tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31893742338279140352024-02-20T04:55:53.241-08:00Daily Letter from Hubby to Wifey from Singapore to GermanyJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.comBlogger255125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-24563921253788674732016-10-29T21:06:00.002-07:002016-10-29T21:12:33.883-07:00Dear Wifey - Dreamer and Doer<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Our life is made up of time. Our days are measured in hours, our pay measured by those hours, our knowledge is measured by years. And yet time eventually runs out and you wonder in your heart of hearts if those seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and decades were being spent the best way they possibly could. - </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Cecelia Ahern</span></span></blockquote>
Dear Wifey,<br />
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It has been two years since my last letter. You often ask me where is another dear wifey. In 2012 there were almost <a href="http://www.dearwifey.com/search?updated-min=2012-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=50" target="_blank">200 of them</a>, In 2013 there were only slightly above <a href="http://www.dearwifey.com/search?updated-min=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=50" target="_blank">50</a>, in 2014 it was <a href="http://www.dearwifey.com/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=4" target="_blank">less than 10</a>, in 2015 there was no letter at all, and here is the first letter of 2016 and hopefully not the only one.<br />
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I found the quote above when searching an inspiring quote about time. Coincidentally the quote was from Cecelia Ahern, the author of P.S. I Love You, the story where the idea of this dear wifey correspondence came from. And I couldn't agree more with my mind state relating to the quote and I asked myself where are those years have gone?<br />
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What I realised as I am getting older, I still haven't achieved most of my dreams and contributed something useful to people around me and our parents are also getting older while we might still couldn't pay their kindness. What I also realised, I have been too long stay as a dreamer instead of doer.<br />
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As an avid dreamer, I have very long todos, life goals and bucket list, that I grouped into different life aspect categories. I often spent sometime to groom the list, have a bunch of reading list that linked to the todos. I read a lot of articles and books in helping me to have clearer understanding and strategy of how to reach and approach the todos. And after I have done all of them I have never started. Few weeks a go I posted one very nice quote that also accurately describe me.<br />
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.</blockquote>
And there was I, standing still.<br />
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At the other side of equation, you are never blabbering too much about to do list, life goals, bucket list. You are an executor. Different with me, when you suddenly think want to reach something, you didn't spend too much time in over-preparation. You just start the first step and keep moving. One example is about your willingness to study again. From the first day you consider to go to school again, you immediately make action list. You immediately contacted all of your friends to get school and professor recommendation, read all papers related to your research plan, book an IELTS test, and continuously doing all actionable item every day.<br />
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While I have spent in countless time in books, Quora threads, hackernews articles trying to find answer how is to reach a goal effectively, you have taught me by example. The first step to reach any goal is to start your first step toward it. Even if it is slow it much better than standing still. So that in future that will come we will have a good question whether all of those time were being spent the best way they possibly could.<br />
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PS: I love youJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-86933107997046498822014-04-23T00:07:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:07.459-07:00Dear Wifey - Life MilestoneThis letter draft has been written few days back and left uncomplete until just today. <br><br> Dear Wifey, <br><br> Software development project management has terminology called milestone. It is a guidelines for what the project need to complete in future time. The future in this context should be specific so that there is no such easy way to procrastinate. I believe this approach should be done in my life, and since my life consists you then lets we call it our life milestone. <br><br> In few days, if everything going well we will have a place called home (it should be read as rented home actually). I hope it will help us in planning what we would like to achieve in the times that will come. Several of those plans might be quite pragmatic, let start write the list what we expect to achieve within 1 year forward. Some of the list might be over optimist and unrealistic but under the sun everything is possible nothing impossible. Eventhough again my less ambition life and easy to give up habit will really need so much attention to make sure all of those milestone will be keep on track. <br><br> Having babies Going umrah Buy a house Buy a car Buy a motorbike Have plenty of saving include one urgent saving Have an investment in small business and in stock market (work for other will not make you rich) Settled in better career or find independent job (applied for both of us) Having another awesome world travel Write book (for me and I invite you as well) Let start with book about our awesome eurotrip Continue higher degree study (phd for wifey and master for hubby) and please add other things that I missed... <br><br> I have a blessing disguise that my current work nature is not too demanding. Its mean we should have plenty of time to arrange our future life in our spare time. The job is sometime fun but sometime less challenging. I have to more thankful by my stay in Nurman place and learn how he work extremely hard, going to office before 6am and arrive home sometime after 9pm. From there I learn that we should appreciate and use our spare time effectively and efficiently in achieving our dream. <br><br> Of course this comfort zone should not hold me forever. I wish we can advance in more challenging and fulfilling life again ahead. Move to US, Europe or Australia for example? Working at google, twitter or airbnb? Resume study in awesome school while have passive income from our side business. Or else just build and start our own awesome business from one peacefull comfort our own villa in outer skirt of Yogyakarta will be cool isn't it? Let just add more another awesome wildest dream that we can ever think. For now, I would like not just stop the dream to stay inside the list but want to bring those outside papers to be something true. <br><br> PS: I love you <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-90086085444951793522014-04-08T16:01:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:07.450-07:00Dear Wifey - ArgopuroDear wifey, <br><br> Ini adalah edisi perdana dear wifey setelah hilang terbit selama 3 bulan dikarenakan editor utamanya terlalu sibuk menangani kelakuan-kelakuan absurd nan menggemaskan dari sang istri. <br><br> Kereta Logawa pun meninggalkan stasiun Jember beberapa menit lewat dari pukul 5.10 pagi. Matahari masih temaram bersembunyi di balik horizon dan mulai muncul pelan-pelan. Di kanan kiri banyak rumah penduduk dan sesekali persawahan, sungai dan jalan desa yang terlewati. Tapi yang paling mengesankan adalah sosok raksasa nan cantik yang puncaknya dikelilingi Awan berbalut cahaya orange Dari mentari yang terus menanjak. Kubuka peta di handphone ternyata namanya adalah Argopuro. Dari semua pemandangan itu tersadar diri bahwa betapa Maha Baik Allah memberikan begitu banyak rejeki, anugerah dan kenikmatan kepada kita. Betapa beruntungnya juga aku berkesempatan menikmati pemandangan itu karena mengenalmu. <br><br> Dear wifey, sejak beberapa hari ini sejak kembali dari Eropa rasanya hati ini tidak enak mengingat fakta bahwa kita masih harus berpisah lagi sementara waktu. Setelah hampir 2 tahun berpisah akhirnya kita diberi kesempatan berkumpul tak