How to Be Successful Part 1

Many people want to achieve success in life, but it's easier said than done. There are so many distractions that it can be challenging to discipline one's self to accomplish a monumental goal. By keeping the following advice in mind, however, you can dramatically increase your chances of becoming successful in whatever you choose to pursue.

1.       PLANNING for SUCCESS

Imagine becoming successful. Einstein said the imagination is more important than knowledge. The more vividly and accurately you imagine your success, the easier it will be for the rest of yourself to follow through. The same way engineers first imagine a bridge and then build it, you can be the engineer of your success, too.

·         Dedicate a few minutes every day to imagining your success. Imagine yourself in a movie in which you are successful. Use it as motivation to stoke your fire.

·         Cultivate a healthy motivation when imagining your success. Successful people all believe in themselves and their missions. Understand that other people want to be just as successful as you do; your goal should not be to trample over them to get what you want.

Find the purpose or goal of your life. Identify the things you love to do, the things that give you satisfaction. Once you identify what you love to do, use this information to find the purpose of your life or the objective of your life.

·         Finding what you love to do will give you motivation along the way.

·         How do you figure out a purpose or goal in life? It's different for everyone, and for some it's difficult, but there are several ways you can try to figure it out

·         Talk with a career coach or visit a good psychologist.

·         Try out several different careers, remembering that even a less-than-full job can help you learn.

·         Try making a career out of something you love. Whether it's brewing be error advising on art, you're more likely to be successful doing something you know you love.

Define the meaning of success as you see it. You cannot have success if you do not know what it means for you. Everyone views success differently and using someone else's standard for success is like eating another person's lunch and expecting to love it. Set clear goals and be realistic.

·         How will you know when you have achieved your goals? Your standards should be quantifiable, or else you could spend your entire life chasing after a vague goal.

·         These are quantifiable goals that when achieved, give you a sense of satisfaction and completion, making you feel successful and confident.

Selectively lower your confidence. You read it right: lower your confidence. It's a truism in business that you need to have high self-confidence to get things done. But some people think, and for good-reason, that lower self-confidence makes people more successful, for these reasons:

·         Lower self-confidence makes you pay attention to critical feedback and helps you be more self-critical. If you're convinced you're God's gift to engineering, you probably won't be receptive to feedback. Nor will you be able to criticize yourself effectively. Successful people do exactly that.

·         Lower self-confidence makes you work harder and prepare more.

·         Lower self-confidence makes you less narcissistic. Less narcissistic people are respected more by co-workers, and happy co-workers make a more successful team. It's no secret that respect will make you successful.

Set a timeline for when you want to achieve your objective. If you don't know when you will achieve your objective by, then it's hard to know whether you have failed. Give yourself a timeline that is difficult but doable.

Identify the things/skills/material needed to achieve your objectives. If you want to be a famous speaker, for example, you need a broad vocabulary, subject knowledge, speech writing, voice clarity, and presentation skills. This is identifying short term objectives to achieve long term goals.

Be curious about life. Many successful people have an insatiable curiosity. If they don't understand how something works or don't know the answer to a question, they find out. Often, this takes them on a quest of self-discovery, one in which the journey is just as important as the destination.

Identify the skills you need to sharpen and the skills you can outsource. Outsourcing is all about time-management. You may think of yourself as a superman or superwoman, but there are limits to your powers. Outsourcing certain less essential tasks gives you more time to focus on the things that are absolutely essential to your craft.

·         Use the last example as a template; to become a great speaker, you need to improve voice and presentation skills as these are the basic skills needed for a speaker. But if you are lacking speech writing or subject knowledge skills, you can try to outsource them to an expert. This is called working smart. Many great leaders don't write their own speeches; they focus on delivering it right.

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2. EXECUTION

Execute your small objectives, focusing on your main objective. Don't find reasons to procrastinate. Jump headfirst into the challenge and start chipping away. You never know what problems will present them-selves before you step into the arena.

·         Break your goal into small steps. Break it down into smaller goals. Focus on streamlining your idea; then focus on getting funding; then move onto building a prototype, etc. If you have the vision to attack your goal piece by piece, it's easier and less daunting to execute.

Stay away from distractions as much as possible. Distractions are either the spice of life or the forbidden fruit, depending on your perspective. But let's be clear: it's almost impossible to be 100% focused on you task 100% of the time. Distractions are okay in low doses. But when your goals start taking a backseat to petty distractions, it's time to banish them.

Surround yourself with other people who are successful. When you're surrounded with people who are highly-driven, it's encouraging. You can bounce ideas off people, and they can even connect you with other people. Surrounding yourself with driven, successful people is a way to create a culture of success.

·         Study successful people. Who has the success that you envision for yourself? What are they doing? How do they approach life? Ask them for advice. Model some of your approaches around theirs, if possible. Knowledge is as free as it is powerful.

Trust other people to do their job. It's hard to be successful if you don't trust the people around you. Being successful is partly about assembling an able team around you. If you can't trust others enough to let them do their job, you probably won't succeed at that.

