The Trip of Kaltim (Kutai Barat : Melak-Empakuq-Intulingau-Dempar)

part 2...

“pre keberangkatan”

“waduh, akhirnya jadi juga brangkat nih...”

kataku dalam hati setelah baca sms dari Gary

sekitar 2 minggu sebelum tanggal keberangkatan yg direncanakan...

seneng jugalah denger kabar itu setelah agak resah menanti kabar

karna saat itu sudah melewati tanggal yang direncanakan sebelumnya...

langsung dah kukabari pak Djoko tentang berita rencana keberangkatan itu

dan mulai saat itu emailku pun semakin aktif berfungsi...

karna segala sesuatu mengenai rencana perjalanan kami yang kedua itu

diinformasikan lewat email...

awalnya segala sesuatu berjalan lancar...

sampai akhirnya beberapa masalah muncul...

mulai dari re-imburst perjalanan pertama kami sebelumnya

yang belum juga kami terima...

padahal sudah hampir satu bulan (ato lebih) dari sejak kepulangan kami dulu...

sampai masalah visa iain yang salah tanggal...

yang membuat keberangkatan kami ada kemungkinan di delay sekitar 1 minggu...

buat jaga2, tiket Garuda pun sudah kudapatkan...

tinggal diganti kalau memang akhirnya harus di delay...

H-3 pun akhirnya ada keputusan jelas...

akhirnya kami tetap berangkat tanggal 19 mei...

dan pulang kembali tanggal 2 juni...

semua masalah sudah beres...

no more visa problem or re-imburstment problem...

schedule and work plan selama di sana pun sudah fix...

dan kami pun siap brangkat...

dari tempat masing-masing...

dan berkumpul di Balikpapan (Hotel Benakutai)...

pada tanggal 19 Mei...

The Trip of Kaltim (Kutai Barat : Melak-Empakuq-Intulingau-Dempar)

part 1... "introduction"

Phew, Thank’s God I got back home to Bandung safely...

after I went to the field... about 2 weeks (may,19 – jun,2 2006)

bandung-jakarta-balikpapan-melak-empakuq-intulingau-dempar

and then back to melak-balikpapan-jakarta-bandung

that was 2 weeks...

completely hard, thought...

but that was also completely fun!!!

I got different experience there

and I would like to share with you all...

before I forgot...

(even if I would never forget it! swear!!!)

but I thought that better I write it right now...

and postpone telling you my last adventure for a while...

is that ok?

The Trip of Kalimantan... (pict-part1)

Cheers... ;P

hehehehehe......
here I am...
beside "chopper" (PK-UHY 406)
before I and the other team flight to another site of Maruwai Coal Project (from Muara Tuhup to Babao)

hihihhiiiiii.....
that was my first experience for me!

is there any body jealous with me?
have you ever flight with this kind of vehicle?

The trip of Sulawesi (Manado-Makasar) ... (part2)

At the Airport...

(lagi males writing in English nih... ;p)
Akhirnya gua brangkat juga ke Jakarta...
naek kereta Parahyangan yang jam 8 (kalo ga salah...)
di anter ama kakak gua tersayang...
dengan bawaan gua yang seabreg dalam cerrir seukuran 80 lt
(btw, makasih banget ya abud... atas cerrirnya)
(btw juga, percaya ga seh kalu itu kali pertama gua naek kereta... hahahaha!!!)

walhasil, sesampainya gua di Jakarta...
dengan pengetahuan gua yang minim about Jakarta dan isinya...
gua lebih memilih dijemput spupu gua yang ada di Jatinegara
dan nunggu om gua pulang kerja biar bisa nganter gua ke hotel Margot

dan ternyata...
setelah talking2 with Jim by sms...
Jim bilang lebih baik gua nginep di rumah om gua aja
dan ketemu langsung besok paginya (jam 6 pagi) di bandara ama anggota tim laennya

dan ternyata juga...
Jim ga ikut brangkat bareng esok paginya
karna surat ijin dari LIPI baru selese senin (padahal hari itu sabtu)
jadi yang akan berangkat duluan adalah
Ben, Ted, David, Charles, dan gua tentunya...
(Whew, I’m the only one Indonesian... I must be the translator for them! uh oh!)

dan keesokan paginya...
abis sholat shubuh aku langsung brangkat menuju bandara Soekarno-Hatta
dengan dianter spupuku yg baek hati ituh…. tentunya
berharap ga akan telat sampe di bandara…
karna Jim bilang aku harus sampe di bandara jam 6 pagi (phew!)

Jam 6 kurang pun aku dah menginjakkan kaki di bandara nan cukup megah itu…
“waaaaaaaaaah….. akhirnya aku ke bandara juga… mo naek psawat lagih…”
kataku dalam hati….
(hihihihiiiiiiiii…. maklumlah…. Ini juga kali pertamaku ke bandara dan naek psawat)
tapi ko..???? mana bule-bule itu??? ko ga ada?
akhirnya ku telpon Jim buat nanya keberadaan mereka
(karna aku takut salah ngomong akhirnya spupukulah yg nelpon, hahahaha)
dan apa jawab Jim di telpon?
”oh yeah... mereka on the way… sudah on the way ke airport..”
Hah?????? Kami berdua berpandangan bengong…
“ko bisa ngomong Indonesia?” hahahahahahaha..... kami pun tertawa