terpisahkan hampir selama 3 bulan terakhir. Tentunya dengan segala konflik yang sesekali terjadi dan yang mungkin sebagian besar dipicu oleh keegoisan aku. Terima kasih untuk kesabaranmu yang nyaris tak berbatas. Hari ini akhirnya aku harus kembali lagi merajut hidup untuk masa depan kita berdua kelak. Sayangnya harus melalui perpisahan sementara. <br><br> Dear wifey, jaga kesehatan selama sementara kita jauh. Tentu juga jaga shalat dan ibadah adalah yang terutama. Jangan berhenti belajar meski telah usai bersekolah. Dari sejak awal kenal hingga sekarang engkau selalu menjadi inspirasiku. Juga di saat yang bersamaan menjadi senyum dan gelak tawa berasal. <br><br> Insya Allah akan kutunggu dalam beberapa hari ke depan di bandara Changi Singapura untuk kita berdua merajut mimpi besar masa depan kita. Menggapai keluarga samara, sejahtera, bermanfaat dan penuh petualangan. <br><br> Salam rindu tak terputus dari lelaki yang masih terus harus belajar untuk menjadi suami yang baik bagi bidadarinya. Doa-doamu adalah pembentuk jalur ekspres dalam mewujudkan mimpi-mimpi kita. <br><br> PS: I love youJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-23478381072954977452014-01-08T07:07:00.000-08:002014-06-03T23:34:07.437-07:00Dear wifey - Frankfurt I am in loveIt has been almost 2 years we are mostly away. I still cannot believe that Insya Allah in several days from now we will meet in the blue continent. Like I have written sometime a go. PS: I love you, please wait me in the beautiful city of Frankfurt. <br><br> Sometime I pray a lot. Although sometime I stupidly arrogant for not praying. The great things are most of my pray is always answered. Some immediately, some with delay and some other with something better. As God promise that never missed. I got you as my wife is one example. I can work in Singapore with very sufficient income is another sample. I feel health, safe and comfort. How dumb I am if still cannot grateful for all those things? Luckily I am not dumb. I feel so much grateful and to be more grateful is one of continues pray that often I send to God. <br><br> However there are some pending prays. To have babies and to get PhD. Patiently and consistently I am walking slowly but sure to approach that wish. Thanks for you that keep reminding me to be more patient and just resigned after present our best effort for our wish. Let God decide what is the best outcome. Good in our perspective doesn't meet it is really good. Allah knows better than us. <br><br> Thank you for always being the greatest partner in my life. See you in Frankfurt in couple of days. <br><br> PS: I love you <br><br> <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-63940745045729544652014-01-01T14:32:00.000-08:002014-06-03T23:34:07.427-07:00Dear wifey - The Hungry HumanDear wifey, <br><br> It has been a few weeks again since my last dear wifey. At least it can show how easy to start something, however how it difficult to maintain commitment. I am so sorry I am still not good example of this. <br><br> Let start with how peaceful seeing you sleep. Open mouth cute like usual while Garu goggle his eyes in the background. So funny. In a few days Insya Allah I will be there to play with you. Might be when you sleep with that open mouth, I will slip in my tongue inside your lip and you will wake for a moment, push me back and sleep again. <br><br> In these few days I didn't do much things. I go to CGH everymorning. The work environment there is little bit strange. Our office located in helpdesk center. So that every minute some phone will rings. Not the best place to code peacefully. Luckily the assignment will end very soon. Most of the people there are pinnoy. I don't know why it is difficult to maintain good streotype to Phillipinos nowadays especially after some bad experience from bad attitude that silly flat mate couple. Even though actually I believe many pinnoy that must be also nice. Some of my colleague in office and even in CGH during last christmast party they invite me to enjoy some foods that they bring and order. Daily at last some hi also quite often coming from their mouth. Lesson learned, stop streotyping even though how stereotyping people seems so much true. <br><br> Moving to the next topic. In some last days I read trilogy of Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games. Little bit late because they hype was rising since 2008 but I just read right now. The story is more or less about game of hunger. In not exactly described dystopian future world are not same like now. Some undescribed disaster have changed our world. There is Panem one country in where North America was. Every year Panem held The Hunger Games, gathering one boy and one girl from every district in Panem chosen by lotery. The boys and girls have to kill each other in arena of Hunger Games. It seems sadistic and it is. However it still bring some moral message. First about killing each other itself. It has been true right now in the real form and in not obvious form. In Indonesia just see student fighting. Tawuran. They are seem not afraid to harm or even kill each other. In non obvious form let see about political drama in our country again. Some people will do anything to get position in goverment. Not to server people but more for their own advantage. Second the books (and the movie) remind us that our world is not owned by us. We have to inherite this to our next generation. <br><br> So those are some sharing this morning. I fell little bit sleepy again. Might be will have to sleep for 1 or 1.5 hours. <br><br> PS: I love you. See you in Frankfurt in couple of days. <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-39563309409261209062013-12-10T07:45:00.000-08:002014-06-03T23:34:07.340-07:00Dear wifey - Cascading Our DreamDear wifey, <br><br> I was starting to write simple dear wifey letter. However the topic become too much heavy, so that I will publish this as blog post as well. :p <br><br> There two problem relate to human passion. First person who cannot find their passion. Second, person who know his passion but restricted to reach it. <br><br> Passion is the most important thing that drive us in life. It is our fuel and also our GPS for direction guidance. According to summary of talk Tim Ferris talk that I took from Arman Sulamanov tumblr, Tim had shared about the way to find our passion. We can find it by ask these two simple questions, what did you do when you were 12 and what would you do event if you weren't paid. <br><br> *How to find passion* <br><br> Let me remember what I would like to be when I was 12. I don't remember exactly whether it was at 12 but there is one of my child want to be dream. I want to be an astronaut. It was triggered by some astro scince book that I read when I was stay with my uncle during my elementary school time. I read about NASA space shuttle, international space station and US Apollo project, especially Apollo 11. I dream to be the next Neil Armstrong. <br><br> As my age increased, sometime our dream and passion also evolved. Evolved because we find something that we interest more or could be also because constraint around us that make we adjust our passion. One day around my high school time, I went to bank to save my small saving. I had small talk with the bank teller. He asked me what major that I plan to take in university. I answered that I haven't think about that yet. The teller reply me again, be a computer programmer, he said. That job currently in high demand so that much company will offers good income. I immediately imaging going to office with nice laptop in my backpack (at that time laptop is something that still super duper luxurious) and spent whole time coding in front of computer. Not long after that I ended up taking electrical engineering major in university. Interestingly, after finishing my study, instead of being electrical engineer or teacher (my degree has minor in Education) I became programmer. <br><br> It has been 5 years + I work professionally in that job. Periodically sometime I ask myself, am I drive in correct direction? Everytime I answer myself, should be yes. I enjoy most of the time I work. I like to write code even how dizzy is it. I like to play with software development tools, exploring new technology, learning new programming language and dreaming to build my own startup. Even though it will sound naive, but definitily I can state I will happily coding eventhough I will not get paid. According of previous charateristic description it seems that I already found my passion. <br><br> How to adjust passion <br><br> Few days back suddenly I found