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Farewell Intimedia

March 30th, 2007. Published under Daily Journal. 13 Comments.

Today, I bought some Dunkin Donuts after lunch, and asked Miss Wulan Novianti to help me distribute them to the Intimedians. Curious, she asked me, “Are you having a birthday?” I answered briefly, “Yes.” But in June—I muttered in my mind. She greeted me then started to distribute to donuts. Here is the funny part; to every person, she said that it was my birthday, so everyone greeted me for my future birthday tehehe. It turned out that many still didn’t know that I was leaving.

Huh, leaving? Yes, I know I only work for Intimedia (a.k.a. PT. Puspa Intimedia Internusa) and Intimedia Talents (a.k.a. PT. Talenta Intimedia) for 7 months. But in that 7 months I think I have improved vastly both technically and non-technically. In Intimedia, I improve more than I had ever done before in all my previous jobs. So I guess I can never say enough thanks to all my friends, buddies, colleagues, supervisors, and bosses at Intimedia.

I’m going to use the following space to express my gratitude and acknowledgement for my colleagues who had worked closely with me, alphabetically, in Indojamalish (Indonesian + Jawa + Madura + English).

Ade Rima (Secretary – Intimedia)

Thanks Mbak Ade, dah bantuin gue ngurusin segala macem, termasuk ngurusin pendaftaran seminar-seminar dan tes MCTS. Semoga cepet dapet momongan yah.

Adrianto Gani (CEO – Intimedia)

I am very grateful for the chances and trusts you gave to me. I am so sorry this time I have to let you down—by leaving. I really hope I can work together with you again one day. Good luck for Intimedia and the Web Venture campaign.

Agus Budi Rahardjo (Sales – Intimedia)

Lom pernah kerja bareng ma dia, tapi pas nonton film anniversary Intimedia yang ke-10, Agus Budi ternyata punya bakat terpendam untuk jadi Jamrud-nya Intimedia (bareng Pak Erick dan Pak Rachmat). Sering ketemu dia lagi mborong ransum di Carrefour. Selasa kemaren juga dia nemenin gue pas lagi bt (butuh temen) nungguin sepatu (dah dibayar ga dikasih-kasih barangnya) di Carrefour. Sukses ya bos.

Agus Jay (Training Specialist – Intimedia Digital Education)

Belakangan ini jadi sering nulis di WikiMu, pak? Deathnotenya sampai mana? Si Agus ini demen banget ma anime/manga. Makanya tulisannya di WikiMu juga ga jauh-jauh beda ma itu. Dulu gue inget sering dikunjungin dia nih, pas lagi mau kasih training soal .NET. Sayang ga jadi ya, Gus. Semoga sukses deh lain kali. Jangan maen StarCraft trus, dah ketinggalan jaman hehehe.

Albertus Danang (Infrastructure – Intimedia)

“Nang, upload yo…” Marine kowe ga bakal terimo telponku seng muni ngono kae nang. Rasane kowe paling sering tak repotno aku yo. Tapi yo salahmu dewe, coba password server-e aku dikandani, hehehe. Ojo mangan sate kambing terus, mengko kolesterol. Salam nang Yuan, nek kawin ojo lali ngundang-ngundang yo.

Alvin (Developer – Intimedia Talents)

Kalo di kantor jadi temen baiknya si Ka Hoat, kemana-mana bareng. Alvin nih anti pedes. Dah gitu kalo makan dijatah ga boleh lebih dari 4000. Lagi nabung buat apa sih Vin? Thanks dah bantuin gue di WikiMu dan Virtual Vending yah.

Bayu Wardhana (WikiMu Manager – Intimedia Web Venture)

“Mas Bayu mana?” mesti ngono kae si Mbak Yanti (soko warteg mburine Mal Ambassador) lek aku teko ora karo awakmu. Sukses buat WikiMu mas, aku isih tetep anggota WikiMu koq. Seng sabar yo, aku yo ngerti bug-e WikiMu sak abrek-abrek, mohon dimaklumi, resource terbatas :D.

