all about my dreams

fort worth

herdigetmad — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:28:07 +0000

well it is a little bit too late to write a blog about my first experience in United States while I am taking sort of training from the company I work for, the big red evil company, because I have been here for one and a half month. so many things great happened during those period. but I will take quick reviews about what i had done here. hope you all enjoy it.

so, as i said before, i went to united states for my job training. we would be here for 3 months. well it is quite long time for me to have fun even though I still have a burden to get pass from this training. the rule is we should get average score more than 80 or we will be fired. honestly, in my opinion, passing this training is not that hard as long as you could keep focus to study everyday for the whole time you here. but I won’t do that for sure, because this training is not the most important thing for me, I have another desire while I am here. that is having fun and enjoying your life in foreign country. It is very rare occasion for me, I even never thought that I will go to united states. it’s just like a dream for me. that’s why something comes out from my mind, why should i spend my time here only for studying?? it would be so much better if you try to get nice tourism experience here as long as you can. if I have time to hang out over many cities in united states, so just go for it. enjoy your life here, may be you won’t get another chance to have fun in united states because there is no way you can afford it by yourself. so we decided to go to other cities in every weekend if we have spare time.

first weekend in January, we just went to Austin by car. oh yeah i forget to mention that the company rent us two car for 5 indonesian people. it is more than enough for us because we just need to spend our money to buy gasoline for going to other country, we don’t even need to buy airplane ticket which is so expensive for us. Austin is a good city for students, it is well known as its university, the austin university, but there are not many places to go for tourism. but most people go there to enjoy the night clubs which is located at the Sixth Street. unfortunately, it is not fit on me because i don’t like going out to the night club.. but it is worthed places to have tourism experience.

the third weekend, we went to houston. it is also worthed place because we don’t need to spend money for Hotel, fortunately, I have friends who have training at there. so we just stayed in one of my friend’s rooms, and the good thing is that they are staying at Hilton. it is my first experience for staying in 5 stars hotel, and it is free. can you imagine that?? so we stayed in houston for 2 days, but actually it is not a good city to have tourism experience. because it is very busy place, it is a place to work. you could see so many high building there but nothing you can do there because most of them are offices. but still, no matter how bad it is, as long as we are in the united states, so it would be very nice experience. but the good thing is that there is an outlet. so we spend a long time for shopping.

it is nice to share my experience more and more, but I feel so tired now. I will continue my share in other time.. see you…

Lose twice in a row

herdigetmad — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:14:41 +0000

I’m not the only one who feel frustrated in the office, many people feel the same. it is proved by many people joining to play Counter Strike. That is one my my favorite games. at first time I played it alone in my office because I felt so bored. and I just played with computer, people call it Bots. then I tried to persuaded some of my friends. and I made it. the number of player was getting bigger and bigger. until it was enough to play 2 team without any bots.

and recently it got more serious. we made some rules, and we all were divided into 2 group and each person was not allowed to change team. so the game become so exciting, until it seems like we all forget that we have break in office hour. because break time is considered as war time!! hahaha..

but when the get serious, I wasn’t lucky because I lost twice in a row. and what make me so sad was that my team always lead the game in the beginning. we got win many rounds in the first time but then the enemy made turning back point. until we lost 7-8 and 10-17. yeah, I admitted that we lose because they have better strategy. It won’t happen again in the next battle.. I promise to give my best shot to win the next game… just watch out your back!!!

Working hours shift

herdigetmad — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:21:53 +0000

what strange days I have! few days ago I’ve just realized that I don’t feel good in the place where I am working now. I through everyday with bad feelings. it”s all because I often do nothing in in there, it seems like I am just abandoned or ignored by my company. people call it,”eating blind salary”. for some people may like it, but not for me. because money is not the most important thing I need at this time. I am a fresh graduate who has great ambition and very entusciasm to get a lot of experiences for job, especially in oil and gas industry. so that I could get a better job in the future. but nothing I can do now. this company doesn’t give me all what I need.

that’s why, I have to change my direction.. maybe this condition is so frustrating, but if I think over it with different side. as I said before, it’s my chance to reach my dream. although is not as easy as I thought. there would be many changes, one of them is I need to change my time for work. usually I work in the office from 8 am 0′clock until 5 pm. but the fact is that I DID NOTHING AT THAT TIME.. that’s why I should shift my working hour based on my top priority now. Taking a master is my 1st priority, so all activities that belong to effort to reach my dream are my working hour now. so it would be the rest time I have outside working in the office, worship/praying, doing sport and taking a rest. my problem is that shifting my working hour is not easy because now is ramadhan month. there’re so many I have to do in this holy month. so I have to make time arrangement carefully, effectively and efficiently. and it would need so much energy to do that.. GOD give me more strenght.. because YOU are the only one who could help me.