interesting enlightment. Suddenly I want to be a pilot. Pilot is something that quite related to my childhood astronout dream. I understand this might be simple twisted thinking that could be not too serious but also could be serious. That willing is triggered by hackernews link that point me to interesting blog of ex programmer that became bush pilot. Also triggered with GTA V game that I play recently. However this finding arise some interesting discourse. <br><br> Some person lucky enough could be anything they want since beginning. They are capable financially to reach their dream. Many people want to be a doctor but only some that could pay the tuition. Many children want to be a pilot but also not all can afford the expenses. Regarding those facts, I found the answer about adjusting passion. <br><br> It is never late to chase your dream. Few years back I was listening radio talk in Jakarta that invite interesting guy name Alexander Lay. He had worked in oil and gas company for few years with very descent income. He said that time, his savings will suffice him with very descent life for 7-10 years without working. We could imagine how large his income. However he found that his job is not his passion. He actually interest with law. Then at one point of time he decide to stop from his job and take law under graduate study for some years and became a lawyer. If you cannot afford to be something in past time, chase your passion at the time you can afford it. Like I have written about Matt Dearden, he was programmer but realize that his passion in flying. After have sufficient saving, he stop work and take flying course for few years and start career as commercial pilot. <br><br> *Conclusion* <br><br> After having some experience in finding our passion in life we should inherit this experience to the others. The closest one could be our children. I haven't had any children yet, but not long from now I want to present one luxury that I don't have when I was child: guidance to find their passion. I want to be a consultant of my children about chasing the dream. I also really want to be supporter of their passion chasing either financially or motivationally. They will be free to chase any of their dream as long as always maintain good deeds in their life. I called this action as cascading the dream. Next generation must be better than current one. <br><br> PS: I love you <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-82484788040385562702013-11-19T21:16:00.000-08:002014-06-03T23:34:07.326-07:00Dear wifey - How to have an awesome lifeDear wifey, <br><br> Human live in this earth only in limitted time. In this era, average life expetancy is around 60 years. We could have some bonuses for some extra years or on the other side we could also have less years. Nobody will know when exactly died will approach. The most important thing we only have one life. There is no green mushrom like in Super Mario Bross that give us extra life after we died. Most meme hate this tag line YOLO, but it is very true that You Only Live Once. So let spent it wisely. <br><br> There are not a sin to life just usual. However, I catch one nice quote about few years back. I don't exactly remember from where I got that. Perhaps even I was the one who originally created it. The quote sounds "Life is too precious if just to be ordinary." We have only one life with limited time span then why don't we spend it in awesome way? <br><br> Here are two important things that I considered important to be an awesome person. First is we should be an awesomely honest and awesomely nice person. Most religious people beliefs there will be another eternal life after this where we will be granted for what we did in this life. Logically it will be ridicolous chasing some material things with not honest way and feeds our family with such dirty income. However still many people do. The act of robbing not always must be in obvious way. Corruption either in form of time and money is one common example that happen in many places on earth. Life honestly, only consume a clean income and always be nice with other is one important thing that we should do first. <br><br> Second is going the extra miles. I got this quote from Negeri 5 Menara (Country of 5 towers) novel wrote by A. Fuadi. Very nice three sequels of novel to boost our motivation in life. The poin of this quote is do our best in every aspects of our life and let God decide what is the best outcome for every particular current situation. Wifey always advice me one of greatest suggestion I ever received. "Always try immediately every potential opportunity and challenge that inline with your interest and vision. Let decide what should we do later after getting the outcome." Example, I have applied so many scholarships in this 3 years and indeed still no one succed yet. Who cares about the failure? It might hurt you at beginning. Whatever that doesn't kill you will make you stronger. Do self evaluation, analyze improvement that can be done and then reapply again. We might be still fail again but at least we will learn so much. Just do the first step and let decide the next step after gettinf the first outcome. If succed later we decide what to do and if not succed what kind of strategy adjustment we can do. <br><br> Continue to elaborate further do our best and going the extra miles. If other people fail one times and give up, don't be like that. Don't bother to fail hundreeds time and keep going further with every strategy adjusment that we need. If other people study for 2 hours per night let make it 3 hours for us. If other people can finish work assignment in 4 hours find a way so we can finish earlier. Not only for such example, other sample is if other people spent his time from growth up until die in one place then we should go to explore the world. There are too many beautiful place that we should missed it on earth. Go to Europe, America, Middle East to any place that we can. Travel always bring positive insight in our life. Luckly it was rooted in one of my passion. Be different, be original and be yourself. Because once more life is too precious if just to be ordinary. <br><br> PS: I love youJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-37487442482526962092013-11-18T16:57:00.000-08:002014-06-03T23:34:07.247-07:00Dear wifey - Re: A reflectionDear Wifey, <br><br> It has been two years isn't it? Also, Like I often said Time flies isn't it? I remember almost all details since the first time we met, to the time we felt click, to the time we got married, to the time we were mostly separated, to the time we could live together like common couple for a while, to the time of today when I write this letter. <br><br> It was still quite clear in my mind, the first day we met, when unluckily you sit beside me :p. The destiny will be totally different if you were sitting at different spot. We were talking so much in the middle of test. I didn't wanted to waste a chance, I found a way to got your phone number before leaving that day. The destiny might be different if I didn't successfully got your phone number. And then you also remember the story after that, don't you? Watch movie, some dinners and dates, hanging out to mall, etc. <br><br> Birth, died and mate are God area. He decide all those stuffs. I was wonder at beginning, how God can find a match of one man to another woman. Does he use some kind of trancendent algorithm? The way we met and then live together and hopefully forever, always make me wonder. How lucky I am to have you at the end. <br><br> You are almost perfect from all side, that can complement so many deficiencies that I have. Joy, comfort, sense fulfillment are all the feelings that I have since we are together. If sometime I behave strange, like so easy to get emotional, those are not because something wrong from your side but totally more to my own mistake that could not be more patient and could not be more gentle to treat you. However, I am always learning to be a better person. <br><br> So let's talk about some mission statement. Firstly I want we can partner together to build our dream marriage. With a joy, laugh and comfort that never last forever. I don't want to learn that by going through bad way such your story below. How hard the challenges that might come in front of us, I always wanted to stay beside you and hold your hand firmly. Second, I want we can be together to build a strong generation in very nice family. To have smart and wise children that love the learn, full of care and have big dreams. Third, I want we to be more settled. To have a nice