Christian F. Guswai (Business Director – Intimedia Web Venture)

Pak Guswai nih jagoan maen Ping Pong. Ngga nyangka memang. Awalnya juga keliatan nyeremin, tapi ternyata juga demen becanda, terutama pas maen ping pong atau gathering WikiMu. Apalagi kalau lagi sama Bu Mel, cocok banget deh. Selain itu beliau juga langganan jadi anggota favorit di WikiMu. “Kalau ada 10 orang kayak Pak Guswai aja, pasti WikiMu cepet majunya.” Kata si Bayu dulu. Ngga salah sih, pak Guswai kan sering ngajakin temennya join. Beliau juga punya determinasi tinggi, kemauan keras, punya standar dan disiplin tinggi. Sampai beberapa staffnya ga tahan tekanannya loh :p. Sukses buat Virtual Vending, Pak.

Oh ya, saya sering salah tulis namanya jadi Gus Way, diprotes deh. Pake ‘i’, Den, bukan ‘y’. Maap pak :p.

Diana (Developer – Intimedia Talents)

Kerja bareng si Diana memang ga lama. Waktu itu lagi awalnya bikin WikiMu. Tapi dah cukup buat Diana menceritakan pengalaman-pengalaman menyedihkannya hehe. Makasih yah Di, pas kemaren Jakarta banjir dah bantuin aku cari kos :).

F. Erick Tumetel (General Manger – Intimedia Web Venture)

Erick nih sangat visioner dan bersemangat, berjiwa muda tapi berpandangan dewasa. Awal-awal di Intimedia liatnya rada serem, sangar gitu. Tapi ternyata friendly banget. Lagi demen ngomongin bola, maklum lagi pegang proyek berapaberapa.com gitu loh. Keep the spirit, bro. And of course keep in touch lah, remember we have something to achieve :).

Ferdinand Firmansyah (Developer – Intimedia Talents)

Dia masuk, gue dapat tugas ngebimbing dari Pak Las. Tapi untungnya bisa dipake di project gue. Sayangnya cuman sebentar, tega banget Pak Las itu. Thanks yah Firman, dah bantu-bantu di Virtual Vending. Waktu itu deadline nya lagi ngeri, bantuan lu sangat berarti.

G.S. Laswijiyanto (General Manager – Intimedia Talents)

Pak Las nih yang paling sporty di kantor. Jagoan ping pong maupun badminton. Maen sama Pak Las ga bisa disebut tanding, belajar yang bener. Masa orang dah pada mandi keringet, Pak Las netes aja ngga. Pak saya masih boleh ikutan badmintonnya kan :D?

Pak Las banyak kasih wejangan sejak awal saya di Talents. Orangnya bijaksana banget (pengaruh umur kali ya :D). Pokoknya terima kasih banyak atas segala kesempatan dan perhatiannya pak. Maaf saya pergi bikin Pak Las makin kekurangan orang. Semoga sukses dapat developer-developer baru buat Talents. Sampai ketemu di lapangan Pak, jek ra sara maenna Pak, berik kerenganan ka seng enoman taiye.

Herlina Wati (Developer – Intimedia Web Venture)

Cewek mungil ini ternyata suka banget ngedumel dan ngomel sendiri. Suka banget ngerepotin gue ma Robin. Manja gitu. Tapi biarpun keliatannya gampang stress, ternyata kuat juga tuh sama tekanan. Jangan-jangan pulang kantor ambil boneka babi terus dijadiin sansak dan dipukulin (inget Nene-nya Sinchan nih). Herlina juga anti makan di warteg, padahal dulu pertama masuk masih mau, masih jaim sih.

Deket banget nih anak ma Robin. Tiap hari setengah jam kerja Robin pasti habis di sampingnya Herlina. Keliatannya sih lagi ngajarin Herlina, tapi masa ngajarin tiap hari sih. Herlinanya yang ga bisa-bisa atau pura-pura ga bisa sih. Mencurigakan memang.

Oh ya, meja kerjanya Herlina tuh paling lengkap, mulai dari makanan, sabun mandi, sabun cuci tangan, sabun cuci muka, sabun cuci kaki, bumbu-bumbu makanan, kecap, saos, sambel, obat sakit kepala, sakit flu, sakit panu, semuanya ada. Kayak mo pindahan rumah aja lu Her. Tapi dah lengkap gitu masih suka nyolong tissue gue, huh.

Heru (Lead Developer – Intimedia Talents)

Waktu awal masuk Intimedia, Heru yang baru jadi bapak ini ketiban kerjaan dari Pak Las buat jadi buddy gue. Thanks bro. Ntar bisa ketemu lagi pas maen badminton kan.

