Selasa, 07 Agustus 2018

Being in the Office

It is Tuesday. I arrived at Jatinegara Station at 04:47. By a Gojek car I got at the guesthouse at 05:36. I had time to do dawn prayer. I then continued sleeping.

I had breakfast at Satuhati warung tegal. At 09:30 I arrived at the office. Benny, Priyonggo, Anwar, and Panggih were in.

I worked to implement the findings during site visit in documents and drawings. I also reported them to Benny. Benny told the assignment would be terminated the end of the month. It would be continued with escorting period.

At 18:30 I went back to the guesthouse. I stopped by at an Indomaret shop for buying banana. Lanjutannya...

Senin, 06 Agustus 2018

Going to Jakarta

It was Monday. At 01:24 the train arrived at Tawang Station. I got off here. Nuri and Rahutama picked me up. At about 01:45 I arrived at home. I had dinner and then slept.

At 07:30 I woke up. I washed my clothes. Nuri helped me to dry them under sunshine.

At 09:45 I and Nuri went out to do some matters. We dropped Rahutama at Terminal Bus Banyumanik. He would go to Singaraja. Nuri gave him brownies for his colleagues. Then, she dropped me at Bank Jateng Unnes. She continued to picked up Dastan from his kindergarten. I withdrew my pension salary. Nuri and Dastan picked me up and we went to Dastan's house. We dropped him there. I met Aishalina for a while. We continued to go to Tawang Station where I bought my Argo Bromo ticket for this night. The next destination was a coffee shop where I bought V60 paper filter. The last stop was Bank BNI Gang Pinggir where I deposited money. At 14:20 we arrived at home. After praying ashr I got slept.

By a Gojek car I went to Tawang Station at 22:30. I had enough time to print the boarding pass and to wait for the train. My train was Argo Bromo Anggrek scheduled to leave at 23:30. At 23:15 the train arrived from Surabaya Pasirturi. After being on board I managed myself for continuing sleeping. At 23:30 the train departed for Gambir. I got slept. Lanjutannya...

Minggu, 05 Agustus 2018

Going Back to Semarang

It is Sunday. We went back to Indonesia. In the morning at 06:30 local time we left the hotel bu Grab cars. There were 3 cars: a 6 passanger car and 2 cars of 4 passangers. The costs were RM42 for 6 passangers car and RM23 for 4 passangers car. In about 45 minutes we arrived at the airport. We had breakfast in KFC counter while waited for the check in time. I, Johny, and Tri Heryanto had various fruit for the breakfast.

At 08:00 we checked in and at 08:30 were in the waiting room for Gate B1. Our flight was MH1143, PEN - KUL, scheduled to board at 08:55. I got seat 19B. At 10:42 there was a call for boarding. About 25 minutes later our Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-800 took off for Kuala Lumpur. The flight was smooth, at 11:40 we landed at the KLIA.

After disembarking we passed the immigration desk to show our passport. Our next flight was MH0721, KUL - CGK scheduled to board at 13:00. I got 9A. We waited at Gate C8. We boarded at 13:30 and about 30 minutes later our Boeing 380-800 took off from KLIA. Before taking off I found that my next flight would be departing from Halim Perdanakusuma. I estimated I would not have time to ketch up the flight so I cancelled it. I would get cash back 50% of the ticket price or Rp292.000.

It was smooth flight so at 15:05 Indonesia time we landed at Soekarno Hatta Airport. We passed the immigration and custom desks. Risnawati gave me a ride. Beside her in a small car there were me, his husband (as the driver), her, Kanti, Heni, and Anna. We arrived at Gambir Station at 16:45. I and Heni got off there. We separated, she went to the waiting room and I took queue for a ticket. I got Sembrani Train at Rp292.000.

I did my dhuhur and ashr prayers at the masjid. I came to the Bakmi GM to have early dinner. Before embarking I did my maghrib and isha prayers at the musala. At the platform 3 I met Naro and Sri. They would go back to Semarang along with their family.

At 19:15 the train departed for Semarang. I was in coach 5 seat 9C. I soon got slept. I woke up for a while when the train reaching Cirebon and Pekalongan. Lanjutannya...

Sabtu, 04 Agustus 2018

Going Around

It is Saturday. At 09:30 we had breakfast at a Malay food stall at the corner of the block. The dishes were tasty enough. The coffee I had was also ok

At about 10:00 we started to go around exploring the town. Our driver was Xie Wen Cai. He was also our guide. We went to Upside Down Museum to have some weird pictures of us. Admission was RM27. We stepped in many rooms one by one. In each room we made pictures. The museum crew help us to direct our position and to operate our camera. It was about 1 hour we spent time here.

The next Madu, Coklat, batik. Next destination was a place where 3 workshop took place. a batik workshop

Tas

We had lunch in Hainan Town Restorant. Several dishes were provided. They all tasty. We made pictures of us after having lunch at spots around the resto.