home anywhere or some houses in some beautiful places with some of our dreams vehicles inside garages. A wise man said, don't put dunia in your heart but grab it in your hands. Fourth, always have a great adventures ahead. Fifth, please help me to add. <br><br> Dear wifey thank you to be with me for this 2 years. I hope you don't mind to spent the rest of our life together. Thank you for continuesly giving surprises and presents. Those are important but still, you are the most important one. <br><br> Happy 2 years anniversary. I always love you. <br><br> PS: I love youJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-25497908331136026902013-11-12T02:55:00.000-08:002014-06-03T23:34:07.234-07:00Dear wifey - Developing Superior Global AgentDear wifey, <br><br> Even though I only to Europe one time, but I always love the place. I was there after winter so that the temperature still so much cool compare to tropical countries but not blazzing freeze. I like so many beautiful buildings and exotic scenary there. Most of the people also so kind. However, like any part of the world we will meet people that seems unfriendly. I love the Amsterdam Canal so much and raised thousends of curiosities why we cannot maintain our public facilities as clean and as tidy that European countries? <br><br> We are living in paradox country. Where we are proud to be country with the biggest muslim population in the world but at the same time the corruption level also very high. We are rich by natural resources but we are not earn any income from those because most of valuable things are maintained by foreign country. <br><br> I wanna say burn so hard whem hearing, reading, watching many ridiculuous news about the country. Incapable person that is assigned to be an ambassador in advance country, again about corruptions that has been rooted so much, anachist behaviour of most people, etc etc etc. When go back to the country we will face many rdiculous behaviour directly. Stupid people that smoke anywhere. Undiscipline people on the road. Back to some speak about religion, religion is nothing if only applied at the level pf self labelling and empty routinity in shallow worship. The worst things from all of those pathethic condition of our country is, I even haven't do anything yet to make it better. <br><br> There several things that we can do start from small thing. Be an agent while we are living abroad. Be an effective worker or brilliant student that capable maintain of high quality of work with full of discipline. So that if someone start to wonder about ua we can bring positive assestment for our identity. Who is that genius guy? Wow and Indonesian man. Oh a moslem that very disipline. Who is the smart woman? Oh scholarship student from Indonesia. She just present a nice conference paper in Sweden. Another step to be a super agent is inventing an awesome thing. Write a good book. Even if just a novel. Develop awesome opensource software. Etc. Indeed, I haven't do so much about these but I know we have to start even if it small. <br><br> However there is also super important thing to do to restore our country and muslim identity intp better level. Educate the next generation with best education in all aspects. The most important is teaching about the religion itself and complement with teach and give example of proper self development so that our childrend and grand children will growth as a good character generations. After self development then we should influence them about the excitement about learning. Teach the children to be always thirsty in searching the knowledge so that beside proper charachter our next gwneration descendant also could be a super brilliant generation that have power in knowledge, science and technology. Onw time I read about how Israeli family raise their children. They prepare all the stuff with full of care. So no wonder, even though in total they are so small but Jews people can handle many most important roles in the world. <br><br> Anyway, I wonder with myself how come the first paragraph story about European dream became little bit heavy essay? Like meme said, that escalated quickly! <br><br> Hopefully and we have to prepare ourself to give best education to our children in all aspects of their life. <br><br> PS: I love youJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-70891955107651779712013-11-03T16:50:00.000-08:002016-10-29T20:14:03.327-07:00Dear wifey - The Park ConnnectorDear wifey, <br />
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I always love riverside park near our apartment. At the time we moved there, it was so messed up because it was still in rennovation. Now as the time goes, the park connector becoming better and better. The fences are good, the trees are green. The river still dark chocolate anyway. I often wonder when our country could have such a good park. In Singapore people build the nature because they don't have natural resources at the beginning. However in Indonesia people destroy the nature and build ugly building. <br />
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I am sometime thinking to go to park at the night bringing macbook air and write an awesome software as the basis of the startup that I built. Typing c++ codes in the park at the night gonna be cool isn't it? At the other opportunity I sometime plan to have short jogging. It has been more than year since my last jogging. My jogginf rebook shoes often smile wirh ugly face to me, since he ha been worn no more than 10 times for 2 years. <br />
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When seeing to the west in the afternoon there are some magnificent view. One day I saw a beautiful orange sunset. I cannot see it fully because it was blocked by apartment building. I the other time I saw enermous unique form of cloud. I snapped it and uploaded to instagram. The sky is free and Singaporean people built a nice frame with their park connector. <br />
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However sometime the goodness and cleaness of the park is destroyed by ugly behaviour of some people. They sometime just throwing their garbage anywhere. Singapore law enforcement that is known so strict from outsider is not true all the time. Sometime I question to myself and maybe to the God. Why don't God just create nice people in this world? Why bother giving life to bad people? The world should be a better place if all the people nice isn't it? No corruptor, no murderer, no robber, no rapper, no undispline garbage thrower, no ugly smoker, no annoying neighbour. Anyway God must be have His own good reason. <br />
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Dear widey, I always love nature and the park. Looking forward to sit in beautiful park bench with you. Maybe in Europe. I love the pidgeons there. Like in Habibie and Ainun movie. <br />
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PS: I love you <br />
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http://instagram.com/p/fAI7DVuR_w/Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-82537272553753942022013-10-31T18:22:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:07.142-07:00Dear wifey - Writing the blazing brainDear wifey, <br><br> Do you know why I often state that I like writing? It is because writing bring a lot of advantages. Writing in here is unformal writing like journal, blog or some short programming blog post and not technical academic writing where you are really superior. <br><br> One of the main advantages of writing is organize how we think and maintaining idea. Human brain is enermously awesome. It is our microprocessor that allows us to process so many things in very fast time concurrently. In detail it works by transmitting many signals between so many neuron. There will be sometime that we think many things at once. Jumping from here and there but nothing in focus. In other chances maybe one time we have a great idea. We are cultivating the idea inside the brain. Polish it and modify it. Somehow in not too long time simple distraction can make us totally forgot about that idea. Didding up that idea beal will be need a big effort if not possible at all. <br><br> Here comes writing to help manage the idea and how we think. Writing help us to organize large amount of ideas that floating in our head. We start focus by choosing the one that took most of our interest. Write something about it in self brainstorming phase. As the times goes usually the ideas will evolved and enhanced by itself. I have proved that statement. As an example even before writing the code most