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Babbling Bubbles

Saya sungguh tidak paham apakah ini warisan budaya kolektif (yang tentu negatif dan perlu dihindari) karena pola semacam ini lumrah saya temui di circle keluarga, bahkan di circle teman-teman dengan keluarga mereka masing-masing.

Bahwa sah-sah saja untuk pinjam uang ke saudara jauh, yang nantinya tentu saja syukur-syukur kalau dikembalikan.

Bahwa sah-sah saja untuk pinjam BPKB atau sertifikat berharga saudara untuk menjadi jaminan pinjaman.

Bahwa itu kewajiban saudara jauh untuk membantu hidup saudaranya yang lagi kesusahan.

This is so wrong in so many level.

Tentu saja pinjaman tsb. bukan atas nama si orang yang butuh duit. Risiko gagal bayar cicilan akan ditanggung oleh si pemilik aset/surat berharga. Sudahlah aset yang jadi jaminan hilang, uang pinjaman pun tidak ikut menikmati. Jika pinjaman tanpa agunan, tentunya si pemilik nama yang akan dikejar-kejar oleh debt collector sampai ke kantor; pada akhirnya reputasi yang dipertaruhkan. Istilah jawa, gupak pulut e tok. Baik boleh, bego jangan.

Pinjam uang satu, dua kali, tidak apa.

Namun, jika terus-terusan, yang bener aja?

Minta disupport biaya hidup bulanan, kamu siapa?

Waktu kami kesusahan, kalian ke mana?

Kalau bank saja menolak pengajuan pinjaman kamu, kenapa saya bisa menganggap kamu layak diberi pinjaman?

Yang tidak bisa mengelola uang tuh kamu, kenapa cashflow rumah tangga saya yang harus dikorbankan?

Dikira cari duit gampang; harus desek-desekan tiap hari di transum; kena pressure pekerjaan sampe hampir gila, trus duitnya buat nanggung biaya hidup kalian?

Kalau emang ga bisa afford sesuatu, berarti emang belum waktunya kamu untuk punya itu. Sesuatu itu bisa berarti rumah lah, gaya hidup lah, anak lah. Diem dulu deh.

Hidup kamu gak harus sama dengan mereka-mereka yang kamu lihat di layar ponsel kamu kok.

Compromise dengan isi dompetmu.

Sebagai konteks, orang-orang yang meminjam uang ini, bisa afford pakaian yang lebih mahal dari saya. Bisa afford face treatment yang harganya 3x lipat face treatment yang biasa saya gunakan. Bisa afford nonton konser. Memutuskan untuk punya jumlah anak lebih dari anjuran BKKBN.

Meanwhile, I don't have nor experience those things to this day.

Orang yang tidak mengenal saya akan berpikir, saya enteng ngetik kayak gini seolah-olah saya gak pernah di situasi yang gak punya uang.

Saya juga beberapa kali berada di posisi seperti itu. Oh uang tinggal sekian, berarti pas untuk makan di warteg sekian kali. Misal ga ada uang sama sekali, puasa dong. Saya tidak akan membuat situasi di mana saya menghadapi saldo Rp, 0,- ke depannya. Dalam situasi kepepet tidak punya uang, jika bersabar dan terus berusaha, akan rewarding nanti ke depannya. Pasti ada aja jalan keluar yang dikasih Tuhan.

Misalnya waktu kuliah dulu, saya tidak punya earning power at that time; cukup sering kejadian saya kehabisan uang untuk makan karena hanya bergantung pada transferan mama. Sisa uang yang ada, saya alokasikan untuk beli bensin untuk motor butut saya. Jaman dulu, belum ada m-banking ya, apalagi promo gofood. Saya akui saya tidak optimal dalam menjalani kuliah S1 dulu, karena saya sempat beberapa kali bolos untuk ikut proyek dosen dan alumni; bikin proposal PKM; ikut kelas kursus gratisan; apapun yang bisa bikin saya mendapatkan ilmu dan uang sendiri. Saya pernah pinjam uang sekali, dua kali ke teman saya, hanya untuk makan lalapan di daerah sekitar kampus. Pun itu kita makan bareng, di depan saya meminta tolong ditalangin dulu. Untuk makan; sesuatu yang esensial—cukup esensial menurut saya. Kalau untuk bantu cicil rumah? punten, bukannya itu kebangetan?