·         Trust in people because trust can be an incredibly motivating factor. If you trust in someone, they'll want to do well because they want to reward your trust in them. This is a powerful motivator.

·         Trust in people because you need to.

Find a mentor. A mentor is someone, usually with a bit more experience than you, who knows the trade, offers advice, and helps you in your pursuit. Behind many successful people are mentors. Mentors get satisfaction out of knowing that their guidance has literally bred success.

·         A mentor will help you:

·         Network. Networking is making connections with people who have connections. Contrary to popular belief, networking is mutually beneficial. You offer expertise, opinion, or opportunity to someone in exchange for something back.

·         Troubleshoot. Troubleshooting is learning about how to make ideas or applications even better. Your mentor can help you figure out what you need to change in order to make your idea(s) even better.

·         Strategize. A mentor will probably have more vision than you because s/he's been in the game longer, with more successes and failures. You can draw on their legacy of experience to strategize about their future.

Gather as much information as you can. Listen. Study. Understand. Learn. Repeat. Humans are amazing creatures because we can look at the world, make intellectual connections, and use those connections to make our lives better (or potentially worse). This is what information allows us to do. Never turn your "learning switch" off. You never know when your flash of insight will come!

Look at what the numbers are telling you. Did you ever have an idea about something but were afraid that the numbers wouldn't back it up? That fear is normal, but it's a good idea to let the numbers give you guidance. Better to be wrong and adapt than to stubbornly insist you're doing it right when the numbers don't back that up.

Take calculated risks. Step out of your comfort zone. Successful people think big and act big. Don't wait for opportunities to fall in your lap. Sniff them out. Successful people make big investments (in their careers, in their businesses, in their education) and all investments involve risk. Study your risks, make sure the odds are in your favor, and take a leap. Be bold. Three calculated risks to consider:

·         Partner with a competitor. Whether you're a long distance runner or rolling out back-end solutions to technology giants, partnering with the competition may help you pool your resources, motivate you to work harder, and build new relationships.

·         Lead, don't follow. Leading the way can be dangerous. You're taking on the headwinds literally, perhaps, or you're banking on an idea — like Facebook or Google — that someone has already tried before. Summon up the courage to do something different, if not different.

·         Hit singles and doubles, not home runs. Of course, hitting a home run isn't a bad thing at all! It's just that you can't rely on them to win the game every single time. Try letting singles and doubles add up to the same value as home runs.

Solve problems. People who are successful encourage progress by solving problems and answering questions. No matter where you are or what you're doing, look around and try and think of ways you can contribute.

·         Which problems are you motivated to solve?

·         Social problems. Facebook reinvented the way we interact with one another. Can you think of a similar social problem that needs reinventing?

·         Technology problems. Companies like Dell design smaller and more powerful computer processors that help our user experience line up with our expectations. Can you assist people do with technology what they already want to do?

·         Strategic problems. Consultants like IBM help other companies and individuals become more productive, profitable, and prudent. Can you help someone else solve a strategic problem?

·         Interpersonal problems. Psychologists and marriage counselors help other people navigate the complex web of personal relationships that make up our lives. Can you help people better get along with one another?

Use technology, don't let it use you. Technology can be incredibly powerful; it connects us with people around the world in the blink of an eye; it computes algorithms accurately and quickly; it makes mundane tasks, like data entry, easier and less painful. But technology can be a burden if you let it. It can sap your energy and productivity, leading to wasted opportunity

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3. REDOING

Be persistent. You're going to fail — that much is a given. What will define you is how you pick yourself up after you've fallen. Don't give up. If your first attempt didn't work, don't quit.

·         Don't let failure define you.

·         Don't make excuses. Don't rationalize your failure by placing the blame on someone or something else. Accept when something is your fault. This will help you identify what you need to change to get better. An excuse after failure is a refusal to make the situation better.

·         Learn from your failures. Each failure is an opportunity to learn. If you make a mistake and refuse to learn, odds are you'll make that same mistake sometime down the line. If you make a mistake and learn from it, you won't waste your time making the same mistakes again.

Accept that life is unfair. It's a fact. You can moan about it and wish that it were different, or you can go out there and do something about it. So stop wasting time about the unfairness of it all and think how to use the situation for your benefit.

Remember that success does not guarantee happiness. Success is equated with achieving a goal, but don't assume it will always bring happiness. Many people make the mistake that if they accomplish this or that, they'll be happier. Fulfillment and satisfaction have a lot more to do with how you approach life than with what you do in life. Keep that in perspective.

·         Don't burn bridges along the way.

·         Value experiences over objects. Humans can be extraordinarily obsessed with money. It's strange, too, because scientists think that experiences, with their memory, make us happier than objects we can buy with money. Focus on making great memories with great people along the way, and you should be happy.

