From Jakarta to Nusantara - what will it be?

This is an article I wrote some time ago for company's in-house magz. Before published, it has been edited by their editor. 

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Relocate Capital City of Indonesia : 

The Effect towards Winning’s Indonesia Business and as a Group

 

Its official !!!

The Draft Bill of Capital Relocation is signed on January and we will have a new capital named “Nusantara” (means ‘archipelago’). The plan of relocation is not a new thing for Indonesia. There have been some talks about moving the capital since 1957. The consideration at that time was location, as its far more extensive, and considerably safe from earthquake and volcanoes. Nevertheless, the reasons of moving at time being was far than just locations. It is strongly due to the safety, Jakarta’s overpopulation and environmental problem.

The chosen location is in East Kalimantan  - an area between North Penajam Paser Regency and Kutai Kartanagara. This has also underlined the fact that the Capital is NOT Java-centric. Geographically, its located in Kalimantan – an Island crossed by the Equator and not part of the volcanoes ring of fire. It is definitely far less populated than other big cities in Java, not to mention Jakarta itself.

Moving a capital is such a big issue. It carries enormous symbolic importance that one can imagine. Wealth distribution, geopolitics or more over, we may call it as equal distribution to the people.

Jakarta has many problems after years of massive development but lacked of proper arrangement as it has notorious congestion and repeatedly suffer from flood, without being underestimating but it is no longer a convenient place nor proper place to be called as a capital.

For Nusantara, the government is talking about of USD 33 billion for the projects – which will be funded not only by the government budget but also from the mixture of state-owned enterprises, public private partnership and private sectors. The new Capital first stage which is reforestation follow by basic infrastructure. The process will start this year and expect to be completed in 2024, before the election.

No one dare to say that it is an easy move. Moving the central government from one city into another, will have a huge impact sociologically to those who need to moved to the new place. It is estimated that at least around 10 thousand of state employees (with thousands more when we count their families) will have their offices in the new Capital. The process moving itself is expected to be completed at year 2045.

Meantime, Jakarta stays as Centre of Business, whilst most of the Ministry will be in the new Capital – over 2000 km away. And then, what will the plan be for the former capital? They said that since Jakarta will remain as Centre of Business, the local administrative government will focus in 3 (three) things which are public transport, public housing and flood preventive plan. We are yet to hear the plan before end of this year.

Another question raised from private companies, whether the plan will help boosting the business, or the other way around. To be clear, that businesswise, it will surely have impacts. We have received confirmation that Department of Transportation and Ministry of Finance will only move their Head Office in the 2^nd batch, which is from year 2025 – 2029, both functional and essential departments. What about the supporting body such as Investment Coordinating Board, Central Banks and other Financial Institution?

Currently, most of the Ministries already have a so-called one-door integrated service, to cut the bureaucracy. It administered and coordinated by BKPM – Investment Coordinating Board. The one-door integrated service, or PTSP is an activity of administering a permit and non-licensing that receive delegation of authority from the agency that has the authority whose management process starts from the application stage to the stage of document issuance which is carried out in one place. In total, there are 25 permit & non-permit that can be arrange through this. During the pandemic, most were done through online application. BKPM itself, along with several Financial Bureaus will stay in Jakarta.

Ministry of Transportation – Department of Sea Transport would likely take the 2^nd stage of moving their office to the new Capital. So far, they are working to make most of the permit release and extension, include certificates through their online system. During the pandemic, they have released a few policies related to the current condition and arrangement.

Like any other Logistic companies, we dealt with the two Ministries at the most. The new system that applies online – and the one-stop integrated services are not 100% better compare with the old system. However, it surely cut the line and direct interactions like in the old days. The biggest challenge for us as a corporation is to cope with the current regulations and prepared for some changes that may occur – starting from regulations, change of officers, change of authority and perhaps many more.

Trying to look at the bright side of the story, changes is a constant movement, and Winning experiences it all the time. Lets be adaptive,  do the best we can and make it happen – a Winning Way ! 

 

Note : The article is published in Wining In-house Magz, with some edited wordings. 
Credit belongs to Winning Group - not to be republished commercially. 

Arrogance of Ignorance...

     

    What is arrogance?

    It is ignoring the fact while ignorance is not taking action despite knowing the consequence. 

    Its simply the act of doing nothing, while at the same time, realizing the impact that caused by doing so. The impacts which will get others too. Well, this is more than just sad to know it, but also embarrassing that in a advanced society, there are people who still being so ignorance, without thinking about the betterment of others. 

Welcoming the new high schooler :)

 

Its a wrap!!!! 

