Legacy | It's all what (should) matters in career

What is a career? Your prominent answer probably that it is an achievement of life or a representation of our success. We work everyday and doing best efforts hoping all of those will increase the probability of having a better career path in the future; and in return hope for better rewards that will give us more power to engine our life happiness. 

Good career path is the reason of most talented people to join a big company. It provides a wide opportunity for any talent to channel their passion for career, a training scheme for their competence development and a competitive environment that mostly suit with those who think they can always win. Big company enjoy the benefit of having best talents. In this world of efficiency, best talents define company success to overcome the competition and sustain their profit growth. 

After few years, some talents will realize that not every of them can advance further to the top of the pyramid.  Sometime the winning edge is not only hard work or good performance. Even all of them give their best performance, the available slot above is diminishing by a factor of exponential. When the competitive environment is so tight, office politic and favor become part of the game. Some talents start to considering their option to stay in the game, or to play in other field where their probability to win is more certain. 

A growing war of talents in Indonesia..

In a growing economic environment like Indonesia these days, business run pretty much well. Companies need more talents to engine their growth while the growth of qualified person are limited. A war of talents period is now coming to its peak. Headhunters are everywhere, social media like LinkedIn created an open market that treated professional like stock exchanges with an e-bay closed auction pricing mechanism.

Is it okay to jump between job for faster track of career?

New Dream - New Thrill - Rebranding?

Never let go your Eureka...or apples..

In every moment of your life you will find a point when you are inspired by something. Either from a good book, meeting with someone admirable or even just after watching an X-Men movies. This point can be something -- for Mahatma Gandhi when he was pushed out from a train because of his skin, or Bill Gates when he admired Steve Job's invention in Macintosh--or for us, can be nothing. We sometime be inspired for one day,and just forget the other day, drowned in a routine task and job.

Well, let say I meet another tipping point. And at least I can do now is a make over of this blog. Reactivate, rejuvenate, reshape. Or what Chris Taylor special word is...REBRANDING.

So Voila, this is my new blog shape now. Shifted from green to dark years ago, when mafia games and dark novel dominates my leisure time; when I was put a stigma of myself as Illidan the betrayer, the man who sold his soul for greater good; when Lucifer lurked in my shadow. And now let just do it with white. Blow away the dark cloud. (what are you talking about, dudes, LoL)

...with a greater power, comes...

It just, when you heard that with a greater power comes a greater responsibility things, you might say, "yeah, I am not a superhero". But if you are a superhero, what kind of superhero are you?

Some say our favorit superhero is actually reflect what can we do or what we wanna be. An engineer may choose Iron Man, an wealthy young man may choose Batman, an ordinary and a bit nerd man may choose Spider Man. Scientist may opt for X-Men or Fantastic Four.

But we don't have to be a superhero to do something. We are, a super species. Each of us, have the power to change, to contribute, to inspire, to move, to put a butterfly in the universe. And whether the butterfly swings will become tornado later, let destiny decide, you can only try.

...so let us put more butterflies...

I want to see this blog again putting so much butterfly in the universe. Ideas, inspiration, provocation, or just a fun reading, or even just a comment,"what the hell are this person talking about". Already passed 30000 visitors, if only 1% of them found a good things here, already that makes me happy.

So at least, while my mood are being good lately, I want to shift from dark to light. Started from this page, started from this blog. I want to learn to become a real Professional, like those I met these days in the real life. But, I want to do it if possible with a cool way, not the boring one :-)

Hope you like he new look. So if people type my name in the google, and this page is on top (yes, it is, try it), they don't get disappointed.

Cheers

New Year 2011 | What's your mirror

Happy New Year Guys...!!
The common New Year notes is usually initiated by sentence like "when the last fireworks faded and cast darkness to the brewering midnight in the of birth of 2011.." or so. Well... may be I should not start any new opening, this is already cool enough. Let's just use that.

It is 2011! It is the year when 6 same digit in the ddmmyy calendar form will only happen once in thousand years (11 November 2011, dummy!). What's your point of view of 2011?

....1 year remaining before the Doom??
Well, it's the year the NASA said our Sun will lost control of his behaviour. It's the worst solar storm within thousands years caused by extreme flare in the Corona Mass Ejection. The activity of its Solar storm may distract the communication wave and satellite accross the globe. It is also 1 years count down to 2012 ;-)

It's also said as the escalating year of worst climate (well, our climate already worst). We see in 2010, the worst winter in northern europe and US. The snow storm and blizzard paralyzed a lot of cities there and the winter bite is freezing the human life. Also these last several years the worst summer ever. Climate change is "word of the year" for scientist and all the human who conscious.

...while Indonesia is boosting its growth!

In the other hand, Indonesia is developing into a new global economic icon. Indonesia is said as the new I in BRICI (Brazil Russia India China Indonesia), the icon of nations with most outstanding economic growth and projection despite the crisis in US and Europe.