Remove fear and doubt from your way of thinking. Focus on staying positive in every situation. You will be surprised how your effectiveness you can be when your thoughts are guiding your actions, not the other way around. If you fail, don't be fearful about starting over; be happy that you've been given a chance to be even more successful.

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Tips

·         Trust yourself and believe in your abilities.

·         Success does not come through willpower alone, it takes consistency and determination. Doing something once won't make a huge difference; it's when you do that one thing many times over before you can achieve success.

·         The key to becoming successful is finding one thing that you love and mastering that one thing.

·         There is not any shortcut for successful, it's just the result of preparation, hard working and learning from failure!

·         Always be humble. Too much pride will always be your downfall.

·         Not everyone will be happy for you and your success. Some people are insecure and jealous. Be prepared for them, and look past them until you find the people who are happy for you and who support you in all that you do.

Warnings

·         Do not care too much about what is the other people's view. Just adhere to what you want to achieve.

·         Pushing success on others usually backfires. Lead by example. If they see your accomplishments, they may start to wonder how they can do more of what you're doing.

·         Be polite and respectful. Remember, you don't have to mess with other people to become successful.

The Facts of Hyoyeon's SNSD

• Hyoyoen is the fifth oldest member of 9 people
• Her name has meaning that always grown with beautiful
• Hyoyeon including the most tomboy member
• Hyoyeon has a motto is Everyone that works hard will succeced
• One of the members SNSD who is the most free-spirited person
• She would give up on love
• Hyoyeon want to get married and have many children
• Hyoyeon known as the dancing queen as her dancing skills
• Hyoyeon considers yuri as rivals, but this time prefer to regard her as rivals because Yuri more famous than her
• When trainee, Hyoyeon are not so familiar with the other SNSD members because she entered dance class boys
• Hyoyeon has the nickname as Laundry Girl

• Although Taeyeon is the leader of SNSD but Hyoyeon is the mother of SNSD
• Hyoyeon has a hobby which is talking on the phone
• The best members in the field of sports
• Member is good at cooking besides Taeyeon
• One of the fastest runners besides Sunny and Tiffany
• Hyoyeon learned all kinds of dance like waving, popping, locking, and animation
• Hyoyeon is very familiar with Min Miss A
• Hyoyeon hate on person who do not brush the teeth after eating
• When she is angry, Hyoyeon become very quiet
• The most member have a piercing (15). The second is Taeyeon

• Seohyun is her roommate
• Hyoyeon obsessed with numbers 2 and 3
• Besides good in dancing, Hyoyeon good at rapping
• Hyoyeon likes to imitate others people
• Hyoyeon obsessed with her nails
• To be honest is a charm of Hyoyeon
• Her Chinese name is Xiaoyuan
• Hyoyeon is very dear to maknae Seohyun
• Has a nickname as Best Blonde Hair with Jessica
• Hyoyeon hates frog
• Hyoyeon including members who are religious

The Facts of Taeyeon's SNSD

• Taeyeon’s talents came from her parents. Her dad was a vocalist in a band, and mom had won children’s song competitions when she was young.
• Taeyeon’s parents are very supportive. They let their children decide for themselves. Because of that, Taeyeon learned to take care of things on her own.
• Taeyeon thinks she would burden the girls if she let them see that she’s upset over something, that’s why she keeps so many secrets/problems.
• Taeyeon used to travel from Seoul to her home almost everyday on her trainee days. School work is the main reason.
• Taeyeon never played with dolls, she played tops, robots and cars.
• Taeyeon once dreamed of becoming an announcer. She said she wanted to take over the world.
• It was once asked on Taeyeon,”If you and your boyfriend broke up, where will you go?” She answered, “The most quiet place in the world , I will calm down my mood alone”
• Taeyeon once said, “No one believes I haven Fall In love before”
• Taeyeon is a fruit Peeler expert.

• Taeyeon once wanted to quit as SNSD’s Leader.
• She i a good pen spinner
• She is the dorkiest girl group leader.
• She loves gummy bears.
• She is a fan girl of Rain Bi.
• She maid their chant, “Right now, It’s SNSD.
• Kim Taeyeon Literally means “The Great Beauty” Taeyeon literally means, “Calm”
• Taeyeon’s favorite number is 9.
• She likes to have a mushroom as her house.
• Taeyeon has a very bad memory.
• Taeyeon ran away from their dorm during her trainee days because of exhaustion.
• Taeyeon’s ideal guys is the one who’s humerous and has a good skin.
• Taeyeon is the type who hides her sadness in smiles.
• Taeyeon once dreamed to be a math teacher.
• She likes cactuses

• Taeyeon and Fany are Wife-Wifw couples.
• She hates aegyo. She once said she had a hard time being cute in “Gee”
• She doesn’t like long haired boys.
• Taeyeonn likes the movie, “National Treasure”
• She likes tigers, puppies, and cats.
• Her favorite season is Winter.
• She will choose friendship over love.
• Taeyeon is actually taller than Sunny by only “2cm”
• Taeyeon’s favorite song from their first album is “Merry-Go-Round”.
• Taeyeon is a sleep talker.
• Taeyeon’s roomate is sunny.
• One of her ideal men is Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z  
• She and Jessica are best out of the 9 when it comes to Highest Vocals.
• She has 5 piercings.
• Her height is 1.82 m.
• She loves to touch nicole’s(Kara) Butt.
• She was asked once, “How do you disteress?” and she answered, “Think of something else; listen to music to divert mood.”
• She used to play Violin.