Ika (Developer – Intimedia Talents)

Anak ini korban iklan banget, hari ini ada iklan ngomong apa, besoknya dah dia populerin ke kantor. Capek deh… Ika banyak banget ngebantu pas lagi bikin Virtual Vending. Tapi bug-nya juga banyak biuh. Waktu Jakarta banjir juga dah bantuin gue nyari kos (bareng si Diana juga), thanks sis.

Ikka Wuwiwa (Virtual Vending Administrator – Intimedia Web Venture)

Pendatang baru di Intimedia, tapi dah sok akrab panggil-panggil om. Memang kapan gue kawin ma tante lo? Ikka Ikka, moga-moga betah yah. Ada lu, Herlina paling bahagia tuh.

Ka Hoat (Specialist – Intimedia)

Geek-nya Intimedia. Soal teknikal, mungkin nomer 1 deh di sini. Sudah kayak MSDN aja pengetahuan teknisnya. Mo tanya apa aja soal coding, dia hampir selalu bisa jawab. Sering jadi reference manual buat temen-temen developer. Pokoknya T-O-P deh.

Kiki Rizki Noviandi (Technical Director – Intimedia Web Venture)

Kiki dulu yang ngetes gue pas gue mau masuk Intimedia. Wah serem-serem juga pertanyaannya. Untung lolos :D. Biarpun baru bergabung dengan Web Venture, Kiki dah banyak kasih masukan dan bikin beberapa rule buat bikin kerjaan developer lebih nyaman. Itu untungnya punya atasan yang ngerti bebannya developer, thanks yah Pak Kiki.

Ledy Sovianti (Quality Assurance – Intimedia Talents)

Gue tukeran ma elu nih jadinya. Kalo elu mau gue ngomong yang bagus-bagus ke cowok elu, itu bisa diatur, ntar kita nego aja deh. Thanks yah Led dah bantuin kita ngetesin program-program kita. Btw, lu kan hobi fotografi, ga mo jadi pro aja? Atau jadi tukang pijit pro juga bisa tuh :D.

Marcus Bonnie (Graphics Designer – Intimedia Web Venture)

Orang paling religius di kantor (di samping Erick), wallpaper-nya aja gambarnya Yesus, Bunda Maria, dan orang-orang kudus lainnya. Cuman kalau nulis di WikiMu suka pakai nama Marc, dan tulisannya kadang-kadang ga ada religius-religiusnya. Curiga nih, jangan-jangan si Marc itu alter-ego nya si Bonnie. Jangan ngambek kalau tulisanmu sering disensor sama si Bayu ya Bon, take it easy man.

Mei Nie (Finance – Intimedia Talents)

Cik Mei Nie baru married, tapi sori banget gue ga dateng. Abis jauh banget sih, pake di Bogor segala. Di Jakarta aja napa. Dulu awal-awal gue masuk, kalo makan sering mojok sendiri di ruangannya, tapi syukur belakangan ini dah berubah, dah lebih bersosialisasi. Semoga berbahagia dan cepet dapet anak cucu deh.

Melani Laksmono (Community Director – Intimedia Web Venture)

“Denniiii!!! Kenapa nih WikiMu-nya?” Gitu deh Bu Mel teriak kenceng kalo lagi ada masalah ma WikiMu. Bu Mel ini bos yang paling ceria deh. Kenceng banget ngomongnya kalau lagi excited atau becanda. Rame gitu. Beliau juga sangat pengertian, mau mendengar keluh kesah stafnya. Makasih Bu Mel buat semua kesempatan yang sudah diberikan buat saya. Makasih juga buat traktiran pempeknya waktu itu. Sampai ketemu lagi yah.

Noening Soeryandari (HRD Manager – Intimedia)

Sering ketemu nih ma Bu Noening di bawah jembatan Karet di Sudirman pas nunggu bus. Bu Noening orangnya simpatik dan perhatian. Makasih ya Bu buat kesempatannya sehingga saya bisa bergabung dengan Intimedia. Maaf kalau kepergian saya juga sangat mengecewakan Bu Noening. Semoga kalau ketemu lagi di bawah jembatan masih mau tersenyum dan menyapa saya.

