The Essay

This is the essay I just made for Stadium General subject.

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The Essay

About Me

Okay, before I tell you about my story, let me introduce my self. My name is Arfian Angga Yulanto. My nick name is “aye”. I was born in Klaten on 13 July 1993. I live in Klaten. But sometimes I stay in Jogja to study at UGM.  I studied at SD 2 Klaten as my elementary school, SMP 2 Klaten as my junior high school, and SMA 1 Klaten as my senior high school. Now I am studying electrical engineering at UGM Yogyakarta.

My Family

I have one brother and one sister. My sister’s name is anggi. She is now studying at medical faculty UMY Yogyakarta. She is 19 years old. My brother’s name is Vano. He is now studying at SD 2 Klaten. He is still 10 years old. I love my siblings. They are so lovely.

Then, I will introduce my parents. My father’s name is Suharyanto. He was born in Karanganyar on 6 April 1963. He is a doctor. He works at RS Tegalyoso Klaten. Besides, he also works as an entrepreneur. He has a clinic in Trucuk, Klaten. My mother’s name is Parwiyati. She was born in Klaten on 7 July 1964. She is also a doctor. She works at puskesmas Jogonalan Klaten. She helps my father to organize the clinic. I love my parents. They have given so many positive impacts to my life. I thank God because I have my family. I am nothing without my parents. So that, now I am trying my best to give my best to my parents. I have to succeed. I have to graduate soon. Wish me luck!

I grow up in a very good family. I have my parents who always motivate me to be better, who always listen to my story, who always fufill my needs. I am so grateful. I also have my siblings who are lovely. Proverb says a succesful man grows in a good family. Succesful man always has good relationship between him and his family. So I try to keep my relationship good and okay. I can’t imagine how my life would be without them all. Alhamdulillah J

Some people outside there are not as lucky as me. I have a friend whose her mother had passed away. I have another friend whose his family was broken. I could not imagine if I were them. Since that, I always try to thank God everyday because of His Blessings.

After I tell you about my family, then now I will tell you about my life. I am now studying at Electrical Engineering UGM. Some people asked me why I would not have studied medicine. My parents are doctor, but why their son is not a doctor as well. Then I told them that everyone has their own goals. Fortunately, my parents let me to decide where I would study. I chose electrical engineering. My parents agreed with it.

So, what is my goals? Why electrical engineering? Why don’t I choose medicine?

I have a hobby. My hobby is travelling by train or bus. I love train and bus stuffs. So then I choose to study electrical engineering because someday I want to work at commuter train, PT KCJ, Jakarta. I want to dedicate my life for Indonesia, especially in transportation field.

I started to study electrical engineering in 2011. On the first year, my life got so heavy. I never imagined that electrical engineering could be this hard. I found mathematics and physics everyday and it freaked me out. I was so hopeless. My GPA was only 2,6. It was very very bad. I shared this hard days to my friends. So I considered to join SNMPTN 2012 (college entrance test). I chose medicine. However I was not admitted. Then I decided to stay in electrical engineering.

Whatever it was, on the second year, I started again to study in electrical engineering harder. Still, the results was not satisfying. Maybe it was because I joined an organization that took my time much. The organization is called Balairungklass, a non profit organization formed by UGM students from Klaten. We were holding an event called Blast Out 2013 on March, 2013. That become one of my most important part of my life.

Blast Out 2013

Blast Out 2013 is an event dedicated to high school students in Klaten, Indonesia, held by Balairungklass, a community service formed by Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) students from Klaten. The event is about National Exam preparation.

Blast Out 2013 is the short term for "Balairungklass Try Out 2013". It had a meaning that if we want to succeed, we should blast our spirit out.

Firstly, we made a committee of Blast out 2013 in November 2012 and the event was planned to be held in March 2013. So the commitee had only 5 months to work. I was given a mandate as the head of the committee. Then, we started to work. I divided the committee into some divisions.

We set some targets. We had to get at least 1000 participants to join the event. Besides, we had to get at least 2 million rupiah as profit. Those were not easy. So we needed a kind of strategy to reach the target. We firstly planned the budget and the event concept. The event concept should be great and attractive to high school students. Besides, we could not waste too much money. So what we were doing was to make a very amazing event with less budget.

We were listing every details about the event. We had to decide where and what time the event would be held. To decide it, we surveyed some possible places which could be taken to hold the event. We also considered scool academic calendar. Finally, we had made the decision. The event would be held at RSPD building on March 17, 2013.

After that, we made a marketing strategy to attract students in Klaten to join Blast Out 2013. The strategy was, we came to some senior high schools in Klaten and introduced Universitas Gadjah Mada(UGM) to them. We told them the fact that UGM is one of the best university in Indonesia. So we gave them some tips to study at UGM. One of the tips is that they had to study harder and join National Exam preparation like Blast Out 2013. They were attracted, so they registered themselves to join the event and finally the event participants had reached 1000 only in 3 months. Wow, it was unexpected before.