We then went to retailer shop named Tropiks Enterprises to buy specific Penang goods. I bought spices. The nextby place was Chocolate & Coffee Museum. We went there just to see the goods.

The last destination was Komtar (Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak) where some of us (I, Yudiaryani, Adiati, Anna, Risnawati, Triheryanto and Yuli) went up to the Top. The admission fee was RM45, it was fee for senior. We went to the floor 65 and change another lift to floor 68. It was the top of the building.

In the evening I, Johny, and Tri Heryanto dined at Wk Western Resto. Lanjutannya...

Jumat, 03 Agustus 2018

Going Around

It is Friday. At 09:00 we walked out seeking breakfast. At a foodcourt on Jalan Macalester we found Indonesia food counter. Some of us had nasi pecel for the breakfast.

After having breakfast we went to Penang Hill. Our group was added with Edi Pramono and his wife Trie Yuliana Suganda. The admission fee was RM27. Our car parked on the parkir area in front of the entrance. A rail wagon brought to the peak of 700m above sea level.

After leaving the hill I was dropped at Masjid Jamik Al Qadrie Ayer Itam to join Friday Prayer. The masjid was modest but airconditioned. The jamaah were mostly from the Melayu etnic group and the others seemed Indian, Pakistani, or Arabic descendants. After finishing the prayer there were several jamaah distributing various snacks for their amal saleh (charity).

We then had lunch Oriental Seafood. They provided good food. For drinking, I ordered young coconut and plain tea. Their young coconuts were served nicely. They were shaped at a way so the customer could easily drink the water and pick the young coconut curd inside. The seafood dishes were also ok,

Harreston Chocolate

Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak building

walking to the hotel

dined in pojok back to pojok LK Western and Fruit Tea Cafe Lanjutannya...

Kamis, 02 Agustus 2018

Going to Penang

It is Thursday. I went to the Terminal 1A arrival at 00:45. At about 01:30 Anna showed up. The raillink train that connecting terminals had been stopped. The shuttle bus came few. So, by a Gojek car of Rp52.000 we went to the Terminal 3C where other members were waiting for us. They were Kanti, Yudiaryani, Heni, Adiati, Arijani, Risnawati, Johny, and Tri Heryanto.

Our flight was MH726 scheduled to depart at 04:25 and arrive at 07:25. At 02:00 we expected to check in but the counter office told the flight was cancelled due to the lack of the plane. A heavy rain had dropped in the night forced the plane to land at Surabaya.

We were transferred to Garuda GA820 scheduled to depart at 08:35 and arrive at 11:50. So, we had to wait for the Garuda check in counter opening at 05:00. I used the time to sleep on the floor. I was so sleepy.

After checking in we went to the waiting room at Gate 9. We passed the boarding pass check and immigration desk smoothly. I did my subuh prayer in the musala. We had chicken porridge and coffee at Droptoast counter. I then slept again.

At about 08:45 we boarded. I was on seat 43I. At about 09:00 the plane took off. The pilot told the flight time was 1 hour 40 minutes. The flight was smooth. We landed at Kuala Lumpur Internasional Airport 11:50.

MH1152 waiting room A5 paid off Agoda prayer at Gate B1 c

penang internasional Airport Grab car M Hotel Room 409

dined nasi kandar Lanjutannya...

Rabu, 01 Agustus 2018

Going to Jakarta

It is Wednesday. After breakfast we went to the office of BWSK3 to fetch the team. Team consisted of Rustiani, Dar, and Deni. It was about 10:30 went we left the office area for Kilometerage 38. We found raining along the way there.

At about 13:00 we arrived at Pondok Gong Cross Drain. It was about Station 21+000. The rain was more heavy but I had to be out to explain the situation. So, I put my hoodie on. We found that the river alignment had been filled with soil.

Before continuing to the next site we dropped by at a resto nearby. We had lunch there.

At about 14:00 we were at Sakakanan cross drain. A bridge was under construction. We found the rain had stopped but the ground was still wet and slipery. So, we still in limited to explore the site situation.

At about 14:30 we were in the Wika Project office to give back the safety unit and managed a discussion about our visit. I asked Arin and Isvan to help us making construction description. Finally, we dismissed.

Priyonggo accompanied the team going back to Samarinda. I, Pranoto, and Edo went to Balikpapan. At 16:00 I and Pranoto checked in at Zurich Hotel room 510.

At 18:45 I left the hotel for the airport by a Gojek car. I directly checked in and got seat 29D. My flight was Batik ID6225 scheduled to depart at 20:00 and arrived Jakarta at 21:10. I found that the plane took off at 19:45 and landed at 20:50. We arrived earlier. I was still in the terminal building to wait for Anna which scheduled to arrive at 23:35. Lanjutannya...