Aku Suka SNSD

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Awal mula aku menyukai girlband asal Korea Selatan ini, saat aku duduk di kelas sebelas jurusan Bahasa di SMAN 1 Cibinong. Ada seorang temanku yang begitu maniak dengan segala hal yang mengenai negara yang beribu kotakan Seoul ini, sekarang dia kuliah di Universitas Indonesia, sedangkan aku di Universitas Gunadarma, kami mengambil jurusan yang sama hanya berbeda tempat yaitu Sastra Inggris. Saat kami di SMA, apabila ada pelajaran kosong dan waktu istirahat, kami sesekali melihat MV (Music Video) girlband yang beranggotakan sembilan perempuan cantik. Aku ingat sekali MV pertama kali yang ku tonton yaitu Kissing You. “Kissing you, oh my loveee..” itulah petikan lirik yang dinyanyikan oleh salah satu personil girlband tersebut.

OMG!!! Setelah ku melihat beberapa MV, mereka sangatlah cantik. Mempunyai kulit yang putih seputih kapas, terlihat begitu halus sekali, tubuh mereka yang begitu ideal, tinggi dan langsing, membuat semua kaum hawa iri akan paras kecantikan mereka. Tidak hanya dalam MV-nya saja, kecantikan tanpa make-up pun terpancar dalam keseharian yang ada dalam berbagai acara TV Show yang meliput mereka. Terlebih lagi mereka mempunyai bakat yang dapat diacungi jempol, khususnya dalam skill menyanyi dan menari. Setiap personil mempunyai kelebihan mereka masing-masing, seperti berakting; model dalam sebuah merek baju, tas, sepatu, minyak wangi, dll; menjadi seorang host; dan masih banyak lagi skill yang mereka punya sebagai seorang entertainer di dunia hiburan.

“Girls’ Generation” itulah mereka. Siapa yang tak kenal Girls’ Generation. Nama itu seolah-olah angin yang berhembus di sekitar kita. Girls’Generation merupakan nama international girlband yang dicetuskan oleh SM Entertainment atau biasa dikenal dengan sebutan “SNSD” atau “Soshi”. SNSD mempunyai singkatan dari So Nyeo Shi Dae. SNSD beranggotakan 9 orang yaitu Taeyeon (leader), Jessica, Sunny, Tifanny, Hyoyeon, Yoona, Yuri, Seohyun, Sooyoung. Setelah aku mencari berbagai informasi yang mengenai SNSD, dengan segera aku pun meminta pada temanku itu untuk memperlihatkan lebih banyak lagi Music Videos lainnya yang berkaitan dengan SNSD itu.

SNSD telah berkiprah di dunia musik pada tahun 2007 hingga sekarang. Mereka telah mengeluarkan banyak album seperti Girls’ Generation, Oh!, The Boys, yang keluar pada awal tahun 2013 ini yaitu I Got A Boy, dan masih banyak lagi album mereka yang tidak hanya dalam versi Korea saja melainkan ada pula album versi Jepang seperti Girls & Peace. Walaupun begitu ada saja pro dan kontra akan kesuksesan mereka, seperti isu operasi plastik, menjiplak lagu orang lain, meskipun begitu aku tetap menyukai lagu-lagu mereka. Yang terpenting bagiku “Semasih dapat terhibur, kenapa tidak?” maksudnya toh kita terhibur akan lagu-lagu yang mereka bawakan, senang dan sedih begitu tersampaikan kepada para pendengar dan pecinta musik mereka.

Aku bisa dibilang”SONE” yaitu sebutan bagi fans SNSD, tapi aku tak begitu maniak akan mereka. Tidak seperti orang lain yang hingga berteriak-teriak dan menangis menyerukan nama mereka, aku hanya sekedar suka saja. Diantara semua lagu ada beberapa yang kusuka seperti Not Alone, Love & Girls, I Got A Boy, Beep Beep, Flower Power, etc. Begitu juga dengan para member-membernya, dari semua member yang paling kujagokan yaitu Kim Taeyeon sang Leader. Dia mempunyai tubuh yang mungil akan tetapi mempunyai suara yang dahsyat. Saat aku menyanyikan lagu mereka yang paling sering kunyanyikan yaitu partnya Taeyeon karena suara dia yang paling dominan di setiap lagu terutama di nada-nada tinggi.