of the software development methodology encourage to write uses case first. Use case is human textual definition of the software. From that description we will separate some software parts and modules. Only after those steps finished we can start code. Those steps will make sure we will walk in correct path. Without proper writing the idea the possibility of wiriting wrong software will be to obvious. <br><br> Wow that was too technical thing in describe the advantage of writing, isn't it? Let see another advantage. Writing is very useful to finding yourself. In many advatagement of technology, many great inventions and exploration human still not get to know well about... himself. Indeed there is no suchway of finding biggest mystery in the world by only writing. However I have proved in some parts as well, writing as a media to know myself. How its works? The main example is writing journal routinely. As have been said above, our brains hit by millions or billions of idea everyday. Writing will help us to choose what is matter most to think. <br><br> As an easy reason how many advantages above can be proved, can be seen from the fact that most smartest people that ever live on earth are also a good writer. Of course there will be some exceptions. I will elaborate this maybe in another opportunity. <br><br> However regarding many advantages it has, still, writing is difficult task to do, even how much we like it. Start writing something and the suddenly lost in the middle is very common among people. In my school time, there were some occations where I have writing assignments. I will type the task use type writer. At the beginning it seems smooth. I type letter by letter and word by word. Until only 2 or 3 paragpraphs I stucked and cannot move further as if my brain run out information. I take out the paper, make it round like a ball with my hand and throw it to rubbish bin. Writing need a great effort and discipline. Even most experienced writer will face "writers block" moment some time in their life. The moment when a writer cannot find idea what to write. There is no "eaters block" right? <br><br> Recently I read an interesting article about the power of discomfort. To achieve success we will need great effort such as continuously learning and finding idea. However there is a missing piece. To be success people have to accept discomfort feeling in their process. Writing is hard and often make us discomfort and stop in the middle. Only the once that can surpress that discomfort feeling can successfully finding himself. <br><br> PS: I love you. Wait me in a beautiful nuance of europe in a few weeks.Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-60006619675915255412013-10-31T08:17:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:07.065-07:00Dear wifey: News Downloader 20131031Dear wifey, <br><br> Please check new app in google drive. It could download properly your excel file (I put back the excel file in google drive). The result for that excel file also inside google drive (20131031_230659_excel_download.pdf). Please note, some others channel news asia article have been expired again. Please read readme file for the guide.Please check all and let me know for any problem. <br><br> <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-23781081639731926162013-10-27T08:39:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:07.053-07:00Dear Wifey - Proof Read, BitteDear My Lovely Wifey, <br><br> If you have time, please help hubby proof read attached motivation letter drafts. Any input from you will be really valuable. <br><br> For your reference, following are information for those 3 scholarship that I will apply: 1. COSSE - Computer Simulations for Science and Engineering: http://www.kth.se/en/studies/master/em/cosse/programme 2. MATHMODS - Mathematical Modeling in Engineering: http://www.mathmods.eu/about/overview 3. DESEM - Dependable Software System: http://www.cs.nuim.ie/courses/desem/structure <br><br> <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-79526946378949313072013-10-02T19:09:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:06.964-07:00Dear wifey - The Programmer that supposed to be a teacherIt all started with Java <br><br> 2003-2008 <br><br> And then I trapped in Electrical Engineering Education of State University of Jakarta for 4.5 years continueing the search my life path. Overall it was great time in campus. I met a lot great friends, nice lecturer and many new knowledges. I enjoy most of the courses, atrending the class, go to library, doing some research project, participate in some competitions, join cool extracurriculer club and also start to earn my own money. More story to come. <br><br> Life is only easy in movies and maybe the sims game. Real life often have much challenges. Money is not everything but only money that will make our stomach full and finance our education. My tuition fee was quite affordable even on standard of between 2003 - 2008. It was exactly 1.000.000 IDR. However arrive to that age I start to realize cannot rely to my mother anymore in financing my life. Start in the second year I became the freelance door to door student tutor. <br><br> Teaching is the easiest job for college student like me. First it is in line with my own college degree, at the end I supposed to be a teacher anyway. Second, I have my own passion in sharing my knowledge. Then I became freelance teacher for some years forward. <br><br> Back to school, I am still doing my activity like usual. Except I have to decrease my hanging out time, since I had several teaching schedule in a week in several student house. Sometime I woulf go home late and have to wake early morning again to go to campus. During my university time , mostly I keep commute from my parent home to campus which took averagely 2 hour one way. <br><br> In campus I encountered my old fascination with computer. In my major, beside studying low level concept like electrical engineering to microprocessor, there are several programming courses as well. And I was falling in live again. That was C programming course that made me turned to pink. I don't know why, writing line of codes, compiling and running it produced some output like a kind release some endrophin from my body, sense of enjoyment and fulfilment. Since that day, I never look back for looking what it is called passion. <br><br> Nearing the end of my university time, I became more heavily interacted with something callwd internet. But at that time it was still expensive. Broadband internet was still not common, wifi was never heard yet, most of the housing if needed still have to use dial up to connect to internet. Internet connection through phone had been existed but still not common. Only possible to use gprs and we only could browse to wap site which is almost useless. Even zuckerberg perhaps has not entered harvard yet, no twitter and most of the phone still Nokia. <br><br> In that era I was introduced with something called Java. It jargon is WORA which mean Write Once Run Anywhere. It is available in most platform from mobile phone, desktop to server. Luckily it has c like syntax. The challenge, Java introduced me to something called object oriented programming which took several years me for me to grasp its full concept. <br><br> The first time I used Java when I participated student contest in developing software for mobile platform. I built sms gateway to respond query of muslim praying time by using location parameter. At the end, even my thesis was something relate to Java which I wrote time attendence system using Java and RFID. <br><br> Fast forward, I had graduated on March 2008. De ja vu, like when I was in high school, I lost my path and don't know what I should be. Most of my friend go back to school and be a teacher. I respect teaching job, but at that time I want something else. Even though I have to end uo teaching in some stages of my life, it should to be a lecturer or professor in uni. <br><br> I remembered, I posted several job application using dead tree paper, envelope and stamp. I was submitting about 8 to 10 applications to different companies that posted job advertisement in news paper. Most of the vacancies that i applied for was management trainee or junior engineer. Very less that replied my application. Funny thing was some of management trainee vancancy that I applied, actually was forex tradeer recruitment. So I attend the process what they called interview but actually was forex training. At the end of 3rd day training we were asked to start to search investor. What?!! <br><br> I give up job searching