Setelah kurang lebih 2 tahun belajar daring, akhirnya adek lulus juga.. alhamdulillahhhh...  

Mendapat predikat No 2 Nilai tertinggi di sekolah dan ikhwan paling disiplin - ayah ibunnya sangat terharu.. Betapa tidak? Anak ini benar2 menikmati permainan daring aka game online.. 

Saya dan ayahnya seringkali harus mengingatkan beberapa kewajiban, yang sering tidak tepat waktu dilakukan. Marah? gak lah.. gimana bisa marah..  anak seusia mereka paling hanya diingatkan serta dicontohkan. itu saja... Saya dan suami sepakat untuk melapangkan dada, lebih banyak maklum ketimbang sebentar2 memperkarakan hal2 yang harusnya tidak perlu. 

Kenapa? karena lebih banyak perkembangan positif yang kami lihat ketimbang hal-hal kecil yang lebih mudah menjadi bahan pertengkaran. 

Lalu setelah lulus, kemana? 

SMA tentunya.. 

Proyeksi awal merupakan SMA Negeri tempat mbak-nya sekolah, dan tentu saja kami mengambil jalur prestasi tahfidz -  benar2 napak tilas sang kakak.. Prestasi tahfidz adek memang tidak semoncer mbaknya, tetapiiii.. he's far from bad at all... - diakui juga oleh sang pembimbing saat wisuda Tahfidz beberapa bulan lalu... 

Tapiiii.. selalu ada faktor X dalam setiap peristiwa kaannn.. 

Saat test, ternyata gugup dan terbata-bata saat menyambung ayat. Saat pengumuman, namanya tidak masuk ke deretan yang lulus. Kecewa? tentu saja.. 

Namun adek termasuk yang sangat-sangat realistis. Tawaran masuk ke sma negeri jalur 'spesial' tentu berdatangan. Dan kami bicara dengan terus terang, apa hal tsb yang diinginkan. Apa siap masuk dengan jalur 'spesial' - mengorbankan orang lain dengan memanjakan ego? 

Gusti Allah sungguh Maha Baik. Adek menolak keras, dan berusaha sepenuh hati menerima bahwa dia akan masuk ke sekolah 'cadangan' yang sebenarnya sangat berkelas di lingkungan kami. Lalu apa 'flaw' dari sekolah tersebut? Tak lain dan tak bukan karena dimiliki oleh Yayasan Katolik. .. Bagaimana hal tersebut dikategorikan sebagai 'flaw'? Entah, yang jelas, kami sepakat bahwa hal itu bukan menjadi bahan pertimbangan. 

Anyway.. bagi saya dan suami yang tau betul mengenai hal2 receh tersebut, tentu tidak surut. Adek ikut tes masuk dan alhamdulillah lulus setelah bersaing dengan puluhan anak lainnya. 

Dan sekarang, meskipun masi culture shock, dia berusaha menata langkah berikutnya, belajar di jenjang yang lebih tinggi. Kami orang tuanya, tentu menjadi yang pertama memberikan support penuh kepada seluruh proses yang harus dijalani. Konsekwensi banyaknya yang turut 'peduli' tentu bukan hal yang baru. Tapi... its life.. as long as they dont get in the way - its always fine... 

Ibu dan ayahnya sudah sangat terbiasa dengan hal2 yang demikian, dan saatnya anak2 belajar untuk membuka mata lebih lebar akan dunia di luar sana. Saat ini, semua berjalan perlahan dengan banyaknya kejutan disana-sini.. :)

Tentu banyak sekali hal yang kami syukuri. Mendengar cerita2 lucu dan menakjubkan dari adek, tentang banyak sekali hal baru yang dihadapi. Ternyata banyak kejutan menjadi super minoritas disana, termasuk dari kawan-kawannya yang sangat open minded akan hal itu. 

Well, kami tau pasti bahwa tidak ada perjalanan yang benar-benar mulus, tapi.. "a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor" 

Tetap semangat, anak lanang kebanggaan ayah ibun... 

We love you, and always proud of any accomplishment you made so far.. :* :* :* 

 

Another Recipe from a Home-Chef

 Its been a while for me not to upload some recipes. 

My mom keep remind me, that its better to make my self a note. To ensure that we have a standard taste from time to time. 

So lets start with the first menu : 

A Peranakan home-cooking menu, which most Indonesian like. There are many recipes,  and mostly different from one house into another. Some  use blacan, candle nut, even ginger. But ours, we are having a simple yet tasty recipe. The secrets lies to the quality of sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) and use of proper heating. 