Bulan Oktober lalu, SNSD mengeluarkan lagu single jepang baru yaitu Galaxy Supernova. Lalu bulan November ini, lagu terbarunya yaitu My oh My. Salah seorang teman ku yang menyukai SNSD juga mengatakan bahwa lagu dan mv nya ini kurang bagus. Aku tidak dapat berkata apa-apa karena belum sepenuhnya mendengarkan lagu itu. Mungkin butuh beberapa waktu untuk menyukai nya. Entah kenapa bagi ku semua lagu yang dibawakan SNSD terasa enak didengar. Jadi, walaupun begitu harus tetap semangaaat untuk SNSD dan para membernya begitu juga dengan para SONE di seluruh dunia. Dukunglah selalu idola kalian, semoga mereka menghasilkan karya-karya yang luar biasa lainnya.

Demo Buruh

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Akhir bulan Oktober lalu, kita telah menyaksikan di layar kaca televisi kita mengenai demo buruh yang terjadi di beberapa kota besar di Indonesia. Bahkan sampai saat ini pun masih terasa suasana menegangkan itu. Para buruh melakukan mogok kerja untuk beberapa hari. Mereka melakukan hal itu hanya untuk menuntut perbaikan nasib. Menurut mereka, untuk menghidupi biaya hidup mereka di era saat ini sudah tidak layak.

Ketegangan terjadi saat aksi unjuk rasa ribuan buruh mulai ricuh. Ribuan buruh ini tidak terima jika di dalam kawasan industri itu ada beberapa perusahaan yang masih beropersi dengan ratusan karyawan yang tidak ikut demo. Massa buruh mengamuk dan mendatangi kawasan tersebut. Mereka merusak dan melempari pos sekuriti karena petugas keamanan kawasan melarang ribuan buruh yang hendak masuk ke dalam perusahaan. Ratusan personil polisi berhasil membubarkan massa buruh, akan tetapi mereka tidak menyerah begitu saja. Mereka tetap melakukan aksi protes, orasi, berteriak agar semua karyawan keluar dan ikut berunjuk rasa.

Kupikir saat itu kita sedang memperingati Hari Buruh, tapi itu salah. Ternyata para buruh sedang melakukan demo. Aku baru ingat kalau Hari Buruh itu jatuh pada tanggal 1 Mei. Saat saya menonton berita di TV, mereka melakukan aksi demo untuk menuntut kenaikan upah minimum kota (UMK) dari sebelumnya 2,7 juta rupiah menjadi 3,7 juta rupiah. Tapi menurutku permintaan itu terlalu berlebihan. Mereka meminta penaikkan upah kerja hingga 100%.

Penaikkan upah kerja adalah sebuah hak dalam suatu perindustrian. Karena dari situlah mereka menggantungkan nasib mereka mulai dari sandang, pangan dan papan. Akan tetapi, permintaan mereka terlalu berat bagi para pengusaha yang memiliki industri tersebut. Saya juga turut kasihan karena para buruh telah bekerja selama bertahun-tahun, akan tetapi tidak ada penaikkan upah kerja. Meskipun begitu, permintaan penaikkan upah terlalu tinggi.

Aku sempat berpikir, “Mereka tidak bersyukur atas apa yang telah diberikan”. Mungkin kalau aku menjadi seorang buruh akan meminta hak dalam urusan penaikkan upah tapi tidak sampai 100%. Dan sebaliknya, kalau saya menjadi seorang pengusaha yang mempunyai ratusan bahkan ribuan pekerja untuk produksi industri akan merasa stress, bingung, berpikir, “Apa yang harus dilakukan?” mungkin saya akan berpikir untuk pergi dari Indonesia. Karena perindustrian di Indonesia kurang baik untuk dijadikan usaha bisnis.

Dari dulu sampai sekarang, saya bertanya-tanya, “Apa sih keuntungan kita dalam melakukan demonstrasi? Bukankah hal itu hanya membuang-buang tenaga. Toh, kita tidak tahu kalau mereka peduli atau tidak dengan suara kita. Mereka bisa saja mengabaikan usaha kita”. Saya jadi berpikir negatif pada pemerintah atau para pengusaha. Semoga mereka mendengar apa yang kita harapkan bagi mereka sendiri dan juga Indonesia. Segala sesuatu akan lebih baik kalau kita saling bekerja sama satu sama lain.

Musim Hujan di Cibinong

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Sejak bulan Oktober lalu, curah hujan di beberapa kota di Indonesia telah mengalami peningkatan yang cukup tinggi dari bulan-bulan sebelumnya. BMKG (Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika) menjelaskan bahwa beberapa daerah mengalami musim hujan lebih awal dari biasanya yaitu Oktober 2013. Daerah-daerah yang termasuk awal musim hujannya antara lain Sumatera, Kalimantan dan Jawa. Akan tetapi BMKG telah memperkirakan bahwa akan datangnya musim hujan tak serentak. Artinya musim hujan tidak akan datang bersamaan di wilayah Indonesia.