use traditional way. Then I encountered some online job searching website. At that time the most famous in Indonesia was JobsDb. I derping arounf the website and don't know why I entering IT as industry that I look for. Later I saw so many job posting. Database Administrstor, Project Manager, sysadmin, web designer, php prorammer and Java developer were several open position available. Hey Java! I just realized there were quite many Java vacancy. I knew Java, at least I can program simple desktop apps. <br><br> Fast forward, I invited to several interviews. Software started to be a hype. Much people building company to answer demand of other company that need cool software. In same chains, software company need a cool software developer. Since cool software developer difficult to find, some company doesn't bother to recruit fresh graduate like me. Moreover I can show off to them at least I had created something. I got two job offers, both were junior java developer position. I took the one has more convenience location. The journey of Java developer in Java island start that day. It was, 15 July 2008, the first time I went to work. The office located in nice house (yes the office is in the house) in Kebayoran Baru Jakarta. The journey has not stop yet. Now I work in Singapore. Still with some Java codes, some sql script, deployment problem, some reporting and some design pattern. The exploler still looks some another nice beautiful and colder place. Maybe Finland and Norway? Who never know. <br><br> "Passion allows you to do what you love even without getting paid. So would you code java for free? Absolutely no! " :) <br><br> PS: I love you <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-83001535063835042002013-10-01T18:00:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:06.885-07:00Dear wifey - In searching of the life pathDear wifey, <br><br> It all start with Resistor color band. <br><br> Until 2003 <br><br> After graduated from my high school, I was not clear to what life path that I would like to take. Obviously that must be not relate to social science, since I dont like remembering facts. I prefer thinking and solving problem. It made me love science, especially math, physics, electronics and ... computer. <br><br> The first two I love because I like calculation. Thanks to Pak Tri Wahyudi, Pak Sahroni, Ibu Rina as some of teachers in junior highschool and highschool that cultivate this interest. <br><br> About electronics, I like device since I was child. There were quite many electronic devices that was broken in my hand just because to pay my curiosity. I just wanted to see to internal of the item. I open it, dissambly, and I dont know how to reassimbly again. When I was i junior high school, I met with Pak Wawan Gunawan that teach semi extracuriculer study electrical engineering. It started with quiz of calculating the value of resistor based in its color band. I failed, but then I found my othet interest, electronics. <br><br> I interested with computer because of its sophistication and my incapability to afford one. I met this superb device in junior highschool when we have course in DOS, wordstar and lotus 123. In highschool I learnt with word, excel, paint (yes paint!! We were teached drawing logo of several Indonesia TV station) and somehow I discovered programming started with Visual Basic. After realizing my excitement to computer, Pak Arif the computer tutor who doubling his role as physics teacher, proposed me to join computer science olympiad representing my school. He promised to tutor me along the way. Indeed he tutored me by passing some books. I was learning Pascal in several weeks. Interestingly I win the region competition and then sent to province. Since that time I fall in love with bew stuffs call programming. <br><br> Reaching the end of my highschool, I confused again about my life path. Older sister in law of my father (who partially subsidise my education expense since highschool) who I called as Matuo Lin was expecting me to be a sailor to be like her husband. Even she sent me monthly money so that I can go routinely to swimming pool so that I can chase minimum body height to be accepted in local sailor academy. However this proposal change suddenly. One day she invited me to her home. She asked what major that I want to take in university. With full of honest and pureness I said "I don't know". She seems didn't like my respond. Conclussion from that day talk was also interesting. We came out with electrical engineering. The term that seems come from no where. I assume one of he reason this proposal came out because my cousin (her youngest son) was also taking electrical engineering in University of Indonesia (one of greatest university in Indonesia). However my destiny seems not to go to that great uni. Because budget consideration, she suggest me to try State University of Jakarta. <br><br> The problems was Electrical Engineering in State University of Jakarta was not pure engineering degree. State University of Jakarta was high institution to breed a teacher that later on to university. But after conversion most of its major still relate to education. Electrical Engineering in this university didn't aim the student to be an engineer but instead to be a vocational school teacher that will teach ready to use engineer. Honestly I was expecting to be an engineer instead of teacher. <br><br> Luckily there were special track for admission in that university. For whom that have sufficient grades in high school, can enter to this university without test. I passed the special track and then enter my new life journey as Electrical Enginering Education student a.k.a teacher candidate. In the mean time I burried my dream to study in one of the greatest university in indonesia. Start from this years I started to see that often destiny is very interesting. <br><br> Destiny is not dead end path. It is open paths where we have privillage to choose the path to go. Indeed sometime there will be an obstacle along the way.Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-65362170388741382032013-09-29T08:44:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:06.786-07:00Dear wifey - A Short FarewellDear Wifey, <br><br> That is it. 3 months flies like a flash. It feels just like yesterday when I picked you up from Changi Airport. Today I drop you off when you have go again to Germany. <br><br> Dear wifey, thank you for bring so much happiness during your stay. Thank you for always taking care of me all the time. Thank you for not complaining in staying in small room and sharing very small bed. <br><br> Wifey, did you know, at the time I decide to propose you, honestly I was not sure whether you are the truly the one that I am looking for. I just asked an advice from Allah and from there my heart felt a guide and can do autopilot to do what I have done. Then as the time goes on, I become more and more grateful for that decission because, choosing you is the best decission I've ever take. As the time goes on, more and more I felt for you. <br><br> Dear wifey, physically separating again from you is a grieve. However we have to face this as our current reality. Of course we will not just give up and do nothing for this condition. I will do many things so that we can reunite again. Either by applying job and also applying scholarship. During this process, let's pray and fight together for our dream. <br><br> Wifey , did you remember the closing sentence of my earlier dear wifey email? It sounds something like, please wait me in Ilmenau, couple of weeks from now. Can wait to touch and kiss that beautiful and soft check that you have. <br><br> PS: I love you <br><br> <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-69390195840541252982013-07-16T18:23:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:06.697-07:00Dear wifey - DankeDear Wifey, <br><br> Hubby want to say thank you so much for treating me so well during your stay in here. You always patient for waking me up for Sahur meal eventhough I realize by myself that I must be so difficult to be woke up. Thank you as well for preparing all the meal and even feed me using your beautiful little hand. <br><br> Dear wifey when I flash back to couple of years ago, at the time I'd just graduated, I have a wish about job. I really wanted to work abroad. The exact country I wanted to work to was Singapore. In couple of years my wish is granted. Indeed, speaking about wish, hope and pray, human always focus to what is not granted yet. But human often forget for so many things that has been received by him. <br><br> I