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11th October 2012

Well, today run so fast. I just started the day with an appointment with my senior in high school at 9 am. His name is Mas Wakid Yuniarto. Hohoho, finally I can meet him directly. First of all, I'll tell you how can I know him.

I knew him when I was in the last year at senior high school. Of course he was at the college at that time. Actually year gap between us is not close, he was 2005 and I am 2009. I contacted Mas Wakid in order to gain a alot of information about ITB, especially chemical engineering. Bla bla bla bla, and at the end I didn't enter that college.. hehehe. Still thanks at least I am being chemical engineering student of ITS.

One day before we met, I recognized somebody familiar pass by in front of me at department secretariat. "Is he Mas Wakid? Am I right?" I never ever meet him before. Because of hesitation, I kept silent. But I was still curious so I sent him message. Did you know what he say? That's him! He was doing waste water treatment training in my department. Yey, 100 point for me. I could guess correctly, Hehehehe.

I think, it will be very good if we can meet. Although just to talk for a while. What a relief, when he said we can meet when coffee break time. What topics we're talking about? Here it is!

Hopla, he is process engineer in British Petroleoum (BP) in Jakarta. "BP in Jakarta? Process engineer?" at first, it made me confuse. "I handle design. Not handle process problem that was occured directly in the field," he explained.

Because I wasn't interest to learn about design and process problem (it's hard topic to discuss without any real case) so I asked some questions about his experience. How he could pass the interview test of BP, is there anything that I should prepare well to get a job? And many many things.

Well, he told me that English is must if you wanna join multi national company (MNC). And about the interview, we need to make the best impression in front of the interviewer, show off unique side of our personality, and be active in Focus Group Discussion (FGD). How to make it run well? The most powerful weapon is simple. Communication skill!

The company wanna whole package. They don't need the smart one, the best personality one, or the best speaker one. They need the one whose all of it.

"Be confidence!" he said. Whoooa, that word. Believe it or not, somebody may fail because he/she doesn't have it. "I dont know why but I found the student from east region, ITS or UGM usually doesn't have enough confidence to compete. It's very different compared to ITB or UI. We have strong competitive atmosphere because without it means you won't survive." he said again.

Ya ya ya, I got the advices. Thank you so much Mas Wakid. You said success is relative, but it doesn't mean success can't be interpreted rite?

NB:
Mas Wakid: "This building looks like very old."
Me: "Hehehehe. No comment."

Cinta Orang Tua Itu Berbeda

Selama kuliah ini, sejak maba hingga sekarang berada di tingkat akhir, saya kerap pulang malam dari kampus. Bahkan pernah juga pulang pagi. Jelas itu tidak baik, apalagi saya perempuan. Namun apa daya, karena berbagai kepentingan, saya tetap tak bisa menghindari hal tersebut.

Bodohnya saya adalah kerap melupakan nikmat besar tiba di rumah dengan selamat. Tak terhitung sudah berapa kali saya menyaksikan banyak kecelakaan terjadi saat tengah dalam perjalanan pulang-pergi rumah-kampus.

Tadi malam sepulang dari rapat buku djoeang, saya kembali mendapati kejadian nahas menimpa seorang wanita. Ia dijambret di Jalan Indrapura dekat Giant Rajawali saat mengendarai motor. Saat penjambret yang juga mengendarai motor hendak meraih tas si wanita, rupanya ia ikut terseret. Akibatnya, perempuan muda itu terjatuh dan terpental jauh dari motornya.

Seketika itu pula terbayang kekhawatiran orang tua saat menunggu saya pulang ke rumah. "Pulang jam berapa? Jangan malam-malam," bunyi sebuah pesan yang lebih sering saya abaikan karena (sok) punya kesibukan.

Kalau kebetulan ibu sedang berada di Surabaya, beliau selalu mengantar saya hingga depan gang. Tak lupa mengingatkan agar berhati-hati dan berdoa sepanjang perjalanan. Hal yang biasanya saya lakukan memang berdoa sebelum berangkat tapi setelah itu saya menyumbat telinga dengan lagu sambil bergumam melantukan lirik demi lirik.

Dulu, saat masih SMA pun saya kerap pula pulang malam. Saat booming-boomingnya internet, waktu di malam hari kerap dihabiskan di warnet. Bisa dibayangkan, berhadapan dengan internet saya rasa siapa pun jadi lupa waktu. Yang sering terjadi adalah ibu tertidur di hadapan TV menunggu saya pulang. Mengingat hal itu, saya jadi merasa bersalah.

Namun beliau tidak pernah memarahi saya karena hal itu. Pun demikian halnya dengan ayah. Beliau sedikitpun tidak pernah marah. Saya yang saat itu masih SMA belum bisa membaca kekhawatiran orang tua.

Maklum, sejak kecil orang tua saya memang membebaskan saya dalam berbagai hal. Mereka membiarkan saya bermain hingga larut malam, membiarkan saya tidak belajar, membiarkan saya bergaul dengan siapa pun, membiarkan saya menempuh pendidikan formal hingga bangku kuliah, membiarkan saya pulang larut malam, dan membiarkan saya memilih apa pun sekehendak hati.

Tetapi semakin dewasa, agaknya saya kian paham arti di balik kebebasan itu. Kebebasan adalah kepercayaan. Keduanya mempercayai saya sepenuhnya bahwa saya bertanggung jawab penuh atas setiap pilihan sendiri.

Saya pun mulai paham, kebebasan yang saya rasakan kadang kala berbalut kekhawatiran di hati keduanya. Mungkin sengaja tidak ditunjukkan tapi orang tua tetaplah orang tua. Mereka tidak akan pernah berhenti mengkhawatirkan keselamatan dan kebahagiaan putra-putrinya hingga kapan pun. Karena sejatinya, cinta orang tua kepada anak sangat jauh berbeda dengan cinta anak kepada orang tua.

Orang tua : "Nanti kalau sudah tiba di Surabaya langsung telefon ya?"
si Anak    : "Iya."
Setiba di Surabaya si anak lupa memberi kabar kepada orang tuanya.
Orang tua (menelepon duluan) : "Hallo, gimana Nak? Sudah selamat sampai Surabaya?"
si Anak : (tanpa perasaan bersalah) "Alhamdulillah sudah."

Terima kasih teruntuk ummi dan abah yang dengan sabar membesarkan saya dan memberikan kebebasan ini. Semoga bisa menggunakannya dengan amanah.