KiD: Where Are You?!

1. On Internship:
   My first internship (also known as attachment) day began on Monday, October 16th, 2006. It’s such a thrill to finally getting myself exposed to the so-called “working environment”, although later that week I started to realize how wearisome it was (and IS) to go back and forth from my dormitory at Cikarang, Bekasi to the office at Menara Batavia, a high-rise somewhere alongside the Sudirman St., Central Jakarta (about one-and-a-half-hour riding distance) – the very reason that I had to wake up before 4 o’clock in the crack of dawn to iron my clothes, take a shower, pray Shubuh, and all those dreary routines (except for the last mentioned of course *lol*) to catch up the 5.20 AM school bus from my campus heading to Jakarta. In the evening, I usually get home (to my dorm) at about 8.30 PM, but particularly for the first two working days every week (ie. Monday and Tuesday), I have to struggle even more for by the time I finish my shift at work, there would be no more “official” transportations available en route to Cikarang unless if I could be a little “creative” and “plucky” enough to get a ride (paid one of course) to my place. I still remember I’ve once got home at 1.30 AM in the morning because there’s no transportation left -_- huhuu,,,


2. On a recent British Parliamentary debating competition @ University of Indonesia
   Last week, I went to one of the most (so-called) “prestigious” debating competitions from high-school to varsity level (and beyond) in Indonesia: the Founder’s Trophy 2006. Yet this time, sadly, I didn’t go there as a “debater” who followed the competition (since all of my fellow debaters who weren’t having their internship like I do were going to have their mid-test the following week – or in other word: THIS week), but as a “trainee adjudicator” who judged every round of debate in the competition. However, note the word “trainee” here means that I was still “learning” to become a certified adjudicator. In practice, I was put in a room with a “real” adjudicator to witness and put my best effort in adjudicating the debate in every particular round and to eventually point out my review and judgment on who’s winning the debate along with the valid reasons. At first, it was a total devastation. I’d say so because I wasn’t very much prepared for adjudicating – yet I was put in a room with Permata Harahap who is no other than one of the very co-founding fathers of debate in Indonesia!! I was very frantic at the time (kinda exaggerating laaah,, :P) that I blew my first chance of showing my aptitude and first impression in the competition,,
   
   The second round of debate – and adjudicating for me – went much better since I was more prepared this time and already got the “sense of debate” again, which is very important for me,, In the end, my review, analysis, and team-rankings (there’re four different teams with two persons per team for every debate) were just fine compared to that of Nirwan, the real adjudicator, although there’re still lots of things that I need to catch up,, However, to my surprise, I was given the privilege to single-handedly adjudicate one of the competition’s fourth round of debate by the committee for my effort!! So my not joining the competition as a debater turned out to be a blessing in disguise then since I learned a BUNCH from there. In addition, I met lots of my old-time debate mates from various universities (like Bono, Ogep, Vega, Intan UI, Ari among many others) which was very enjoyable indeed.
   
   Oh,, n there’s one story “behind the scene”: on Saturday, which was the second day of the competition, I had to become the driver of the old SMA President’s Kijang car from Cikarang to Depok along with two SMA Presiden students (Vita n Shanty) who also followed the competition, since there’s simply no one who could drive us to the place. That left me being the only person who MUST drive that “thing”. The ride was extremely challenging because the car was sooo old and vulnerable (soundless horn, dim light, mal-functioned power window, broken ornaments, wrecked rear-view mirrors, and many others!!) and wasn’t equipped with power steering yet. And in addition the challenge, I didn’t bring my driver’s license since I simply didn’t have one for I lost mine for some time now!! Thank God I managed to pass that day without having to deal with police!! Hohoo,, certain conditions apparently forced me to be a law-breaker sometimes,, ^__^;


3. Actually,, there are still many stories!! But I think I’ve had my part for today!! Enough is enough!! Hehee,,