...and fighting corruptions..
Despite the legendary battle between Cicak and Buaya, and world class mafia hitman Gayus Tambunan we also do hope Indonesia will find a way to solve the deep rooting corruption. As long as people of Indonesia open their eyes and shout out loud, we together can beat the devil inside. No matter what color they are, RED GREEN BLUE or YELLOW.

...and rejuvenate the nationalism...go Irfan Bachdim !!

Indonesian nationalisme have been also showing its distinct red color, in the epic of the national soccer team campaigne in AFF 2010 that withdrawed peoples supports national wide regardless race, religion, and ethnics. No comment for Nurdin Halid. Timnas is to die for. Right now I believe our neighbours will temporarily fear to mess with our teritory, at least until this 2011, if they don't want their country swarmed by red shirted citizen legion!

BP twitted : "Today we won, but we failed to be a champion. But more of it, we do hope we won the heart of Indonesian people". You guys did, awesome!

Others,..hmmm...

Politics, well its not my major. Laws and human rights, also not my major. Technology, hope they launch Ipod like Blackberry. Movies, can't wait to see Nicholas Flamel in the big screen and Harry Potter 7.2! (haha). Musics, hope Muse or Dream Theater rock Jakarta this year - and yeah also hope Ariel will be released soon. I want to hear their new album! Works, doh...I just want to get these things done!

At most, this year may be a bit frantic, yet enjoyable. It's up to you how to see it. But it just like Electra King said :

"What's the point of living, if you don't feel alive..?"

Sail away , pull your anchor

We knew our boat is not enough to carry us all. So I told us we should have our own to sail before night fall. I have my destination, for now I already have pull off my anchoration. And I see wind flows before my screen, soon I will leave you without a sin. Because I knew you will find your own seashore, because I left you standing on the your own deck and smiling a gore.

I would not dare to say I will arrive sooner than you, never even dare to say I would find a city of my dream, rather than you. The time when we all said "Does it really matters now" is over, and now we are all bravely sail into our new harbour. You are now captain of your life, brother..

As long as you walk long enough

I see you found your own offshore. Like Alice in the Wonderland, or even in any Island, any direction will take you there, as long as you walk long enough. There is no Island without border, there is no continent without seashore, even if you live in the middle of Australia and you walk to the West or East, or North or South; if you walk straight long enough you will find your sea.

It may take days or months, but I promised you that you will find it. Have I told you that dear, too many times?

The time has come - Dark side have to leave..

Finally the time come, the angle send an undeniable sentences :
INTO THE LIGHT I COMMAND THEE
TO STOP SMOKING !!

Yeah, perintah itu sudah diturunkan. Sepertinya burung gagak hitam yang selalu mencakar dengan racun nicotine telah diperintahkan untuk dibunuh. The supplier of the oxygen of my dark side have to die. Aku hanya tertawa kecut ketika Metro TV memberitakan turunnya fatwa MUI - secara resmi - bahwa merokok itu akhirnya diharamkan.

Aku tidak ingin mendebat dalam tulisan ini, tidak ada artinya umat mendebat keputusan yang diambil oleh ulama. Sama saja dengan melakukan pengingkaran. Aku hanya meminta waktu untuk bisa membunuh Dyon dengan kesadaranku sendiri. Bahwa aku yang ingin membunuhnya, bukan karena dilarang.

Dan mungkin ini memang sudah waktunya, tapi membunuh Dyon dan Lucifer hanya akan menyisakan the Soul untuk berjuang sendiri. Tinggal diri ini yang membosankan. Yang tidak berani melakukan apa-apa tanpa bantuan mereka. Menjalani hidup hanya seperti seharusnya. Aku tidak sedang berada di dalam daerah aman sekarang, tidak seperti dulu dalam Menara Gading.

I am vulnerable right now, I need Them by my side !!

But, then again. It's a command. An undeniable command into the light. Maybe I am not a pure good people, but still I cannot deny that decision. Luce & Dyon are trying to find excuses, but I guess my Soul will win in the end of the day. Still I am scared, how would I live without Them. I fear my solitude life will not be the same...

Fear is the path to the dark side
Fear leads to anger
Anger leads to hatred
Hatred leads to power
Power leads to a victory

From victory my chain is broken
From victory the force shall me free

- Another virtue of the dark side, Sith Lord -

Leaving the Dark Side - Should I ?

It's always fun to imagine that sometime our dark side take control of our life. So that we can fully enjoy things, going crazy, have fun go mad without thinking of consequences. When everything's over or something bad goes wrong, we could just blame the dark side that lead us to do such, not us, we are only posessed, not in control of our self. We think we are innocent...

Dalam sebuah buku "Leaving your dark side" disarankan berbagai macam hal yang harus dilakukan untuk membunuh "dark side" yang ada dalam diri ini. Sebuah pembenaran bahwa past experience dapat melahirkan sebuah trauma yang menciptakan karakter tersembunyi dalam jiwa. Karakter yang sewaktu-waktu dapat mengambil alih perilaku tanpa disadari, dan seringkali diakhiri dengan tangis menyesali hal-hal yang telah terjadi.