still have a lot of wishes. Want to have more settle life, have children, wanna these and those. But I have to realize as well that I have had so many things in this life to be gratefull for. One of example is you. You are the most important person in my life for now. I still love my parents and still need to care my sisters, but still you are the most important one. <br><br> Thank you for accepting me, thank you for always being patient with me, thank you for continuously caring me. So sorry if I still cannot be someone as you expected. <br><br> PS: I love you <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-18354052771190155032013-07-07T07:14:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:06.687-07:00Dear wifey - 2 yearsDear wifey, <br><br> Do you remember something that was happening several days before Ramadhan of some years a go? It was approximately about 2 years ago. In rainy night when I was coming to your please. The night when finally we settled a commitment after getting your approval for having serious relationship toward married. <br><br> Time flies isn't it? It has been two years and feel just like yesterday. This night I want to say thank you for accepting me. <br><br> I cannot wait in couple of hours we will meet again. Hopefully you will be happy during your stay here. We will do a lot of interesting things again together. Ramadhan worships, watching movies, do some traveling, etc. <br><br> Two year are short for a relationship. There are still more years to go Insya Allah in front of us. I believe we can sail through it together. I was thinking can write many things in this letter before. But I feel my finger just numb cannot type anything again. <br><br> Again I wanna say thank you so much for would like to be with me. <br><br> PS: I love you <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-87158748067293653472013-07-05T22:45:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:05.967-07:00Dear wifey - I love youDear Wifey, <br><br> Bicara kelembutan suami pada istri memang teladan terbaik adalah Rasulullah. Beliau selalu memberlakukan istrinya dengan sebaik mungkin. Tak pernah berkata kasar dan selalu sabar. Bahkan banyak hadist menjelaskan keutamaan memberlakukan istri dengan baik. <br><br> Meski bandingannya masih sangat jauh aku ingin bisa meneladani rasul dalam hal bermuamalah dengan wifey. Sekali lagi maafkan aku jika sampai hari ini masih jauh dari sempurna untuk menjadi suami bunda. Tapi Insya Allah aku ingin selalu belajar dan berubah menjadi lebih baik. Menjadi suami yang lebih penyayang. Menjadi imam yang lebih berilmu. Menjadi ayah yang penuh cinta dan dicintai. <br><br> Semoga bunda tidak pernah menyesal menikahi hubby. Semoga kita bisa mendapatkan kebarakahan Ramadhan ini. Insya Allah ini adalah Ramadhan penuh pertama kita bersama. Mari menjadikan Ramadhan ladang ibadah dengan sebaik-baiknya. Mohon ingatkan aku terus bila ada kekhilafan-kekhilafan. Tak sabar menunggu untuk berpuasa bersama, bertadarus, bertarawih, dan belajar bersama. <br><br> Tadi sebenarnya banyak sekali hal di kepala yang ingin aku tulis tapi tiba-tiba writers block ketika di depan keybaord ini. Aku hanya ingin bilang, aku sangat sayang dan cinta wifey. Aku tak pernah menyesal sedikit pun menikahi bunda. Bunda adalah karunia terindah dari Allah untukku. <br><br> PS: I love you <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-50467963122701186632013-07-02T17:42:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:06.608-07:00Dear wifey - Letter and StampDear wifey, <br><br> Sudah cukup lama aku tidak menulis dear wifey saat commuting. Tidur saat di perjalanan memang rasanya enak sekali. Apalagi jika ada hutang tidur malam sebelumnya. Beberapa hari ini aku lumayan cukup tidur. Saat cukuo tidur biasanya kita akan lebih merasa berenergi. Lebih semangat dan lebih positif. Asal jangan kebanyakan tidur saja sebab itu justru akan membuat kita lemas. <br><br> Btw nulis topik apa ya hari ini? Bagaimana dengan tentang korespondensi. <br><br> Pada waktu SMP aku pernah menulis surat pembaca ke majalah Hai. Aku lupa menulis tentang apa. Tapi dari surat pembaca yang akhirnya dimuat itu aku mendapat banyak sahabat pena. Tapi hobi ini tak terlalu lama berjalan karena tiba-tiba mulai merasa bosan. Yang paling aku suka dari menerima surat adalah menggunting bagian amplop yang ada prangkonya kemudian merendem itu di air panas. Dengan cara itu prangko akan lepas dengan sendirinya dari potongan amplop tanpa sedikitpun rusak. <br><br> Dulu aku membeli sebuah album filateli di gramedia Bogor. Gramedia Bogor adalah gramedia terdekat pada waktu itu. Selain dari surat-surat yang aku terima, aku juga mengoleksi prangko dari membeli di toko buku. Salah satu kebanggaanku yang lain adalah saat mendapat surat dari mahasiswa korea yang pernah magang di SMP ku. Aku lupa mulai kapan aku berhenti melakukan aktivitas sahabat pena dan mengumpulkan prangko. Namun mengkoleksi prangko nampaknya akan terus menjadi kegiatan yang menarik. <br><br> Di jaman sekarang ini aktivitas surat menyurat pun tinggal menunggu kematiannya. Meski tetap aku merasa ada momen-momen tertentu yang lebih berkesan disampaikan melalui surat atau kartu pos. Mengirim kartu pos saat traveling misalnya seperti yang sering bunda lakukan. <br><br> PS: I love youJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-36245041433405023962013-06-30T20:57:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:06.597-07:00Dear wifey - Train and RiverDear Wifey, <br><br> I was thinking about river because every morning I walk through river side to MRT station. Suddenly I remember about the train as well because yesterday you jusk asked me about whether there are any trains in Sumatera. How come train and river related in my thinking? It was related with some of my child memory. <br><br> When I was child and had been staying in Padang for about one year, I play with other children as any normal children will socialize. I don't remember exactly of everything because I was to small back then. But some of fragment still stay in my head. First is about river. We sometime play to some of the river near my house. From what I remember the river was so wide and seems so deep. Some of my friend with easy just jumping the water and swim there. But not for me. I was too scared and I couldn't swim yet. So I often just go back home again. <br><br> Near the river there is very large bridge. Train bridge. So there were train in Sumatera even though rarely for moving people. The main purpose is to move goods. In other day we will play near to the train bridge. We will bring very big nail there. We will put that big nail on the train rail so that the train will run over the nail and make some part of the nail to be flat. I don't know why we did that at that time. But at least I can remember some small train and river memory connection. <br><br> PS: I love you <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-92005307864098606562013-06-29T23:29:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:06.519-07:00Dear wifey - Morning Flash BackDear Wifey, <br><br> Tadi pagi saat pergi ke Geylang Serai untuk membeli makanan aku kaget saat keluar rumah melihat aspal yang basah. Ternyata nampaknya hujan tadi pagi. Sambil bergerimis aku berjalan cepat ke bus stop. Di saat yang sama pikirin flash back ke masa lalu. <br><br> Ketika masa-masa dari kuliah hingga bekerja dan commuter naik motor aku sering berhenti berteduh di pinggir jalan ketika hujan. Biasanya bareng dengan pemotor lain. Di saat berteduh itulah aku selalu berkhayal, nyaman sekali rasanya jika bisa punya mobil. Tak perlu kebasahan ketika hujan dan tak perlu kepanasan juga. <br><br> Sambil terus berjalan menuju halte, aku flash back semakin mundur lagi. Saat itu aku mengingat ketika aku duduk berdesak-desakan di 56 menuju UKI. Sementara masih di tol yang sangat macet. Keringat pun menetes seperti bulir-bulir jagung. Di saat itu aku berkhayal, alangkah nyamannya jika setidaknya punya motor. Meski mungkin panas setidaknya aku bebas dan bisa melipir ke mana pun aku mau. <br><br> Dari sedikit flashback itulah terungkap betapa susahnya memuaskan manusia. Mungkin jika kelak pun bisa punya mobil, nafsu bisa saja mengurangi rasa syukur dengan hasutan ingin memiliki hal lain yang lebih lagi. Pesawat mungkin? <br><br> Sebentar lagi Insya Allah Ramadhan. Insya Allah Ramadhan yang akan kita jalani berdua. Semoga bisa menjadi momen introspeksi yang positif untuk kita berdua untuk menjadi insan yang lebih baik lagi. Kalau kata Aa Gym genggamlah harta dunia di tanganmu tapi bukan di hatimu. Semoga kita bisa menjadi pasangan