Menulis itu Harus Pake Hati

Saya adalah orang yang mungkin jarang sekali menulis, kecuali menulis skripsi. Melihat orang-orang yang jago mengungkapkan apa yang ada di pikirannya di AskFm, Facebook, Blog, dan di manapun, saya mulai menyadari bahwa kemampuan menulis itu adalah hal yang penting.

Suatu hari, saya sok-sokan menulis tentang ide-ide yang ada di kepala saya. Tapi itu pasti ujung-ujungnya gak saya lanjutin lagi nulisnya. Bukan karena males, tetapi karena merasa tulisannya aneh dan tidak sekeren yang saya bayangkan. Hingga tiba suatu waktu, saya sedang mengalami sesuatu yang tidak mengenakkan. Mau cerita ke orang lain tapi tetep aja gak lega. Akhirnya saya mencoba untuk menulis. Tulis semuanya yang ada di pikiranku waktu itu. Gak pake mikir, gak milih-milih kata, pokoknya tulis aja. Eh, ternyata tulisanya bagus! (menurutku sih). Jadi kesimpulannya, kalo mau nulis, nulisnya harus pake hati dan jujur dari diri sendiri. Jangan mengharapkan orang lain terkesan, jangan mengharapkan dapet likes banyak (kalo ngepost di FB).

Inilah salah satu tips menulis dari seseorang yang jarang nulis. Wkz!

The Essay

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

happy reading :)

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

Recently Looking For : The Power of Kepepet

Jadi ceritanya, akhir-akhir ini saya ngerasa kalo kualitas diri saya sedang menurun. Ngerasa semakin tertinggal dari yang lain. Ketika yang lain sedang berlari untuk mengejar impiannya, saya malah tidur di kosan. Haduh. Sampah bangeettt. Di kosan pun saya nggak ngapa-ngapain. Cuma dolanan hp, laptop, atau ipad. yowes ngono tok. Sekarang saya jarang rapat, nggak pernah ikut kepanitiaan, nggak pernah merasa dikejar target, dan lain-lain. Saya menyadari kalau kondisi itu sangat berbahaya. Nggak bisa seperti itu kalo emang pengen sukses di masa depan nanti.

Kemudian saya menyadari bahwa ada satu kelemahan saya yang mungkin cukup mengganggu. Saya akan all out, saya akan maximum performance, ketika saya kepepet. Jadi, apa yang harus saya lakukan sekarang adalah menjadi seseorang yang kepepet. Dalam waktu dekat saya akan mencari kegiatan yang bikin kepepet deh. Atau barangkali anda berminat membuat saya kepepet? :)

Jumat Sore

Hari ini ada UAS Teknik Proteksi, mata kuliah yg tidak mudah menurut saya. Ujian dimulai jam 1 siang, kelar jam setengah 3 sore. Bisa ngerjain? Entahlah :P Selesai ujian, saya dan teman-teman : Amang, Deppi, Singgih, pergi makan ke McD, pelampiasan dari ujian barusan. Berkumpul dengan mereka memang seru.

Setelah itu, saya ke kost. Nggak tau kenapa, saya saat itu langsung mandi. Tumben sore-sore mandi. Setelah mandi, saya sholat, lalu mengurusi laundry, bersih-bersih kamar, dan lain lain. Lalu adzan maghrib tiba, saya ke masjid. Langit saat itu warnanya merah. Senja yang benar-benar senja. Indah sekali untuk dilihat.

Lalu saya menuju ke terminal Giwangan untuk pulang ke Klaten naik bis. Ya, saya adalah Bis Mania. Tapi pas otw, ehh malah hujan. Akhirnya saya berteduh, kebetulan saya berteduh di warnet. Ya sudah, daripada bingung, saya tulis postingan ini.