Please check this out : 

Mie Goreng a'la Dapur Kirana 

Ingredients : 

200 gr mie telur - boiled al dente - add 2 tbs oil and 2 tbs of kecap manis 

100 gr chicken breast/thigh fillet - cubes 

4 cloves of garlic - chopped 

100 gr mixed bakso (sliced as preference) 

1 tbs fish sauce 

4 tbs sweet soy sauce 

100 gr cabbage 

50 gr caisim/kailan/pokchoy 

2 eggs - loosely beaten, add a pinch of salt

3 strings of spring onion - sliced as preference 

50 gr of onion - sliced as preference 

salt, sugar and pepper - as preference 

5 tbs of cooking oil. 

First step - make sure that you prepare everything before turning on the stove. Use proper heating too.. 

1. Boil the water, once its boiling, add the noodle, let is boil for 100 seconds, take out. Pour water to decrease the temperature. Drain, add 2 tbs soy sauce and oil. 

2. Heat the pan - add 5 tbs of cooking oil. Add eggs, stir fry occasionally. add garlic, chicken and meatballs - stir it. You may add 1 tbs of butter/margarine if you prefer. 

3. Add vegetables mix (except spring onion and onion) - give halt tsp of salt and 1 tsp of chicken stock powder. 

4. Pour the noodle, add fish sauce and 4 tbs of soy sauce. Stir quickly. Make sure that you are using high heat, to get perfect caramel aroma from the sauce. Add salt, sugar, onion and pepper . Keep stirring. Add spring onion. turn off the stove. 

Thats it.... 

Sugeng dahar, gaes.... 

Are we Raising or Racing our Children?

 Our Children, Our Treasures 

#NAD_EnglishCorner

#Children’s_Day

Do you remember that we were once a child? 

Yes, we were once a member of the happiest society – an adventurous, happy-go-lucky person, whose laughter can easily brighten up the day. Where every second counts as a positive growth (if I may borrow the words from those commercials) 😊  - and every fall is considered as a learning process. 

Oh well, maybe not for every one of us. 

But, lets take a look from the brighter side.  

Aren’t we all loved to be pampered, and now, most of us try to do the same to our children  - or at least, that’s what we think we are doing 😊 

Can you imagine that at time being we are living in a borderless era – where our children can easily pick things up without us knowing it. Let alone the pandemic we are facing which means online classes for them. This simply means different social interactions to their friends. Meantime, this can also consider to be the right moment for us to set some value to them.  

It may be too much if I say that sometimes, we forget to give the strong foundation to our children – which is ‘How to be HUMAN’. I am sure that none that we’ve done are on purpose, however sometimes we got carried away – just like any other parents.  This basic value and the approach that we made, might later be a golden bridge between us and our children. And it depends on how we made it. 

People may say that we are now in a “Modern-Parenting-Mode”. Regardless the title  - it is basically to do the best for our children. Ensuring that their rights as children are protected. There is no such thing like 100 % right, or 100% wrong when it comes to parenting. The guideline is to raise them well, and let them choose their own ‘racing’. 

I know that the line might be familiar to some of us… Between Raising and Racing. 

Yes, raising means looking after, elevating to the next level. It is beyond educating, but to make them ‘HUMAN’ . Letting them know their position in society, to be responsible on the options taken, and be a considerate yet a life-time learner. While ‘racing’ is asking them to compete in a way to be bragged by us, the parents. We should let them choose whom and how to race instead of telling them what and who should they race. 

Children is always our treasure, but they are also human, who have the same right like us, parents. 

We happened to experienced earlier, and may end up with lesser than them. But hey, don’t forget the fact that it is our duty to give the best of us, so they will be a better person and make the world a better place to live. In order to do so, we as parents have to adopt a way to make it works. 

The fact that our children is facing a borderless era, which encourage them (and us) to learn a lot of things as fast as we can, competing with time, need and their peers. This is stressing. It also triggers another fact that they will soon set their own goals (and ours too) so they can cope with the current trend, and again it is stressing to both of us – but more important – to our children.  The pressure is so much different than what we had in mid 80s. Even so, the lines are still there. How we, as parent have to accommodate their needs, so they can face the problem and settle it well.  

So, lets wear their shoes more often. Hug and listen to their needs, setting aside what we have in mind. Let them live their life at the fullest. Life is so competitive, yet, they are so precious. We shall let them choose how they want to be competitive, in a good way.  We don’t have to pamper them all the time, but setting a good example might be a solution.  

Remember, there is no such thing such as 100% right or 100% wrong when it comes to raise a child. Every child is unique, and so are we… They deserve the best, to be better than us… 😊

Bekasi - 24th July 2021

Simple lunch menu

 

I rarely make a note in the cooking i made. But my mom told me that i'd rather put a note in most recipes we use at home. Some people might be able to use it as well, rite... 