Amazing weekend..!!

herdigetmad — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:17:08 +0000

the third week of august 2009 was very impressived. many special things happened at those week. and it give me happines and exciteness on monday which is the most boring day. I feel so fresh in my mind, so relieved. that’s all because of the only one girl I love.. thank you so much mbul.. you makes me feel brand new (copied from a song hehehe)
these are what happened in a very happy weekend :

we made a big surprise to papa, I’ve never thought we did it. on wednesday night, I was going to sleep but I called my girlfriend first before sleeping. then she said that her father was alone in the house whereas the day after was his birthday. Then I offered a crazy idea.. it’s about making surprise by coming to his house and giving some cakes with a candle on top in the midnight, when the day was about change to the next day. the problem was those idea come out 1 hour before midnight. so we didn’t have much time to prepare. but we still had to make surprise, so we made a plan on the road. finally, we bought dunkin donuts with a candle.quite simple but the giving time made it so special…
papa’s birthday was the same day as the first fasting day of ramadhan. because of we came in the midnight so it’s a little bit imposibble for me to go home. that’s why I had to stay for a night in my girlfriend house and had first “sahur” with my girlfriend’s family. hhmmm… it’s so awesome and a little bit romantic.. hehehe…
on sunday we all were doing the first fasting, and that fasting was ended by having “buka” and dinner with my girlfriend again… wooowww.. so impressived begining of fasting. we had dinner in Tamani, for me it’s very strange restaurant, because mostly they sell european food but the restaurant name is so indonesian. I’m not interested at all to try strange european food, so i just ordered “Nasi Goreng Special” hehehe.. but mygirlfriend and her father mock me all the time.. hehehe.. but I don’t mind, it’s better to show the real me than just pretending to be someone else.. heheheh

Question #3

herdigetmad — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:52:08 +0000

3. If you could have personally witnessed one event in history, what would you want to have seen?

I love music and could play it. that’s why I really like watching live music. as musician, I have some favorite bands. but actually, few weeks later my mind changed. someone got me interested and he become my most favorite singer (not band anymore). but unfortunately I was amazed by him when he had died. yeah, everybody knows michael jackson. I knew him since I was child, but he wasn’t my favorite. I thougth that he was just ordinary entertainer. but after he died, I have just realized that no one couldn’t be compared with him. he is a real king of pop with extraordinary talent. his dance is a legend and his popularity exist eternally. I’m sure in the future, everybody will always remember him as a king. that’s why I want to have witnessed one of his live performance. i really want to see him dancing and singing directly with very loud shout from audiences. hhhmm… it sounds so fantastic.. but I know that it is imposible. I just could see his memoriam live performance in internet, TV or DVD. but i still enjoy it so much..
good bye Michael.. I love you full (like mbah surip said) ..

What a useless week..

herdigetmad — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:16:51 +0000

I’ve been through a week without any good result for me. since last week my days were so mess up. I had been preparing a schedule to make my life well organized. but I got a lot of things to do that make me out of my schedule i made. for a week I lived with no vision, mission, short or long targets. I totally got lost. I did many things that are so far from the way of my dream. I admit it that I did something fun, enjoyable, joy and made me happy. but it is just temporary feeling and shortterm and it would be bad thing in longterm. and the worst thing that would happen is that I never reach my dreams. and I call it the worst nightmare in all my life..

Now I realize my mistake, and I should make a change soon and get back to the right way. I have to open and fill my organizer again with my new schedule n idea. this week would be my time to take revenge for what I did last week. I hope it isn’t only a wish.. but also something that comes true. the only one important thing that I have to do is that “BE DILLIGENT!!!” and dare to say “NO” for something that would disturb my mission in this week..