Saat ini saya merasa sangat bahagia. Kenapa? Mungkin karena ujian Teknik Proteksi udah kelar kali ya. Hehehe. Bukan itu aja sih, soalnya sebentar lagi saya akan naik bis favorit saya, Sugeng Rahayu a.k.a Sumber Selamat d.h Sumber Kencono. Bis ekonomi yang enak dan nyaman, tapi murah tarifnya. Selain itu, langit sore ini yang sangat indah dan udara yang sejuk membuat saya semakin merasa bahagia. Alhamdulillah :)

AC Tarip Biasa

Halo! Lama gak ngeblog. Kali ini judul blog saya adalah "AC Tarip Biasa" alias ATB. Hah? Apa itu ATB? kayaknya pernah liat tulisan itu di bis-bis, apalagi bis surabaya-jogja. emang ! Jadi, AC Tarip Biasa itu semacam bis ekonomi, tarifnya tentu ekonomi juga, tapi pake AC. Nah, yang saya liat di bis surabaya-jogja, rata2 bisnya pake AC semua walaupun kelas ekonomi. udah gitu bisnya terawat semua.

Nih liat, bagus kan

Belakangan ini, trending topic di kepala saya adalah bis AC Tarip Biasa. Hal ini bermula dari touring saya bersama keluarga ke Jawa Timur, saat perjalanan saya balapan dengan bis-bis surabaya-jogja (sebut saja Mira dan Sumber Kencono Group). Kebetulan saya yg jadi drivernya pada saat itu. Nah, yang namanya bis ekonomi kan ya, pasti harganya murah, bisa nyegat di sembarang tempat, turun di sembarang tempat, begitu juga dg bis-bis itu tadi. Udah gitu, bisnya nyaman pula. Makanya, bis ekonomi surabaya-jogja jadi transportasi andalan warga sepanjang jalan Surabaya sampe Solo. Lhoh, kok cuma sampe Solo?

Jadi ceritanya begini, di sepanjang Solo-Jogja terdapat bis ekonomi juga. Trayeknya yah cuma Solo-Jogja doang, hanya sebagian yg sampe Purwokerto. Tapi bisnya sebagian besar rusak parah ambyar! Bisnya non-AC semua, gak terawat, bau, udah gitu lebih mahal daripada bis surabaya-jogja tadi. Kalo naik bis Surabaya-Jogja, utk trayek Solo-Jogja cukup bayar 9ribu. Kalo naik bis Solo-Jogja, utk trayek Solo-Jogja penumpang harus merogoh kocek sebesar 11ribu. Edan gak tuh. "Terus kenapa gak pake bis sby-jogja aja yg lebih murah?" Nah, bis solo-jogja dan sby-jogja pernah membuat kesepakatan, yg intinya bahwa utk sepanjang jalan solo-jogja, bis sby-jogja hanya boleh menaik-turunkan penumpang di terminal saja. Bis sby-jogja boleh menaik-turunkan penumpang di jalan pada saat bis solo-jogja berhenti beroperasi, alias saat malam hari. Kalo kesepakatan dilanggar, siap2 aja bis sby-jogja dirusak sama kru bis solo-jogja. Tujuannya ya biar bis solo-jogja gak kehilangan rejeki.

Nih bis solo-jogja..

Yang dirugikan adalah penumpang. Mau gak mau penumpang harus pake bis yg jelek. Mau pake bis bagus, mesti ke terminal dulu. Lhawong terminalnya jauh dari kota. Piye jal? Dalam hati saya yg paling dalam, saya dongkol, marah, sekaligus dendam sama bis solo-jogja. Kita, para penumpang, salah apa coba kok bisa-bisanya kita gak boleh naik bis yg nyaman. Saya sedih melihat warga jogja-solo yg terampas haknya utk mendapatkan transportasi massal yg nyaman. Kalau begini caranya, yah pilih naik motor aja.

Terima kasih jagoan-jagoan BalairungKlass!

Hari ini, Kamis 12/9, seperti Kamis-kamis yang lain, rapat Balairungklass diadakan. Namun rapat kali ini beda dari rapat-rapat biasanya. Di rapat ini, ada semacam perpisahan kecil untuk beberapa anggota Balairungklass yang banting setir untuk berkuliah di STAN maupun beasiswa ke China. Sebut saja Irfan, Bangga, Burhan, Nana, dan Fitri. Mereka sudah memastikan diri mereka untuk bergabung di STAN. Sebut saja Handika, yang telah mendapat beasiswa studi ke China.