yang sukses bahagia dunia akhirat. <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-48136704751036489552013-06-27T17:38:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:06.508-07:00Dear wifey - Writers BlockDear wifey, <br><br> Keeping my promise, please welcome today's dear wifey letter. :) <br><br> Writing is always moody exercise. It is difficult to write when we are in bad mood or when we think we don't have good idea to write. That's why there is a common naming for such symptom. Writers block. <br><br> But from my opinion, writers block is more physchological problem instead of real problem. About mood, adult person actually have capability to adjust his mood. But indeed this is need practice. After we get used of this we can easily switch bad mood to good mood or feeling exhausted to full of energy. <br><br> About idea, we don't need to find idea. Idea doen't need to be created. Idea just need to look arround us. Since I was child I always amaze to the people that work in journalism. They always can professionally produce fresh article daily or often hourly. <br><br> The same impression I gain from college student. Like you. Student can actively push themself to finish all assignment on time. Mostly not an easy assignment. Even at the end of program they have to write thesis that will be very challenging. I believe you can do it easily. And I really need to learn from you when later can have a chance to go back to campuss again. <br><br> Thank you for always motivate me directly and indirrectly. <br><br> PS: I love youJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-812984078272746752013-06-23T07:40:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:06.430-07:00Dear wifey - Sharp TimeDear Wifey, <br><br> Beberapa hari ini memang aku sedikit agak sibuk. Meski khusus untuk Sabtu malam hingga Minggu siang tadi aku tidak melakukan apa-apa melainkan hang out dengan teman-teman TN. Namun di luar itu, baik di kantor, persiapan IELTS lalu, hingga test IELTS kemarin dan juga sedikit persiapan speaking test besok membuat aku hampir tak ada waktu luang. Aku mau minta maaf jika beberapa hari ini bunda merasa kurang diperhatikan. Bahkan aku juga sadar sudah beberapa kali tak menepati janji untuk menulis surat ke bunda. Tak ada alasan untuk tak menepati janji, namun sekali lagi, hingga malam ini meski rasanya capek sekali aku masih harus memaksakan diri menyelesaikan beberapa hal untuk besok. <br><br> Sedikit sedih juga melihat bunda yang sudah terlelap tanpa sempat aku meluangkan waktu untuk mengobrol fokus dengan bunda. <br><br> Salah satu surat favoritku di alquran, seperti yang aku juga pernah ceritakan adalah Surat Al-Ashr. Demi waktu. Waktu itu adalah elemen yang sangat melenakan. Orang paling sukses dan orang paling gagal memiliki kuantitas waktu yang sama. Namun tiap orang punya kecerdasan tersendiri untuk mengelola waktunya dengan baik. Semoga kita tidak menjadi orang yang merugi karena tidak menggunakan waktunya dengan baik. <br><br> Insya Allah sebentar lagi Ramadhan. Alhamdulillah Insya Allah kita akan menjalankan ibadah puasa bersama di kamar kecil kita. Ramadhan tentunya akan membawa tantangan tersendiri untuk kita dalam mengelola waktu dengan baik antara tugas dunia dan juga kewajiban dan sunah-sunah ibadah yang banyak sekali. Semoga di bulan tersebut kita bisa mengatur waktu dengan baik dalam melakukan hal-hal tersebut. Di satu sisi kita semoga bisa mendapat berkah ramadhan, sekaligus menuntaskan kewajiban-kewajiban kita, baik belajar atau bekerja. <br><br> Tak sabar menanti wifey dalam waktu sekitar 2 minggu lagi. <br><br> PS: I love you <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3189374233827914035.post-7616741448019853982013-06-18T22:31:00.000-07:002014-06-03T23:34:06.419-07:00Dear wifey - Remembering The Red - Re: Suddenly...Dear wifey, <br><br> I don't know exactly since when I love red. But I like motorbike since I was in elementary school. Motorbike is really manly. Althought at that time there is not too much cool motorcycle around. The coolest motorbike during my childhood is Honda GL Pro. The one that is bought by mom for my dad. At that day there was no Kawasaki Ninja or Honda CBR. <br><br> In junior high school some of my friend start to bring motorbike to school. It was so cool. I never have any imagination to ask motorcycle to my parent. So even until high school I just can imagine. In high school more students bring motorbike to school. Usually when such student came and left he would pick a girl student with him. Maybe this was a lesson from God for me. So that I can focus in study instead of hang out useless. <br><br> Go to university, I was quite lucky to study in UNJ. Because this campus trully mid lower people campus. Most student will use public transport instead of bring personal vehicle (because most of them include me don't have it). But still some students bring their own motorbike. And I always envy to have such thing as well. I often dreaming so hard to have a motorbike during my time in univesity. Going to and from campus is really tiring. Running and chasing bus make me boring. I was thinking at that time if I have a motorbike, my life will be beter. I don't need to go from home to early, don't need to chase the bus, don't need to breath smoke cigaratte from fuck*ng people. <br><br> The dream only came true near the end of my study. I applied one internal scholarship at that time. The amount is 2.500.000. Later I use some of this money as down payment to buy my first motorbike. Red Honda Revo. For installment I pay it together with mom. Sometime she will pay, another month I will pay. By having this motorbike I also have more freedom during my teaching part time job. The bike is used by the whole family. By me, parent and some time my sister. The bike is stand there until around first year I work. <br><br> After working I was dreaming to have more manly motorbike. The option was drop to Yamaha Vixion. One of the reason because it has red color. From the time I was start working, I can save most of my salary. My first salary was 2.500.000. But rarely I had expense more than 500.000 per month. Around the end of my first working year, I had money around 20.000.000. Without thinking too much I buy my first fully personal motorbike, CASH. <br><br> The bike was with me for about 2 year. Until end of 2010, I heard Honda will launch a new big cc motorbike. It was Honda CBR 250R. I booked the bike since it first announcement. I contact the dealer directly to reserve the bike. I was using money from selling of my Yamaha Vixion as downpayment of the new bike. The 2 years vixion was sold for about 15.000.000 at that time. One of the best day of my life was when the beautiful red biggest bike I've ever had coming to my home. I just went home at that night. The bike already delivered and stand so beautiful in front of my home. <br><br> Even though the end is not too beautiful, I want to think positive maybe Allah want to teach me for not loving material thing too much. I still miss the time when I can ride Red (the name of the bike) anywhere. Go to office and also later go together with you before and after get married. <br><br> Only several month after the purchase I went touring by myself to Ujung Genteng southern part of West Java. Beautiful beach and place. But the most important was awesome riding. Until now, there are almost no other thing that can replace the enjoyment of riding motorbike. The wind, the road, the corner are some experiences that priceless. Indeed, riding motorbike is risky. Even I had some experiences with that risk by kissing asphalt. But other thing in our life also full of risk. Just never forget to pray before and during the trip. <br><br> I cannot wait to had another awesome bike in my life. But of course since I am a husband now, my priority shifted little bit. Family (which is mainly wifey and my future children) are the most important. I really want to purchase our first house and our first car (so that we can go anywhere in a comfort and safe vehicle). After that only maybe I would like to save money to buy another bigger red bike. I was thinking about Kawasaki ER6F 650. But since we supposed to have big dream, why don't I upgrade my wish to something more wonderful like Kawasaki ZX14R red! <br><br> PS: I love you PS: Try harder to wake up before sunrise because pray is one of the first thing that will asked by Allah on hereafter. PS: I was listening that song again during my travel to office this morning :-* <br><br>Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07227923197745561620noreply@blogger.com0