Oh, so here's the recipes from several menus i made :

Sambal Matah Kecombrang 

2 stem of Kecombrang/Honjen/Ginger Torch - thinly sliced

8 cloves shallots - thinly sliced

1 cloves onion - chopped 

100 gr mixed chilies (using chili padi, capsicum and bird-eye) - chopped

Salt, sugar (to taste) 

3 tbs of lime/lemon juice 

100 ml of oil (prefer to use coconut oil, but other cooking oil is acceptable

8 keffir lime leaves - thinly sliced 

* To make sambal matah, you just have to mixed them well. Toss them in a big bowl. Heat the oil, and pour on top of the mixture. Stir it well and its read to serve. 

Second Recipe is "Stir fry tofu with dried squid" - aka Oseng Tahu Cumi Asin 

125 cumi asin/dried squid - rinse with warm water to reduce the salt content

150 gr tahu - cubes - deep fried 

6 cloves shallots - sliced

3 cloves garlic -  sliced 

8 long green chilies - sliced 

3 thinly slice galangal 

3 keffir lime leaves 

2 tbs sweet soy sauce 

3 green tomatoes - cubes 

salt, sugar and pepper - all should be depend on the likings 

First, heat 3 tbs of oil. Add shallots, galangal and lime leaves. Then add garlic, and dried squids and soy sauce. Add 50ml of water.. let it simmer a bit.  Add the rest into the pan, low the heat, stir occasionally 

Its done for today.. :) 

Hope i can rest my case now... 

Masuk Sekolah Jalur Tahfidz - Quo Vadis, katanya?

 

Judul yang dipilih seksi banget ya... 

Betapa tidak, hal ini sedang sangat panas dibicarakan. Oh well, sudah sejak beberapa tahun lalu sebenarnya. Sampai saat ini data yang saya pernah baca, beberapa universitas sudah menerima mahasiswa dari jalur prestasi hafalan Qur'an sejak 5 tahun lalu. 

Lupakan universitas, bahkan SMA Negeri pun sudah membuka jalur prestasi berdasarkan tahfidz atau hafalan kitab suci.  Hal yang lagi-lagi menimbulkan geger... 

Sebagai ibu dari 2 anak yang bersekolah di Sekolah Islam Terpadu.. hafalan bukan sesuatu yang asing dan aneh... Betapa tidak, setiap hari, kedua anak kami menjalaninya 3x dalam sehari. Hal yang tentu saja - cukup memberatkan untuk mereka yang memasuki masa pra remaja. Oh well, mungkin saya saja yang overthinking.. saya juga satu-satunya yang menolak ide diadakannya ekskul 'pengajian' bagi mereka... 

Hal yang paling saya takutkan adalah ketika anak-anak merasa bahwa quran bukan sesuatu yang mereka butuhkan, melainkan beban.. Saya dan mungkin sebagian dari anda tentu tau, kalau welas asih Gusti Allah jauh lebih besar dari murkaNya... Kita sadar bahwa, kita harus mengajarkan hal yang sedemikian mendasar, agar anak-anak memiliki kesadaran akan rasa welas asih sang Pencipta.. bahwa kewajiban menyembahNya, merupakan wujud kecintaaan serta terima kasih tak terperi juga kebutuhan... dan hal-hal tersebut harus melebihi dari ketakutan akan kemarahan... 

Nah, apa hubungan hal tersebut diatas dengan program tahfidz? 

Program tahfidz yang menjadi unggulan banyak sekolah islam atau pesantren, sebenarnya merupakan salah satu daya tarik utama. Awal-awal menyekolahkan anak2 disana... saya melihat nilai2 yang lain, dari sekadar 'hafalan'. ... 

Orang banyak boleh berkata bahwa menggunakan jalur tahfidz itu bukan sesuatu yang membanggakan, bukan hal yang sulit dilakukan atau apapun...

Oh well, lemme tell you something.. 

Bagaimana jika kita mencoba menempatkan diri kita pada porsi anak-anak...

Mereka menghabiskan setidaknya 90 menit per hari, mengeja satu per-satu, mencoba mengucapkan dengan benar dan baik -  lalu menghafal.. Awal yang merupakan keterpaksaan menjadi sesuatu kebiasaan dan semoga saja menjadi sebuah kebutuhan... 

Dalam kurun waktu 15 tahun terakhir, fenomena menghafal qur'an memang terjadi di Indonesia. Sebuah permulaan yang baik, dan tentu saja kita harapkan status menghafal lama-kelamaan akan menjadi 'memahami'. 