 Peningkatan curah hujan tersebut di beberapa daerah di Indonesia merupakan ciri-ciri datangnya musim hujan atau musim basah di negara Indonesia yang dikenal dengan memiliki wilayah iklim tropis. Secara teknis meteorologi, musim hujan dianggap mulai terjadi apabila curah hujan dalam tiga hari berturut-turut telah melebihi batas yang telah ditentukan dan itu terus berlanjut. Indonesia memang dikenal hanya mempunyai dua musim saja yaitu musim hujan dan musim kemarau. Tidak seperti negara-negara Asia lainnya yang memiliki empat musim yaitu musim semi, musim gugur, musim panas, dan musim dingin. Beberapa Negara Asia yang memiliki empat musim seperti Korea, Cina, Jepang.

Saat ini daerah yang akan dibahas mengenai musim hujan yaitu Cibinong. Cibinong merupakan sebuah daerah yang tidak begitu besar. Sebuah kecamatan di Kabupaten Bogor, Jawa Barat. Cibinong terletak di pertengahan antara Kota Depok dan Kota Bogor. Perkiraan cuaca Provinsi Jawa Barat untuk wilayah Cibinong dapat dikatakan hujan sedang.  Walaupun begitu, sebagai warga Cibinong yang baik harus tetap waspada terhadap potensi hujan dengan intensitas yang rendah, dimana kondisi tersebut dapat disertai dengan potensi kilat/petir dan juga angin kencang.

Hujan yang membanjiri wilayah Cibinong biasa terjadi pada sore hari dan malam hari. Terkadang gerimis terjadi pada waktu subuh sekitar pukul 4 pagi hingga pukul 7 pagi. Pagi hari merupakan saat dimana banyaknya aktivitas-aktivitas yang akan terjadi seperti berangkat kerja, berangkat sekolah, jual beli di pasar. Apabila terjadi hujan pada pagi hari, itu akan membuat aktivitas tidak berjalan lancar. Akan ada kemacetan terjadi yang diakibatkan jalan tergenang air, lampu lalu lintas mati yang akan mengakibatkan arus lalu lintas yang ada di perempatan Cikaret-Cibinong menjadi semerawut. Hal itu membuat para pengendara dengan sesuka mereka melintas. Dengan ada atau tidak adanya personil polisi tetap akan terjadi kemacetan. Terkadang hal-hal sepele seperti itu dapat membuat jengkel.

 Itulah dampak negatif yang terjadi pada saat musim hujan. Akan tetapi, kita dapat meng-antisipasi dengan siap-siaga dalam musim seperti ini. Seperti membawa paying atau jas hujan, berangkat sekolah atau kerja lebih awal, berhati-hati berkendara atau berjalan karena jalan yang licin. 

Anak dari Seorang Tentara

Tulisan Investigasi (Jurnalistik)

Woro Perwita Nommy

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Saat ini topik yang akan saya bahas yaitu suatu keluarga tentara. Saya begitu penasaran bagaimana kehidupan yang dialami seorang tentara. Mungkin hal itu terjadi karena saya tidak mempunyai ayah yang berprofesi seorang tentara. Oleh karena itu, saya membahas topik masalah tersebut.  Saat di SMP, saya mempunyai teman yang ayahnya berprofesi sebagai tentara. Begitu juga saat di SMA, saya mempunyai banyak teman yang ayahnya berprofesi sebagai tentara.

Dan sampai saat ini pun, aku dipertemukan dengan teman yang mempunyai ayah yang berprofesi sebagai tentara. Nova Anggraeni, itulah nama temanku. Dan dialah yang menjadi sumber dari segala pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang ada dalam pikiranku. Dia tinggal di sebuah asrama DIVIF Kostrad Cilodong. Ayahnya mempunyai jabatan yaitu pangkat serma.