Norman Sasono (Principal Engineer – Intimedia)

Salah satu MVP-nya Intimedia (di samping Kiki). Soal kemampuan teknis sih dah ga perlu ditanya. Beliau juga tutor dan pembicara yang sangat baik. Antusiasmenya tinggi sekali. Waktu itu saya mendapat kesempatan langka untuk bekerja dengan Pak Norman. Saya minta maaf ternyata saya malah melepaskan kesempatan itu. By the way, thanks for the books. They rock, I enjoyed reading them.

Rachmat Hariyanto (Project Operation Manager – Intimedia)

Selama saya di Intimedia, sepertinya kita baru lumayan akrab pas maen badminton bareng ya Pak. Seneng nih ngobrol ma Pak Rachmat. Ternyata orangnya gaul juga. Ntar kalo masih boleh maen badminton kita masih ketemu tiap Selasa ya Pak.

Raymond Sutanto (Director – Intimedia Talents)

Orangnya tinggi besar, jagoan maen ping pong juga. Bos saya ini ternyata baik banget loh. Pas saya masih kos di Kelapa Gading, cukup sering Pak Raymond nawarin tumpangan untuk pulang. Thanks a lot ya Pak. I really hope for the success of Intimedia Talents under your direction.

Robin (Developer – Intimedia Talents)

Pak Raymond sering refer kita Batman and Robin. Robin nih developer yang paling gue andalin di semua project gue di sini. Pekerja keras, kreatif, dan berinisiatif. Biarpun Robin sangat suka CPP (Copy Paste Programming), paling tidak dia selalu menyelesaikan pekerjaannya dengan cukup baik. Robin juga yang dulu sering gue repotin pas awal masuk kerja. Siapa suruh lu duduk sebelah gue, Bin, ya paling enak nanya apa-apa kan ke lu, yang paling deket. Maklum karyawan baru, lom ngerti apa-apa.

Robin juga enak diajak ngomongin apa aja. Mau olahraga, gosip artis terkini, iptek, apa juga nyambung ma dia. Sayangnya koq ga suka nulis yah? Isi dung itu WikiMu sama berapaberapa.com. Jangan cuman coding duang Bin.

Selain coding, Robin juga jago maen ping pong loh. Mantep banget dah. Sampai Herlina aja kagum dan nempel terus sama lu.

Samuel (Developer – Intimedia Talents)

Hei man, how do you do man. Nih anak keknya bisa jadi rapper. Dulu ngambil tes MCTS bareng-bareng, tapi dia lulus dengan nilai jauh lebih tinggi. Hapalannya kuat sih ya :D. Thanks waktu itu bantuin di Virtual Vending dan WikiMu. Good luck bro.

Yose Rizal (Developer – Intimedia Talents)

Yose nih developer yang punya kreatifitas dan inisiatif tinggi. Keknya semua developer pasti bakal seneng deh punya rekan Yose. Sayangnya gue cuman sempat kerja sebentar ma dia. Maklum dipanggil negara untuk memberantas korupsi lewat KPK. Sukses yah.

Other Intimedians

Buat yang belum kesebut, mohon maap yah. Bukan berarti gue lupa atau gimana. Mungkin memang lupa kali ya :p. Tapi yang lom kesebut itu mungkin karena kita jarang atau hampir ga pernah kerja sama atau ketemu. Jadi daripada salah-salah kata karena ngomong sembarangan, yah saya ucapkan terima kasih banyak dan sampai ketemu lagi yah. Good luck to you all. I’ll miss you for sure.

PS: Bagi yang nama atau jabatannya salah tulis, silakan kontak saya aja, biar saya bisa perbaiki. Mohon maap sebelumnya.

Crash

November 28th, 2006. Published under Daily Journal. 8 Comments.

It was a rainy morning on Tuesday, January 17 2006. I came unusually late to the office that day wet body because of the rain. I did my work as usual until around 6PM. Then I rode my motorcycle to the Landmark building to pick up Martha, my girlfriend.

The Deadly Accident

I drove pretty slowly until I passed the junction around Jalan Cokroaminoto, when suddenly, I saw a green motorcycle came to me from the left side ultra rapidly. It happened so fast that I didn’t really realized that I was already flying high in the air. A second later, I fell down hard to the street, bounced a few times, and rolled to the edge of the street.