Ingat bahwa selalu ada proses yang terjadi disitu... Awal mengeja, lanjut membaca, lanjut menghafal,.. sejalan dengan itu, mulai memahami... 

Nah... kembali ke program hafalan quran alias tahfidz... 

Menurut njenengan, apakah hal ini merupakan suatu yang mudah dilakukan? 

Jika memang merasa dirugikan, apa bedanya dengan beasiswa terhadap atlit atau hal-hal lain diluar akademis? 

Jika kita memang mau jujur dan adil, seyogyanya hal tersebut bisa dilihat sesuai porsinya. 

Selain itu, program kejuaraan  (dimana tahfidz termasuk salah satu di dalamnya) biasanya merupakan salah satu jalan bagi siswa-siswa yang justru memiliki keterbatasan untuk masuk ke dalam suatu sekolah. 

Di Bekasi sendiri, program tahfidz mendapatkan 1% quota - coba hitung dari ratusan pendaftar, berapa yang kira-kira diterima? Betapa ketatnya persaingan yang harus mereka lewati? 

Kalaupun ada yang mau diperbaiki, ketahuilah bahwa anak2 ini, juga melakukan semua daya upaya yang mereka bisa untuk berprestasi dalam hal ini. Tidak berbeda dengan kawan2nya yang setiap hari sudah latihan agar bisa terus berprestasi dalam kejuaraan, ataupun yang pagi buta sudah siap di lapangan , lanjut ke sekolah, lanjut mengerjakan tugas dll... 

Suara-suara cemoohan, jujur saja cukup mengusik saya.. 

Sebagai seseorang yang sering dituding islam abangan, liberal atau apalah lainnya..  Saya tau pasti bahwa Adil lebih dekat kepada taqwa... Dan saya berusaha mengajukan fakta yang sebenarnya, yang kami alami selama ini. Sungguh tidak benar bahwa anak-anak penghafal quran benar2 hanya sekadar mengetahui kulitnya. Mereka sedang berproses, sebagaimana saya, dan anda... 

Mereka menginvestasikan waktunya... sebagai upaya untuk meraih apa yang dicita-citakan. Dengan kuota yang hanya 1%, anda semestinya paham, apa yang harus dilakukan untuk dapat menembus hal itu. Sistim penerimaan sekolah yang juga sering sekali berubah, merupakan salah satu hambatan bagi banyak orang. Apa anda tau berapa banyak daya tampung SMA N dan berapa banyak lulusan SMP di saat yang sama? Bagaimana jika salah satu cara mereka masuk adalah melalui kuota 1% tersebut? 

Saya menyayangkan banyaknya suara-suara yang dengan semena-mena berkata bahwa jalur menghafal kitab suci tidak adil. Well, kasi solusi dong... kalau memang mau diadakan untuk agama lainnya, saya sangat setuju... sungguh itu solusi yang baik...  

Namun kalau dibilang bahwa menghafal itu mudah, jujur saya tidak sependapat. Karena usaha tiap anak berbeda. Hal yang anda pikir mudah, bisa jadi neraka sulitnya buat banyak orang. Berempatilah sedikit... 

Kalau memang semudah itu menghafal, tentu sudah sangat banyak yang memilih jalan ini kan... 

Nyatanya tidak demikian... Ada pertumbuhan, tapi tentu tidak seperti yang banyak orang pikirkan. 

Saya setuju dengn anggapan memahami lebih penting. No doubt!!! Tapi saya pun percaya bahwa semua berproses... Sementara itu, adil lah bersikap... yang anda pikir hanya menghafal adalah anak-anak yang merelakan waktunya untuk berproses tidak dengan cara yang mudah, sebagai upaya meraih impian mereka. 

Jika ada yang pantas dikritik, tentu saya setuju. Namun menganggap bahwa anak-anak itu tidak layak juga bukan sesuatu yang pantas dibenarkan. Kedudukan mereka sama dengan yang lainnya. Dan semua peluh yang tercipta tentu patut diapresiasi dengan pantas. Kata pantas tentunya relatif namun hal ini tidak perlu dijelaskan lebih lanjut. 

Di banyak sekolah, nilai tahfidz tidak pernah menjadi penentu, melainkan sebagai plus point. Artinya apa? Ybs tentu harus memiliki nilai yang baik, memenuhi standar persyaratan masuk. Jika keduanya telah dipenuhi, apa mereka masih dianggap tidak pantas untuk masuk? Lalu siapa yang tidak adil? 

Semoga kita semua bisa adil, karena adil lebih dekat dengan taqwa..