To lighten the budget, we were looking for some sponsorships. This part was also hard for us. We only had little experience about looking for sponsorship. However, we kept on trying. Many companies we asked about sponsorship rejected us. But we did not stop. Finally, we had got some small sponsorship to lighten the budget.

The event preparation was still running. We checked every detail about the event like the capability host/MC, readiness of sound system, parking area, electricity power, everything.

Finally, the show time. Blast Out 2013 had just started and ran as we planned. The end of Blast Out 2013, we asked for testimonials from the participants. They were all satisfied !

Blast Out 2013 had become my important experience. Many challenges we had faced. Some important things I got was that detail is important and maximum service is a must.

My College Life

At electrical engineering UGM, I have my best friends : Samudra, Amang, Deppi, Singgih. When I face difficulties in studying electrical engineering, I still have them to share my minds. They are good listeners. As time goes by, my college life gets better. My GPA has been increased. Alhamdulillah. Now I am starting to do my thesis. I hope I can graduate soon.

Self-Development

I realize that self-development should be continuous. Recently, I made a list of goals that I should achieve. Here they are :

1.       Weight loss from 80 kg to 70 kg

I realize that I am fat. I think that having a healthy body is so very important. Having a healthy body means having a healthy mind and healthy life. It can make your life better. Having healthy body can increase your self-confidence. Self-confidence is very important too. Being confidence can influence other people. The ability to influence other person/people is one of leadership skills. To achieve the target, I control my eating. I also go jogging 3 times in a week.

2.       Reaching IELTS score as 6,5

Someday I want to study abroad by scholarship. There is a term that to apply scholarship, applicant should have IELTS score minimum 6,5. To reach the goal, I take an IELTS course at CILACS UII.

3.       Studying abroad

After I graduate from Electrical Engineering UGM, I want to take master degree by scholarship. I want to study abroad because I want to have an international experience.

4.       Graduated in February 2016

Maybe it is little bit late. But that is okay. I want to graduate with good marks on my graduation certificate. I want to continue my life.

5.       Having a better personalities

I am known as an emotional person. I have done so many mistakes that is due to my emotion. It has ruined my life. Now I am trying to control my self better than before. Dealing with this goal, I have made a book called “a happy note”. When I am in my leasure time, I write every good things that happens to my life. So far, it can make my emotion better and getting more positive.

6.       Being involved in community service

To be cared, we have to care others. Best human is those who helps others. I hope that my life can give a good impact to others.

My Future Plans

 I have a plan for my future. After I graduate, I plan to study abroad by scholarship. I want to go to Japan, Singapore, and Europe. I hope I can get there soon.

After I study abroad, I want to get a job. I want to work at PT KCJ, a commuter train operator in Jabodetabek. I want to dedicate my life to Indonesia. Maybe, few years later I will resign and build a business.

I want to build a transportation service using bus. I am so inspired by bus Sumber Kencono. That is a economy class bus but has a very excellent service such as : kind crews, bus full Air Conditioner, having good punctuality, cheap fare, etc. That makes passangers so satisfied. Since that, so many people prefer going to work by bus Sumber Kencono than motorcycle/car.

In Indonesia, there are some important issues to be solved. One of them is transportation issue. We do know that most people in Indonesia prefer private transportation than public transportation. It may cause so many congestion on road. The congestion has slowed down the national economic growth due to increasing logistic cost. To solve the problem, we have to provide a good mass transportation so that people will move to public transportation. As seen from bus Sumber Kencono, the bus has become the favorite transportation in corridor Surabaya-Jogja. So, someday I will build a transportation service like Sumber Kencono but in other corridor, Solo-Purwokerto. By building this service, it can help Indonesia to prevent congestion. Besides, this can be my real contribution to Indonesia.

 “a developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It is where the rich use public transport” (Enrique Penalosa, the Mayor of Bogota, Colombia)

I hope that someday Indonesian will prefer using public transportation than private transportation. We can do it! J

“Pekerjaan yang paling menyenangkan di dunia adalah hobi yang dibayar” (Ridwan Kamil, Mayor of Bandung)

I love transportation. I love bus. I love train. I love the people who use train and bus because they care our country, Indonesia. Someday I will work at transportation service. That will be fun, because my hobby will be paid. Isn’t it fun? J

Closing Statement...

From all above, my most important life goal is to have a happy life. It is pointless when you have much money but you don’t happy with your life. To be a happy person, we have to always be grateful, kind to others, and give impact to others. Do the best, and be happy J