I tried to breathe, slowly since I felt pain in my chest. I tried to move my body parts but I couldn’t. I took another breath and I could move my left arm. My legs were okay too. But my chest and stomach were aching so much I couldn’t take a deep breath. And my right arm, damn I couldn’t move it. It must be broken. My full-face helmet was thrown away along with my glasses and sandals. My bag and jacket were ripped apart. And I couldn’t see my motor cycle. Where was it? I must pick up Martha now. She must be worried.

Soon some people gather around me. Some asked whether I was alive. Then I gave a weak response. Fortunately they were kind people. They stopped a passing car and carried me to the nearest hospital, Rumah Sakit Abdi Waluyo. I felt like I was torn to pieces when they moved my body to the car. My broken arm made me want to scream, but the pain in my chest and stomach prevented me from making loud voices. I was taken inside a pickup car. I was put in the backside alone. I took the chance to grab my cellphone and called Martha. I told her what had happened and that I was taken to Abdi Waluyo hospital.

I was taken to the emergency room immediately and some nurses took care of me immediately. I had a nurse holding my broken right arm because the pain was torturing me. Another nurse brought me a glass of warm tea that I drank happily. Yet another nurse opened my jacket and upper clothing to clean my external wounds. Then I was brought to another room to have my broken arm x-rayed.

Some times later, Martha came. She looked very worried, but just by seeing her, half of my pain gone away. She took care of everything for me. After asking her auntie, which suggested me to be moved to another hospital: RS Husada, she called for an ambulance and that was the first time ever for me to be in it.

At Rumah Sakit Husada

With the pain in my whole body, the journey to Husada hospital seemed to be much longer. Only because of Martha’s companion that I still remained conscious. I tried my hardest to hold on although I felt extremely exhausted both physically and mentally. Until finally we arrived at the hospital. I was taken immediately to the emergency room but I didn’t understand why I didn’t get the required immediate treatment.

Sometime later, Martha’s cousin, Glen, came with her wife. They helped Martha dealing with the hospital’s administration. Martha asked me to call my parents but I refused because I didn’t want to make them worried. She insisted so I reluctantly did it. I called my mom and told her that I just got an accident. I told her that I was okay except a broken arm. My mom was shocked, then she said that she would go to Jakarta ASAP. I told her that it wasn’t necessary because I was sure that I would recover in no time (yeah right :p).

Meanwhile, Martha tried to contact one of my colleague. She found a name, Cherdian, and made a quick call informing my situation. Soon, my bosses, Mr. Nunung Halim and his wife, Mrs. Lyanita Halim, came. They kindly paid the down payment for my treatment.

The First Operation

Shortly, I was brought into the operation room. It was my first experience. Some nurses undressed me and put a white thin clothes on me. The doctor told me that he would repair my broken arm. He said that the operation would be swift and painless. He injected some kind of liquid into my body and I slowly fell unconscious.

I didn’t know how much time had passed when I regained my consciousness. At first I was confused, very confused. I found my self in a closed white room, with some people in white dresses around me, calling my name, poking my face softly. I tried my best but I still couldn’t see clearly. It seemed like a heavy fog was surrounding me. I hardly heard anything and I forgot that I was injured. All my senses were malfunctioning. I couldn’t stand no more and I fell asleep (or unconscious).

When I woke up, I saw Martha sitting next to my bed. I looked around and I realized that I was in another room. It looked like an ordinary hospital room and there were some other patients staying. I saw her smiling at me and told me that everything was gonna be okay. I was glad to see her and I felt safe. I was so tired that I fell asleep again.

My Arm Got Broken, Again!

I woke up the next morning and I saw Martha sleeping in a chair beside my bed. She must have been watching me all night, how grateful I was. Then she woke up and greeted me. She asked if I needed something. I told her that I was thirsty and she gave me water to drink. She inquired whether my arm had been okay. I said that it was back to one piece. I could move it freely again. Hooray!

Then she asked me whether I wanted to pee. I said I was not sure, but I thought it’s a good idea. She took a small urine container to me so I could pee without moving from the bed. I could still remember her panic look when she saw my dark and viscous urine. I was surprised myself. Was that blood? Was I peeing blood? My goodness!

Later in the morning, another cousin of Martha, Ludi visited me. He stayed for a while accompanying us. Then a nurse came telling me that I would be taken to the radiology room to get a USG scan to check if I had internal injuries, which should be obvious by the time I saw my bloody urine.