Saat kerja pun, saya ambil kos 2x2m yang selalu mereka tertawakan; padahal itu juga salah satu bentuk upaya saya untuk bisa menabung. Saya akui saya jadi public enemy di circle keluarga besar saya karena punya pemikiran seperti ini; dan saya tidak keberatan untuk itu.

For closure, here is the Quote that resonates with me the most, which I got from Mel Robbins, saying,

"Every time you bail someone who's terrible with money and you loan them the money, they continue to be terrible with money. They got to figure out how to do this themselves.

When you constantly rescuing people, you're teaching them that they're not capable of rescuing themselves."

Stay sane, folks.


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Around two weeks ago, A's phone rang at 3 A.M. His cousin was calling with heartbreaking news: his grandpa had passed away. We rushed to catch the earliest flight possible and arrived at his hometown around 10 A.M. Although the air was damp and sticky—the sky was cloudy, the burial was scheduled at 1 P.M.. I couldn't help but wonder why it took that long to lay someone to rest #iykwim—but who am I to judge anyway. When the time came, people stand up and began reciting duas, just then the light drizzle fell. I dashed into the house, grabbed my umbrella and opened it. Suddenly I realise some gaze were fixed towards me. Moments later, the drizzle turn into a downpour, and we hadn't even made it to the cemetery yet. Later that night I found out what had really happened.

They were trying to put you as a scapegoat, A said.

For what?

For the heavy rain falls earlier.

How was that even possible?

According to a local belief, opening an umbrella when the sky is cloudy, is said to invite the heavy rain to pour

 ... *so shocked I lost words*

and its black 

Would that make any different if I opened a white umbrella instead?

No, but people were pointing at you, A's wife, for opening an umbrella in such weather.

Is there any scientific research regarding to this? is there any correlation between someone opening up umbrella causing a heavy rain falls? Correlation doesn't equal causation either.

Listen, they don't get that as much as you don't get klenik.

I was left in disbelief.

I mean, broooo it's 2025 already and you guys still believe this stuff?!

Yepp, I came from different part of Java and yep, I had confirmed this thing to my friends and none of them heard about this superstition either. I even googled it—but nothing. Friends who lives in the city nearby also confirmed that around that time its raining cats and dogs. To this day, this whole umbrella thing still doesn't add up to me.

I took that as a serious accusation; it implied that I dishonored grandpa's funeral for causing the heavy rain, for ruining the funeral ceremony. Some said "when in Rome, do as the Romans do". Well, I guess I won't be setting foot in that part of Rome ever again.

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I don't know where to start but.. I got a huge unexpected plot twist at the first day of 2023.

My workplace was once relocated to the office located relatively near to my house in the beginning of the year (big YAY), where I fully anticipated and expected—and one of the reason why I let go of Room 16.

But, BUT, one thing or another got in the way, or simply the universe wants to test me to another level, suddenly I was moved into Sudirman office.

I can't help but remember A once wondering why I don't go to work to SCBD area, since according to him, seemed sophisticated and sort of cool which made me swear "there's no way in hell I got to work there!"

And there I was, pulling all night to get the work done until 03 A.M in one of that tall building. Oh the irony 😌

To be honest, I love working here regardless the lift queue and the price of the meal—it was only few steps away to Grand Lucky, and plenty options of public transport—forcing me to walk more than 5km everyday and I believe it sort of helped to improve my physical strength  ...

... but apparently not my mental strength 😅

I literally bleed for two months, got bruises everywhere on both my legs, gulped milk coffee every single day to stay awake and stay sane (I already worried about my daily sugar intake even though I ordered less sugar), felt extremely exhausted, got panic attack every time my phone chimes, silently burst out tears on the back seat of the taxi, etc.

I got no time—to wash my hair, to rest—for my self and A; let alone time to clean the house. Coming home past 9 P.M only to find that my house is a literal mess yet got no strength left to fix it. And then there's weekend, two precious days where I got the power only to do the mandatory chores—not enough to clean up the mess, and even sometimes got distracted by work calls and midnight zoom meeting. Endless loophole for months. Oh, and I forgot to mention that whenever I came home late means that A would stay awake until I reach home. I felt terrible for him. Those were sort of thing that kept me from being "You've got this Zi" to "you should consider to stop". 