Pertanyaan yang mengawali topik ini yaitu perasaan bagaimana memiliki ayah seorang tentara.  Ia pun berkata, “Saya senang menjadi anak dari seorang tentara. Karena saya merasa lebih aman dan juga tidak takut terhadap apa-pun di luar sana.” Itu membuktikan bahwa seorang tentara dapat menjadi seorang pelindung. Pelindung bagi negara maupun keluarga. Pertanyaan selanjutnya yaitu aturan tertentu dalam keluarga atau ruang lingkup tentara.  Ia menjawab, “Kalau di keluarga saya terdapat  batasan-batasan tapi itu tidak terlalu ketat. Salah satunya seperti batas waktu bermain dengan diberi waktu hanya sampai jam 10 malam.” Hal tersebut biasa terjadi dalam suatu keluarga untuk menjaga keamanan sang putra dan putrinya. Selanjutnya dengan tempat tinggal, apabila kita mempunyai ayah seorang tentara, kita akan tinggal di sebuah lingkungan yang berpenduduk seorang tentara. Dapat dikatakan asrama bagi yang masih bujangan, sedangkan perumahan komplek tentara bagi yang sudah berkeluarga. Pertanyaan yang saya ajukan yaitu perasaan bagaimana tinggal di lingkungan perumahan tentara. Ia pun menjawab, “Ada suka dan duka tinggal di perumahan tentara. Saya merasa senang tinggal di perumahan tentara karena disini sangat nyaman dan aman. Tidak akan adanya rumah yang kemalingan karena dijaga ketat. Namun terkadang menyebalkan apabila saya ingin membawa teman ke rumah maupun membeli barang online yang akan dikirim ke rumah sebelumnya harus lapor dulu di provost ( pos penjagaan ). Hal itu begitu sulit karena harus ditanya-tanya terlebih dahulu di pos penjagaan.” Lalu hubungan dengan anak-anak sebaya di lingkungan perumahan tentara yang mempunyai ayah dengan berprofesi sama. Ia berkata, “Hubungan yang terjalin sangat baik karena di rumah saya terdapat banyak sekali yang seumuran dengan saya. Dan karena kami anak dari seorang tentara kami pun mengerti satu sama lain jika pergi kemanapun tahu batasannya. Bahwa orang tua kita mempunyai aturan-aturan yang harus kami patuhi.” Pertanyaan berikutnya yaitu perasaan menjadi seorang anak dari seorang tentara yg tidak dapat meneruskan profesi orang tuanya. Ia merespon dengan santai, “Saya merasa biasa saja karena memang ayah saya tidak memaksa. Orang tua saya mendukung apapun keputusan saya untuk masa depan. Lagipula, saya mempunyai adik laki-laki, jadi dialah yang akan meneruskan profesi ayah saya sebagai tentara.” Lalu bagaimana dengan sifat dasar dari seorang tentara yang tegas dan emosian melekat pada diri sang anak. Ia menjawab, “Tentu saja tidak. Sifat itu tergantung pada diri masing-masing manusia. Tidak karena orang tuanya seorang tentera maka anaknya pun harus bersikap sama seperti orang tuanya.” Lalu pertanyaan berikut yang saya ajukan yaitu tentang pelatihan-pelatihan khusus bagi sang anak. Ia berkata, “Tidak ada sama sekali hal-hal seperti itu,” lalu bagaimana perasaan anda jika sang ayah dipindah-tugaskan ke luar wilayah pastinya sangat sedih. “Itu berarti saya akan ditinggal untuk waktu yang cukup lama. Namun ayah saya tidak pernah dipindah tugaskan dinasnya, jadi saya tidak terlalu peduli akan hal itu.” Lalu dengan kecemasan atau kekhawatiran mempunyai seorang ayah tentara yg mempunyai kenalan seorang preman. Ia pun merespon dengan santai, “Kebetulan ayah saya seorang yang mudah bergaul dan banyak sekali mempunyai teman seorang preman dimana-dimana. Saya tidak khawatir dan takut karena hal itu tidak bepengaruh apapun terhadap saya.” Hal biasa terjadi saat ini yaitu peneroran pada keluarga tentara. Ia menjawab, “Alhamdulilah tidak pernah ada sama sekali.” Dampak negatif dan positif memiliki ayah seorang tentara. Ia menjawab dengan santai, “Menurut saya, tidak ada dampak negatif. Untuk dampak positifnya buat saya banyak teman-teman yang tidak akan berani berbuat macam-macam terhadap saya karena takut terhadap ayah saya. Dan juga saya merasa aman jika berpergian meskipun tidak membawa SIM karena tidak akan ditilang.” Itulah salah satu keuntungan mempunyai anggota keluarga yang berprofesi sebagai tentara. Dan untuk yang pertanyaan terakhir yaitu kesan, pesan, dan harapan kedepan untuk keluarga. Ia berkata, “Mungkin harapan saya buat keluarga jika nanti ayah saya sudah pensiun kami masih tetap hidup seperti sekarang atau tambah sukses kedepannya.”

Itulah beberapa kilasan tanya jawab perihal yang terjadi di lingkungan sekitar kita. Yaitu mempunyai ayah yang berprofesi sebagai seorang tentara. Saat kusadari ternyata kakekku pun seorang tentara. Kakek dari ayah maupun kakek dari ibu. Akan tetapi mereka telah pensiun sejak beberapa tahun yang lalu. Mereka mempunyai jabatan-jabatan yang tidak dapat kujelaskan satu persatu. Aku bangga mempunyai teman bahkan keluarga yang berhubungan dengan tentara. Karena tentara mempunyai tugas mulia yaitu menjaga dan melindungi negara.

Rainy Season in Cibinong

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News Writing (Jurnalistic)

Woro Perwita Nommy

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Since last October, the rainfall in several cities in Indonesia has increased sharply from previous months. BMKG (the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency) explains that some regions experiencing the rainy season earlier than usual which is October 2013. The regions that include, among others, the beginning of the rain season Sumatra, Kalimantan and Java. However BMKG has predicted that the coming of the rainy season is not simultaneous. It means that the rainy season will not come together in Indonesia.