My room was in the upper floor while the radiology room was in the ground floor, so I must be taken into the elevator. Unfortunately, the floor of the elevator was not really aligned to the corridor’s floor. It caused my bed to shake when it was slided into the elevator. Unexpectedly, the shake made me scream, “Ouch!”. Damn, my inner part was aching. Martha was very worried and asked the nurses to move my bed more carefully.

Unlike my room which was so hot, the radiology room was so cold. There was this female doctor who did the scan. She applied some gel-like material on my chest, stomach, waist and back. Then she rolled a scanner on them. Since my right arm was getting in her way, she asked me to lift my arm upward. Since she was a doctor and I thought that doctors should know what they were doing, I followed her direction. I could lift my arm easily, and she continued her examination.

After she finished checking, she had some nurses delivered me back to my room. But on the way to my room, I realized that I couldn’t put my arm back to its original position. Martha was worried and asked why did I lifted my arm previously. I told her that the doctor had me done it. A nurse then consulted the doctor who previously operated my broken arm.

Bad news, he informed that I would need another operation to relocate my arm. What the heck! I was very upset.

Meet the Parent

A good news finally, my mom said that she was on the way. She took the first bus in the morning from Jember to Surabaya and caught a plane to Jakarta immediately. She said that she was coming with her aunt, my grandaunt. My mom had never come to Jakarta before, but fortunately, she managed to call my cousin, Lian, who lived in Tangerang. My cousin then asked his husband to pick my mom at Sukarno-Hatta airport.

I was very glad to see my mom, and at the same time sad because she had to see me in that condition. It was also the first time for Martha seeing my parent. It was funny when my grandaunt sometimes misaddressed Martha by calling her Maria.

Martha and I explained my situation to my mom. Then my mom called my family and relatives to relay the information.

The Second Operation

The night, I was taken by the nurses for the second operation. Entering the room for the second time, I no longer felt worried, only annoyed since I had to go through this once again. I told the doctor to do something so the same mistake wouldn’t happen again. He injected the anesthetic to my body then I finally lost my consciousness.

When I woke up, unlike the first operation, I woke up instantly without feeling dizzy. I found my arm was tied so hard I couldn’t move it. I saw it was a preventive action from the doctor. He should have done that in the first place.

My First CT Scan

Apparently, the USG Scan couldn’t reveal my inner body condition entirely. A doctor asked me to take the CT Scan so I could be examined more thoroughly. My mom agreed then I was taken to another radiology room. Inside it, a large machine operated by some nurses and technicians awaited me. A nurse had me drunk an awful liquid, she said it was needed for the CT Scan. She then injected another liquid to my body. I was laid on a hard bed in front of the machine. When the machine was operated, I was asked to take a deep breath, hold it, and released it some times later. I did it again and again until I bore my baby, oups, until the scanning finished :p. The nurses took me back to my room after the scan.

A Broken Kidney and Liver

That was the result of my CT Scan that shocked us. A surgery doctor suggested to take away my broken kidney. Fortunately, there was Dr. Ang, a good old lady doctor, who declined the suggestion and took the moderate way instead. She chose to treat me and healed my broken parts. She offered my mom to consult a urologist for my kidney treatment. She recommended Dr. Fajar as my urologist. She also arranged a blood transfusion for me since I lost many blood because of the bleeding.

Fortunately, the kind folks at X/Link (Metallogix Infolink Persada) came by and volunteered to donate their blood in exchange for the blood I took from PMI (Indonesian Red Cross). The night after the blood transfusion, I got a fever. The doctor said that it was natural because my body would at first reject the foreign blood. My good mom and Ima stayed all night to accompany me since I couldn’t sleep a bit because the heavy fever.

The next day, Dr. Fajar paid me his first visit. He was a young yet friendly doctor. He told us thouroughly about my condition, gave advices and medications. Unfortunately his advices were the tough ones. I might not move my body too much. In fact, I must maintain my position all the time. It seemed impossible for me, but I must do it in order to heal. He also ordered the laboratory to examine my urine everyday and recorded the result. “So we will know if your bleeding has stopped,” he said to me.

Love Is All Around

The treatment days bored me like no others. I only ate food prepared by the hospital, meaning no fried and hot food. The hospital used Martha’s aunt’s catering service. Martha’s aunt kindly ordered her employees to also provide food for my mom and Ima. Thanks to her, we could save money.