It would be another boring day… bbbbrrrrggghhhh…..

herdigetmad — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:23:42 +0000

Yesterday was just a common day for people in my office, but there was a little difference. my boss was absent while we had no project. we had accomplished all the tasks so we just waited the deadline comes. that’s why we all in the office didn’t do anything for job. we just browsed on the internet or checked the email. but it was not that fun because since 3rd august there was a change in IT system. I don’t know the detail, but It’s so disturbing, so many sites was blocked and the internet run so slow…. it was so frustrating.. because of that, people in the office were so sad!! or even a little bit angry eventhough they didn’t show it. that’s why people prefered to sleep or just lay down in office hour.

then I decided that I have to talk to my boss about everything i feel and need in this company. i have to make a revolution so that I don’t just waste my time everyday in office. I’m going to talk about the programme for GPP (Graduate Profesional Programmes) to be improved. because so far, as GPP member, I am so dissapointed. the program didn’t run well even it had been stucked for a long time ago. I feel that after working almost a year, I still get nothing. this make me so mad..

but now, while i have motivation and many things to be discussed with my boss, actually he is absent again today. i’ve heard that he is sick now. I feel piety of him but also piety of myself because today I’m gonna have another boring day like yesterday…

yesterday all my trouble seemed so close
but now I know that it happen again today…
Oh I believe in future day.. hahahahahahah..

Get out from Comfort Zone!!!

herdigetmad — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:18:56 +0000

2 years ago, I read a book that tells me about “Comfort Zone”. that term really made me awake. what does it means? Comfort zone is a condition where people feel safe and secure with the financial stuff they have, until they feel like no need anything more but actually they haven’t been free from financial problem. and it has many bad effects to them, that are, they feel affraid of getting a new better job or way to get money because everything seems so imposible. they lose their feeling of struggling and become people who give up easily. the worst thing is that everybody has a dream and comfort zone makes them really forget about their dream or even they feel that they are already in the condition of what they have dreamed before.

so could you imagine, I’ve known that term for 2 years ago, I should have made preparation not to get me in the Comfort Zone. but I didn’t. and now, it’s hard to believe that I have been in Comfort Zone for at least a year, and I didn’t realize when I entered that zone for the first time. maybe there is no clear definition about the differences between being in comfort zone or not. but you can feel it when you have stucked in that zone. first thing that people always feel that they seem like they haven’t done anything important in your life or they just did routinity activities that are so far for reaching their dream. be careful, once you feel the same like that, it means you are in or entering comfort zone.

then what I am gonna do after realizing that I am in comfort zone?? first thing I have to do is that I have to restate or make a new vision and mission. just try hard to get back in the right track into your dream. make a list of all activities that you always did recently. and then eliminate without any doubt every activities that don’t support your way into your dreams eventhough you like it so much. it’s right that your pleasure will decrease. but remember that pleasure has hold you from your dreams for so long time. just consider it as temptation. and the last and the most important, just be diligent and discipline to do every plans you made whatever it cost..

Question # 2

herdigetmad — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:23:35 +0000

2. If you had to be trapped in a TV show for a month, which show would you choose?

hhhmmm… no doubt, I would like to choose Kulinary show or even become the host of that. It’s unbelievable dream for me because Kulinary is my hobby I like the most. I was born from surabaya which is a city with many kinds of delicious foods. so I could taste sensitively any food. and I really really want to taste foods from all around the world. but I have to be careful. I’ve got very bad collesterol, it is genetical problem, so I was born to be person who could generate collesterol easily. that’s why if I will be a Host of Kulinary, I should do sport more intensive and harder to keep my body health while I eat a lot of foods.. but it’s gonna be so worthed… so that’s not a big deal.

*Time to write : 15 minutes

Question #1

herdigetmad — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:33:04 +0000

1. Do you feel that children should be sheltered from unhappiness?

Sheltering children from unhappiness is so rubbish. in my point of view, child is the most determining age for everybody. at that age, the biggest development of brain capability happen and mentality is also formed. we might say that it is the most important momment for human being. that’s why we have to let children know about a lot of things including whether the happiness or unhappiness. but what we have to do as parents or older people is that we should teach them how to react or even overcome every bad feeling appear. unhappines is a part of our life, we can’t avoid it, sooner or later everybody will face it for sure. so if children know about the unhappiness and how to solve or react that feeling, so in the future they would be a great and tough people in the world because they would be ready for every difficulties that appear in they life.

* Time to write : 30 minutes