Yah sedih juga sih rasanya. Mereka semua selama ini adalah tangan kanan saya di Balairungklass. Namun kali ini mereka harus berpisah dari Balairungklass. Beberapa jagoan Balairungklass kini telah menemui dunia barunya. Tapi bukan Balairungklass kalau tidak mendukung anggota-anggotanya untuk sukses. Setelah rapat, mereka berpamitan sekaligus saling mendoakan agar kita bisa sukses di jalan kita masing-masing. Aamiin. Semoga sukses di tempat barunya, sob!

Bagi kami, ada yang pergi, pasti ada yang datang. Jagoan lama telah pergi, jagoan baru telah datang. Welcome Balairungklass 2013! Balairungklass ada di tangan kalian. Bawa nama Klaten bersama Balairungklass. Oke? Pastikan setiap selesai rapat dari Balairungklass, kalian pulang dengan membawa manfaat. Siap?

Di mata saya, Balairungklass saat ini telah dipenuhi jagoan-jagoan yang luar biasa, mulai dari angkatan 2012 maupun angkatan 2013. Saya yakin, kalian bisa membawa nama Balairungklass semakin tinggi dan maju. asalkan kalian mau bekerja keras, mau berkontribusi, dan mau maju di Balairungklass. Teruskan perjuangan ini teman-teman!

Indonesia (harusnya) Bisa !

Banyak masyarakat Indonesia yang hopeless liat keadaan Indonesia sekarang. Gimana enggak, di media banyak berita pemerintah korupsi, pembunuhan di mana-mana, terorisme, skandal seks, dan masih banyak bad news lainnya. Yah, degradasi moral memang sudah terjadi di mana-mana. Intinya, kejelekan bangsa kita jika disebutkan satu per satu gak akan habis !

Kalo prinsip media sekarang, bad news is a good news. Semakin jelek yang diberitakan, semakin tertarik para pemirsa maupun pembacanya. Aneh ya ? Kalau keadaannya sudah begini, optimisme terhadap bangsa Indonesia semakin berkurang. Rakyat Indonesia semakin gak percaya dengan negaranya sendiri. Bukannya memakai produk asli Indonesia, malah bangga menggunakan produk impor, bukannya memakai budaya Indonesia, malah memuja-muja budaya luar negeri. Miris! Kalau sudah begini, gimana Indonesia maju ? Lha wong masyarakatnya udah "males" duluan sama Indonesia.

Yang dibutuhkan Indonesia saat ini adalah optimisme dan kontribusi, bukan cemoohan maupun hujatan. Daripada menyalahkan kegelapan, lebih baik kita menyalakan lilin. Betul ? Nah, inilah tugas kita untuk memberi kontribusi yang nyata. Lalu seperti apa kontribusi nyata itu ? Sebetulnya mudah kok. Jalankan saja peran kita di Indonesia sebaik mungkin. Untuk siswa sekolah silakan belajar yang rajin, hormati orang tua, mengikuti organsisasi, dan sebagainya. Untuk mahasiswa, bisa dengan kuliah yang baik, ikuti organisasi maupun kegiatan-kegiatan positif lainnya. Kalau semua masyarakat Indonesia bisa menjalankan perannya dengan sebaik mungkin, tidak mustahil Indonesia bisa menjadi negara maju. Betul ?

Jangan lupa, saat ini Indonesia juga memiliki putra-putri bangsa yang sangat hebat dan membanggakan, lho. Sebut saja pak Jokowi yang sudah menata kota Solo dengan ciamik dan kota Jakarta yang saat ini sudah mulai kelihatan progressnya. Ada juga bu Tri Rismaharini, walikota Surabaya yang saat ini sudah menjadi kota yang sangat bersih. Lalu ada juga beberapa atlet bulutangkis Indonesia menjuarai event bulutangkis internasional. Di kalangan mahasiswa pun juga banyak. Ada tim Bima Sakti UGM yang mewakili Indonesia di kompetisi mobil di Jepang, ada aktivis-aktivis BEM yang memperjuangkan rakyat Indonesia, ada aktivis organisasi mahasiswa yang sangat kreatif dengan kegiatan-kegiatan positifnya, ada mahasiswa yang berbisnis dan membuka lapangan kerja.

Dari itu semua, kita sekarang tahu ternyata masih banyak orang potensial yang ada di Indonesia serta mau untuk memajukan Indonesia. Jadi, buat kalian yang masih pesimis dengan kemajuan Indonesia, coba dipikir lagi deh :)