Martha always visited me after working, around 6PM. That was the time I missed the most everyday. She came home around 8PM. During weekends she stayed with me at the hospital. How lovely :). Martha’s mom, aunts, uncles, and cousins visited me too. Too bad I got to meet some of them for the first time in that condition.

My good friends also visited me. There were Eva Soeryono and Herlina who came in the wrong time. Sorry girls, I felt so weak that day I couldn’t greet you. Many friends from X/Link also came several times. They even raised fund to help me. Thanks to everyone at X/Link: Adam, Cherdian, Christianto, Christopher, Clara, Dharma, Fathur, Harun, Ian, Maria, Sugi, Tje Nen, and the others (sorry I always have troubles with remembering people’s names :p). A special thank to Mrs. Fina who coordinated and prepared everything for us. Even my friends from Ragnarok Online visited me. Surprising since I never met them before. Thanks Ravel, Jo (Indrawan), and Bambang.

I also received some SMS from my ex-Altoers friends, Mariza, Shirley, and Vebby. Were there anyone else? Sorry I forgot :p. Jonathan called me several times too. And surely my family from Jember and Situbondo called me almost everyday.

What surprised me is when some folks from Paduan Suara Nafiri GKI Gading Indah, a church choir, came to visit me. It was surprising because I just joined them I wouldn’t think that they had noticed me already. There were Mrs. Anny—the choir leader, Mr. Gunawan with his wife and daughter, Mrs. Eka, and some more that I didn’t recognize. Even more surprising, some days later, Mr. Gunawan came back to deliver some money donated by the choir members. Many thanks to you guys.

Even, there came Mr. Peter Samsudin—once a preacher in my home church at GKT Jember who now live in Jakarta—and his wife. They came to comfort and pray for me and my mom.

And what I never expected is when Mr. Yohanes Onlyson—also once a preacher at GKT Jember and he is my Mom’s favorite preacher—came with Mrs. Elly—his wife—to offer me staying at his apartment for a while after I went out of the hospital. At first, I refused the offer politely because I intended to go to Jember directly.

I was also getting familiar with the kind nurses at RS Husada. They treated me really nicely but didn’t bought me all these ices :p. Unfortunately I couldn’t remember their names except Ms. Suryaningsih because of her ultra friendliness. Also there was the surgery doctor who told me this joke:

“There will never be dark in this hospital, because we have here doctor Fajar and nurse Suryaningsih.”

In Indonesian, Fajar means morning and Surya means the Sun.

But all the love I got in the hospital couldn’t keep me any longer at the hospital. A month is definitely more than enough. I must go out and get back to work. But the doctor wouldn’t let me go before my urine was free from blood. The bad news was every time I moved my body too much, my kidney bled and produced bloody urine. It meant that I may not move too much (or at all) if I wanted to get well soon. Sigh, I guessed I didn’t have much choices if I didn’t want my kidney to be taken out.

Leaving the Hospital

It was Friday, February 10, 2006 when I was finally allowed to leave. And it was also my first time to get up from the bed after almost a month I laid on a bed all the time. I thought it would be easy. I only needed to get up and walked out of the hospital, got a taxi to the airport, and flew to Surabaya. But I was wrong. Even sitting on the bed made me so dizzy I couldn’t sit for too long. My mom explained that it was natural since I had been sleeping on the bed very long. I forced myself and tried to sit again. I didn’t care about the dizziness. Then I tried hard to stand up while holding the edge of the bed. Woa, I thought I was flying. The whole world was moving around so fast my sight was blurred. I closed my eyes and got a strong grip. A few seconds later I opened my eyes and the world still seemed to spin fast. I shook my head several times. I couldn’t stand for too long then I sat on a nearby chair.

Mom called my cousin to come and help us pack our things. She also called Mr. Onlyson telling him that I was about to go home. My cousin’s husband came soon and Mr. Onlyson came shortly after and met my mother at the hospital administration room. After finishing their business with the hospital, my mom told me that I should go to Mr. Onlyson’s apartment since I was so weak. I finally agreed and we went together to his apartment.

I stayed at his apartment a few days until February 14, 2006 before I went home to Jember. I couldn’t say enough gratitude to him and his family for their hospitality.

Jakarta, I’ll be back…

Arrived in Surabaya

My dad, sister, grandaunt, and ik Li Cen (my aunt) picked me and my mom at the airport. From there, we went directly to my grandma’s house at Pondok Candra Indah to rest. My grandma looked worried and relieved at the same time when she saw me.