Ga brapa lama aku ngliat ada 4 bule yg dateng dengan segepok barang
yg diangkut pake troli... persis seperti apa yg Jim bilang tentang ciri2 mereka...
pas mereka menepi di depan Dunkin Donnut.....
akhirnya kuberanikan diri dengan ragu2 aku buat ngedeketin mereka... n nanya...
”Excuse me Sir, Are you Ben, Ted, David, and Charles?”
“My name is Umi and I’m Pak Djoko student”
kataku dengan agak ragu2 dan deg2an…

“Oh yeah, Hey Umi! Nice to meet you! I’m Ben.”
Kata seorang bule yg bertubuh jangkung dan tinggi itu ramah…
dan satu persatu mereka pun memperkenalkan diri padaku…
”Hey Umi, I’m Ted”
kata seorang bule yg bertubuh kekar dan gondrong
”Hello, my name is David.”
kata seorang bule yg bertubuh paling pendek, cukup gemuk, berjanggut, berkacamata dan beranting..
“My name is Charles, hi umi!”
kata seorang lagi yg juga bertubuh kekar dan berkacamata

“Hey, sorry! We has just arrived here…
and we are going to write down your name here (sambil nunjukkin selembar kertas)
and raise it up, then we hope you can see it.”
kata Ben lagi…
“Oh yeah???” kataku menimpali…
dan kami pun tertawa bersama…

Phew, aku lega banget….
ternyata mereka baek2 smua orangnya…
ramah juga…
Setelah itu mereka pun menawariku breakfast
dan kamipun menuju Dunkin Donnut yg ada di depan kami
membeli beberapa donat dan minuman…
sambil makan aku pun terlibat percakapan dengan mereka...
(yah…. walopun aku rada2 suka bingung kadang2 dengan yg mreka bicarakan...
agak tidak bisa mengerti what are they talking about…
makanya kadang aku lebih sering diam dan hanya menjadi pendengar saja..)

Satu hal yg bikin aku cemas saat itu....
bahwa selama beberapa hari ini aku bakal jadi translater buat mereka
karena Iqbal baru dateng hari selasa.... bareng Jim
Uh oh...
“I wish I can handle it!” kataku dalam hati…

mmmm……
dan aku pun akhirnya terbang juga ke Manado…
(sekitar 3 jam kalo ga salah, dengan transit dulu di Makasar selama beberapa menit..)

The trip of Sulawesi (Manado-Makasar)

"Oh My Godness, I’ll be leaving for Sulawesi at the next couple days!!!"


I still remember that day...
Wednesday, September 30 in year 2004...
the day when I got that news...
that would change my life...
the day when I got the text message...
to go to Sulawesi at the next couple days...

yups, that was very anxious week for me!
since I heard that Jim and the other guys (our team) has been here, in Jakarta
(means that I might be join them for Sulawesi project soon)
I was very curious... everyday...
wondering when will I left Bandung for Sulawesi...

Pak Djoko asked me to met him everyday
and find out if there any message from Jim about our trip to Sulawesi
and I did it!
I’ve met Pak Djoko everyday to make sure and updating our plan to Sulawesi
and did you know what do I get?
Pak Djoko always said ...
“not yet umi, I haven’t heard anything from Jim. Would you come in tomorrow.”

“Uh oh... I bored with this situation! I’m ready to go!”
that was my heart said...
and yes, I was completely ready to go!
I have packed my stuffs and I only need the fix day to flight!

And the day was come...
Wednesday, Sepetember 30 in year 2004...
I’ve met Pak Djoko and asked him the same question...
as I did everyday...
and also...as usual... he gave me the same answer.. “not yet umi!”
and then... when I was help elly doing her homework at the library...
my cellphone rang and I was so surprised
after I read the text message from Pak Djoko
“umi, you have to go to Jakarta tomorrow.”
“You’ll stay with the other guys tomorrow night and you’ll flight on Saturday.”
“Jim will send you text message and tell you what the hotel name is.”

Whew, my heart beated so strong at that moment...
can’t say anything, just blank face showed to Elly and murmured :
“Oh My Godness, I’ll flight to Sulawesi at the next couple days!Finally!”
and at the same time I got another text message...
“Uh oh, it’s Jim!”
and then I read the message...
“Hi Umi, this is Jim. Would you like to join us at Hotel Margot in Jl. Jaksa?”
“We’ll flight to Sulawesi on Saturday.”

Well, no word I can say...
just my blank face..
and elly still staring at me...

And then, in a few minutes I got home...
after looked for my friends and my teachers to get their permission...
and called my brother and my parents...
told them about my flight to Sulawesi...

“Phew, thank’s God! Finally I’ll stepped in Sulawesi...”
“Hey Sulawesi..... I’m coming!!! Wait for me!!!”
my heart said while I was pack my stuffs for the last time...

mmm... finally!!!

mmm.... finally !!!
yups! finally I can get started my blog after my last blog I made (2 blogs) has been lost!
dunno why... (it's wierd eh?)
wish I won't loose it anymore...

mmm... finally I can record my adventure...
(semua petualangan2 gua selama ke lapangan,
menjelajah tempat2 baru dan asing...)
phew, that was so memorable trip I had
and each trip had their own unique things inside
and I thought that it would be great...
if I can share with you all...

wish you enjoy my story...
and give me any comment, ok?