The increased rainfall is characteristic of the rainy season or wet season in the country, known as Indonesia has a tropical climate region. According meteorology, is considered the rainy season when rainfall started happening in three consecutive days has exceeded predetermined limits, and it continues. Indonesia is known to only have only two seasons: the rainy season and dry season. Unlike other Asian countries that have four seasons, spring, fall, summer, and winter. Some Asian countries have four seasons like Korea, China, Japan.

At present regions that will be discussed on the rainy season Cibinong. Cibinong is an area that is not so large. A sub-district located in Bogor, West Java. Cibinong is halfway between the city of Depok and Bogor. Weather forecasts for the region of West Java Province Cibinong moderate rain can be said. Even so, as a good citizen Cibinong must still wary of the potential for rain with a low intensity, where the condition may be accompanied by the potential for lightning or thunder and strong winds.

The rain that flooded the region Cibinong is common in the afternoon and the evening. Occasionally drizzle occurs early in the morning around 4 am to 7 am. Morning is a time when many activities that will occur as go to work, go to school, buying and selling in the market. In the event of rain in the morning, it will make the activity does not run well. There will be jamming caused by flooded roads, traffic lights off will result in traffic flow in the intersection Cikaret-Cibinong become chaotic. It made the riders as they pass by. With the presence or absence of still police personnel will be jamming. Sometimes little things like that can irritated.

That is the negative impacts that occur during the rainy season. However, we can anticipate the preparedness in the season like this. Like carrying umbrella or raincoat, going to school or work early, be careful driving or walking because the roads are slippery.

A Daughter of An Army

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Investigative Writing (Jurnalistic)

Woro Perwita Nommy

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At present topic that I will discuss is a military family. I was so curious how life is experienced an army. Maybe it happened because I did not have a father who is an army. Therefore, I discussed the topic of this problem. While in junior high, I had a friend whose father worked as a army. Similarly when in high school, I had many friends whose father works as a army.

And even now, I met with a friend who has a father who is a army. Nova Anggraeni is her name. And she was the source of all the questions that I had in my mind. She lived in a dorm DIVIF KOSTRAD Cilodong. His father has the rank of Sergeant Major position.

The question that starts this topic is how your feeling has a father as a army. She also said, "I love being a daughter of a soldier. Because I feel safer and also not afraid of anything else out there." It proves that a army can be a protector. It can be protector in the country and the family. The next question is certain rules in the family or scope of the army. She replied, "If in my family there are limitations but it is not too strict. One of them is like playing with a time limit given time only till 10 pm." It usually happens in a family to maintain the safety of his son and daughter. Next to where you live, if we have a father as a army, we will live in an environment which has a population of a army. It can be said that a dormitory for single, while housing complex for soldiers who are married. The question that I ask is feeling how army lived in a residential neighborhood. He replied," There is a joy and a sorrow live in army housing. I had the pleasure of staying in the army because housing here is very comfortable and safe. There will be a house burgled as guarded. But sometimes annoying when I want to bring home to friends and purchase goods online which will be sent home before to the first report on the provost should (guard post). It was so difficult because first it must be questioned at the patrol post. Then the relationship that with organized children in a residential neighborhood with a father's soldiers has the same profession. She said, "The relations that established very well because in my house there is a lot of the same age with me. And because we are child of an army, we understand each other if going anywhere know its limitations. Our parents have rules that we must follow." The next question is the feeling of being a child of an army who cannot continue in the profession of their parents. He responded casually, "I feel ordinary because my father does not force. My parents support my decision for my future. After all, I have a younger brother, so he will continue my father's profession as an army." And what about the basic nature of an army who has high emotional and explicit attached to the child's self. He replied, "Of course not. It depends on the nature of each human self. Not because the parents of a child’s army, it must be the same as their parents." Then the next question I ask is about the special training for the child. She said, "None at all the things like that." Then how would you feel if your father reassigned out of the area is certainly very sad. “That means I will be left for longer periods of time. But my dad never moved redeployed his official duty, so I do not really care about it." Then with anxieties or worries having a father is an army who had acquaintances civilian. He also responded casually, "Incidentally, my dad was an easygoing and have a lot of friends where-where a civilian. I'm not worried and scared because it was not any effect on me. "It is common today is terror on military families. He replied, "Thank God there is never at all." Negative and positive impact of having a father as army. He casually replied, "In my opinion, there is no negative impact. For a positive impact to me,  a lot of friends who would not dare to cause trouble to me for fear of my father. And also I feel safe if the SIM is traveling though not brought because it will not be got pulled over." That's one advantage of having a family member who is a soldier. And for the last question that is the impression, message, and hope for a future family. He said, "Maybe my expectations for the family if my father is retired later we are still alive as it is or add a successful future."

Those are some questions and answers about the flashes occur in the environment around us. Someone has a father who works as an army. When I realized it turns out my grandfather was an army. They are Grandfather from my father and grandfather from my mother. But they had retired a few years ago. They have positions that cannot be explained one by one. I'm proud to have friends and even family related to the army. Because armies have the noble duties are maintaining and protecting the country.