Before I came to Surabaya, Vebby told me that she would pick me up at the airport. But my family had picked me up so I sent an SMS to her that I was already there. Vebby was in Malang at the time but she told my other friends about me. Carla, Lisa, Lusi, and Yenny then came and brought me some of my favorite foods: Bakwan Penyet and Ayam Penyet from the Bu Kris restaurant. Thanks gals.

Back at Home

In the afternoon, we went home to Jember. Back to my home. Back to my room. Back to my family. Back to my mom’s hotlicious food :p. I stayed home for around three weeks. Enough for me to regain half of my strength so I could get back to work again in Jakarta.

This was an experience I wouldn’t forget in my whole life. But just in case my memory failed to serve me well—and it did happen some times—I blogged it :D.

Altoers Updates

October 15th, 2006. Published under Daily Journal. 18 Comments.

Renamed title to: “Altoers Updates”, was: “(Near) the End of Excellogix”.

Not long after My Simpathy for Excellogix post, around May 2006, I heard yet another sad news. The bosses decided to let go all of the employees except of Stephanie and Bambang. It seemed that things were getting worse. I was again really sorry for them. Although we are all have been apart, we still keep in touch often. We help and care for each other. I still have many unforgettable moments and memories with the Altoers (the people of Excellogix aka Alto Entertainment Network).

Tracking Altoers

In the mean time, the following are the latest information I have about my ex-colleague in Excellogix:

• Agung (agw) works as a computer teacher at St. Agnes.
• Alex (alx) will get married soon (according to Vanie) and is now working at a multiplayer game center.
• Anton (nas aka piku) starts his own software house and makes jualhp.com. Good luck pal.
• Bambang (bbg aka bo) is one of the two people who still worked in Excellogix.
• Carla Bley Ardian (crl aka carlos aka lala) is now working for a journalist after spending some time teaching English at EF Tegal.
• Devy Liliana (dev) has an administrative work in Sidoarjo.
• Eva Natalia (evn aka iyem) works as photo editor at Portrait, a photo studio in Surabaya. Pretty much the same job she did in Excellogix.
• Eva Soeryono (eva aka vles aka entut) now works at Ad-Ins as a trainee.
• Freddy (frd aka kampret) went to Kalimantan and worked there. You are going really far, bro.
• Jonathan (jon) is fighting his way to get a job in a cruise ship in US. A photographer job of course. Hey, you really brought some bad lucks last time you came here.
• Herlina (her aka herder aka hertong aka tongtong) has already been engaged and will get married soon. She is in Jakarta now, but I don’t know what she’s doing in spite of shopping.
• Lisa Gunawan (lsa aka gambus) sells container at Tanjung Perak.
• Lisa Handayani (lis aka ableh aka binx) continues her study in US. Last time, she told me that she already had a boyfriend.
• Lusi (lus aka enyo) opened her own photography studio. She has been very enthusiastic in photography lately, so this must be one of her dream.
• Mariza (mrz aka emak) changed jobs three times this year. From Jakarta to Bali. I don’t know whether this will be her last job, since she said that her previous job was her dream one, yet she left it.
• Pratu (pre aka pre-chan) continues to work in Global FM as a radio presenter.
• Shirley Wibisono (shw aka coolz) works at an advertising agency in Jakarta as a copywriter.
• Shierly F. Motullo (sfm aka imoet) lives in Korea now. She is married to a Japanese and has a boy.
• Stephanie (snb aka panci aka panu) is the other person who is left in Excellogix. She is also getting married this year.
• Vebby (veb) and Yustina (jus) work at a travel agent in Surabaya. They seem to enjoy their jobs, thankfully.
• Wiembardi (wim) continues to work as a Web site designer in Surabaya.
• Yendy (ynd aka sanchai) works as a software developer at Percetakan Surya, Surabaya. He previously asked me to find a copy of Power Builder. Come on, use .NET or J2EE instead bro, hehe.
• Yenny Soviawati (yen aka pyor) is now a freelance artist after resigning from Portrait photo studio.
• Yunus (yun) is now a swimming pool manager at Plaza Marina, Surabaya.

Thanks to all of you who have provided the additional information in the comments. Keep ‘em coming.