I usually was not a person who easily give up, even HR once said that I was placed (along with one friend) to certain division because among all of new joiners, only both of us were mentally tough enough based on our psychology test result.

Some people just questioned my decision but it was not my job to explain to them. Not gonna lie though, that thought sometimes got into me either. As a matter of fact, I'm torn between 

"Should I pull through"
or
"Am I being such a baby about this" 
or
"The clock is ticking, should I prepare something so I won't face the next two years with an empty head" 
or
"Good Lord my house is helpless".

Fast forward, the last two were the winner. Actually, this was not me giving up, this was me taking a short break to something bigger that is about to come next.

Another highlight.

I had rented a room around Cipete Raya for a solid month, lined up for Kopi Tuku every morning, commuted to office with MRT—experiencing life as Jakselian (is that even a word though), and still did not change the fact that it would have made anything better.  None of my workmates know any of this 😝. Yet no matter how close it is from the office, home is my ultimate comfort zone and the cure itself.

Another highlight.

I had the best time in my life this February—meeting and getting to know new, cool people with various backgrounds whom about to be sent all over the world. and being so honored to be in 30 minute lecture with a person I adored since a long time ago that brought me in a situation where I desperately try to get into UI so that I could join her public lecture one day. Never once in my life that it was happening in this February 💕.

Another highlight.

At first I thought it was a terrible idea to catch up with friends here

I managed to meet up with old friends, and joined the crowds at Semasa_di Lapangan Banteng. Finally got an empty picnic mat, got seated and talked for hours. 

A did not want to miss the picnic vibe during long weekend, so the next day we went to Urban Forest Cipete, soaked up the sun, went home stuffed with a happy heart.

I realized I barely write anything here since 2022. Apparently I found alternatives to clear my mind other than writing—and one of it is walking. >9000 steps during commuting explains a lot why I take the courage to redirect my life at my 30s. A long hours to contemplate and to argue with myself, all happened inside my head.

I swear I'm gonna come up with more of regular posts, but part of me did not want to be all whiny 😂. According to what happen lately in the twitter world, some posts that I think is harmless, some people might think it is harmful and that exactly what's holding me for writing in the internet world 😖 Like, anything could be triggering for some people, as simple as indomie for lunch after swimming session 😭 Come on people, spend your energy to something else, like writing online journal (regularly) to keep most of your life 😝


XX,
Zi
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Akhir-akhir ini orang kantor saya mengungkapkan apresiasinya secara gamblang, seperti:
"Terbaik, fast respon sekali.. thank you so much ya mbak"
"Mantab.. service excellent"
Saya curiga mereka abis dapat semacam pelatihan komunikasi oleh perusahaan ato gimana.
But anyway, that small appreciative gesture really made my day.

Another highlight of this week was, dulu saya pernah bikin sistem from scratch yang alot banget tektokannya sama klien gede.
Dan seperti biasa, orang gak akan mengapresiasi ketika kita bekerja secara benar, tapi akan menghujat kalau pekerjaan kita salah.
Gak kerasa 2 tahun berlalu, pekerjaan tersebut bukan saya lagi yang handle karena saya dibuangmutasi ke divisi lain (hehe). Nah orang yang menggantikan posisi saya ini memakai sistem baru yang dibuilt sama Kadeptnya; orang yang dielu-elukan dan dipertahankan banget banget sama mantan Bos saya. Ternyata output yang dihasilkan nggak presisi dan besarannya selisih signifikan jika dibanding sistem yang saya bikin. Padahal dulu I have warned my late boss kalau sistem yang dia bikin is a bit off. I know semua orang punya style sendiri-sendiri, tapi ketika akurasi dan vailditasnya questionable, apakah masih bisa dibilang outputnya benar? yang ujungnya nilai meleset jauh dan bikin geger kliennya.
Endingnya my late boss minta pengganti saya untuk minta sistem yang pernah saya bikin.
Just think about it, masa iya sistem yang dicreate seorang kroco macam saya lebih dipercaya kevalidannya daripada punya Kadept? 🙈

Saya sangat menghargai orang-orang yang acknowledge hasil kerjaan saya.
Cerita gini di blog buat reminder kalau saya beres loh kerjanya.
Cuma saya gak banyak cuap-cuap and mastering the art of licking ass aja 😛

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