding. The plane was took off at 18:20. The flight situation was smooth. At about 19:10 the plane landed. I waited for the baggage for a while. Nuri, Dastan, and Bibik fetched me. At 19:40 I arrived at home. Lanjutannya...
At arriving at home I washed my clothes mostly pants. Anindya went to the Kariadi Hospital to check her pregnancy. Nuri dropped her there. She was also asked to take my blood test result. Bagus then accompanied her home. Bagus showed me that my blood examination (Ca9-19) was ok.
At 11:00 I went to Plaza Simpanglima to buy a pack of Office 365. It was at Rp900.000. I went also to Indosat Service Center to change my 3G SIM card to 4G one. The queue was so long, I got turn number 514 at the time turn number 600 was in service. The number 514 means 1014 so there were more than 400 people in front of me. The clerk told that it took about 3 hours. I went back home for lunch then I went there at 14:30. The turn number 515 was in service but I still got the next. At about 15:00 I went home with a new SIMcard. I stopped by the Cak Rus Barbershop to trim my hair.
In the evening Anindya went to Jakarta by the last plane to Jakarta. I packed my stuffs for going to Jakarta tomorrow. Lanjutannya...
I planned to go Jakarta on Tuesday. I tried to get the lowest price ticket to there. Using traveloka application I got it at Rp681.418. Lanjutannya...
After maghrib time I and Rahutama went out. I got off at the Plaza Simpanglima and Rahutama continued to go to ACE Hardware. He wanted to by car fragrance. I went to the Erafone Shop to buy a cellphone.
I put my choice on the Oppo F1 one, a double SIMcard handset of 3Gb RAM and 4G system. The price was Rp3.499.000. I paid it Rp499.000 in cash and the balance would be in credit. I used BNI credit card. I had to pay off Rp500.000 every month for 6 months. Lanjutannya...
In the evening Mr. Djoni and the gang came. They picked Anindya, Dastan, and Bibik for going. They would go to Jepara to fill their holiday.
In the evening I and Nuri fetched Rahutama at a PFU on Jalan Setiabudi, Srondol. Lanjutannya...
The procedure was as follows. We had to take a number card. Those who wanted to see a doctor took a green card and the others who wanted to put sample, or to undergo radiology, etc. took a grey card. After a consultation with a door guard he gave me a grey card number 34. Then, after 5 minutes waiting we were allowed to enter to the registration room. About 10 minutes I got my turn. We had to come and go twice to the BPJS desk since the items were not mentioned on the computer screen. The items, CEA and CA 9-19, then were printed. I came to the verification desk. The CEA was deleted because the last examination was lasting less than 3 months. I came to the sampling room 10 minutes later. After the blood was tapped the lab technician told me that the result would be issued on Monday. We went home after cancelling my intention to see the doctor.
After a while we were home Mrs. Djoni came home. She was just to say hello and told us Dastan was on the way. She also invited us to have dinner at a resto.
At 20:00 I and Nuri joined the dinner in the Gossip Kitchen. The other participants were Mr. and Mrs. Djoni (the hosts), Mrs. Natsir, Om Beni, Dimas, Zilpa, Selo, Bagus, Anindya, Dastan, and Bibik. A good atmosphere was building up. We dismissed at 22:30. Lanjutannya...
It was Tuesday. In the morning I joined qigong in the temple hall. The participants were only 7 people. Melanie was the instructor. We practiced chenqi, laqi, pengqi guanding, and zhanzhuang. We concluded at 07:20.
At 10:00 I and Nuri went to the Kariadi Hospital to check the new procedure. It was found that BPJS members were not served in the Garuda Pavilion anymore. They are served in the Merpati Building.
We went to the Bank Jateng, Pemuda to withdraw my May pension salary. It was crowded although they served the customers quickly.
In the afternoon I removed weeds on the front yard.
Lanjutannya...It was Monday. I went to join qigong in the temple hall. The participants were just 8 people. Chen Ming was the instructor. We started little bit late so we just practicing chenqi, laqi, and pengqi guanding. We concluded at 07:30.
At about 09:00 Nuri accompanied Rahutama to the Banyumanik Bus Stop. He would go to Jogja. Nuri then went to the Ada Supermarket for shopping after dropping him at the bus stop.
At home I watered the front yard. Then, I got a brief sleep.
In the afternoon Nuri was home. I ironed my clothes I had washed on Sunday. Nuri went out again to by some stuffs at the Superindo Shop.
At 11:00 I fetched Nuri at the airport. She flew with Citilink departed from the Halim Perdanakusuma Airport. With her were Dastan and Bibik. The terminal building was crowded as usual.
At 14:00 I accompanied Rahutama to the computer bazaar on the 5th floor of Plaza Simpang Lima. We bought an HP laptop with RAM 4Gb, memory 750 Gb at Rp8.500.000. The Windows 8.1 operating system was included at Rp1.500.000.
This evening Dastan and Bibik were overnight in his grandparents' house on Erlangga Street. Lanjutannya...