Menyingkirkan "dark side", becoming a true professional. Menarik, tapi entah kenapa aku tidak yakin untuk melakukan itu. I will loose that guilty fun, then I should throw my oxygen (nicotine, FYI) away, sleep normal hour, never come late, stable and mature. Hahaha, so much professional. That's what my company need. A really painful maturity

It just not me. Hanya akan ada bagian yang membosankan, dark side kept me alive for years. Untuk menjalani hari yang kosong, melupakan segala hal yang menyakitkan, menemani saat berpetualang, kesendirian di hutan yang paling sunyi sekalipun, dan menulis dalam blog (who d'you think will write such a whining blog? sinister and dark blog). Dark side have been my best friend for years, since I was a child. A solitude child.

When it come another bifurcation, a change in a system by certain attractor leading to chaos, a fight between soul and dark side will decide the next equilibrium. Is it better or worse than yesterday, is it make you stronger or weak, determined by who take the most control. Who you really are..

Sometime it's fun to have a friend in crime, even actually you don't need him. But then again, to be a professional - to be a mature person, should I kill him ??

There is no peace, there's only passion
From passion I gain strength
From strength I gain power
From power I gain victory
Through victory, my chain are broken
Through victory, the force shall me free

- virtue to the darkside, Sith -

The Final Farewell - Goodbye My Friends

And that was it...
I finally met all the gurus, mentors, peers & few of my apprentices for the last 5 years of my life - in a Family Day gathering. Spending two days in Anyer - with them, with all the old laughes, the same old jokes, same bull shit talking, with all the new stories updates about work and beyond. It's a work friendship, but I see it become morelike a Family. Seems like nothing has changed since I left them 6 month ago. Except that, now I am not belong to them anymore...

In the final minutes before leaving Anyer, when farewell shake hands & hugges went on, I realized that these might be the true Final Farewell to me. That I might never seen them again - in gathering - for the rest of my life...

Tidak terasa sudah 6 bulan sejak meninggalkan rumah yang telah membesarkanku selama 5 tahun terakhir. Rasa void itu masih belum terasa karena sebelumnya masih ada acara yang akan dilakukan bersama, undangan di Anyer itu. Dan ketika akhirnya semua hal telah selesai - exit interview yang tertunda, surat keterangan yang telah diambil, sisa hak-hak telah ditunaikan, dan akhirnya undangan family day selesai - terasa ada rongga kosong yang ditinggalkan.

Untuk pekerjaannya, aku sudah ikhlas, I chose to move anyway, tapi untuk suasana kekeluargaannya, aku masih belum bisa sepenuhnya menerima. Good friends is a rare thing, a familylike friendships are a really scarce thing.
And that was a great loss.

There was a guy, known to fought bravely for one vision,
surrounded by a great friends he loved & whom he shared the vision.
And then he left for another dream, to dare His life for a greater vision
did he betrayed, was he a renegade ?
Goodbye all, I'll never thank you enough for being the great mentor & friends
I ever have in my life.

Goodbye Astra Honda Motor...

Conquering the storm - Sailing to the light

The only way to conquering the dark storm is keep moving forward. Soon or later this too shall passed. And finally you will see the bright light is coming. You will see your self walking in the blessed path. A blessing in disguise. You wouldn't know what is His plan to you. But if you believe in the beauty of His scheme, than He will show it to you, in a way that you never guess...

Terkadang kita merasa bahwa jalan yang kita ambil mungkin bukanlah jalan yang terbaik. Dalam hati terpikirkan sebuah fragmen tentang "what if analysis", bagaimana jika dulu aku mengambil jalan yang itu, bukan yang ini? Dan akhirnya rasa tidak bersyukur pun muncul dalam bentuk rasa menyesal atau keraguan tentang jalan yang akan dihadapi. Is this the best life that I could get? such a question.

Terkadang kita lupa bahwa apa yang sudah kita jalani sebenarnya hasil dari crystal of wish yang telah dikirimkan kepada pemilik semesta. Dan lebih nyata adalah hasil dari keputusan yang sebenarnya penanggung jawab penuhnya adalah diri sendiri. Harga diri melupakan bahwa dalam perjalanan hidup ini tangan-Nya bergerak dimana-mana. Menyingkirkan sebatang paku, menemukan anda dengan jodoh, mempersiapkan karir di suatu tempat, menaruh rezeki tidak jauh dari jalan hidup. Dan dengan bangga kita merasakan bahwa keberhasilan ini adalah sepenuhnya hasil dari kerja keras.

Aku bersyukur atas pilihan ini, sebuah lompatan yang ternyata membuka satu jalan menuju pintu-pintu yang lebih luas. Sebuah pintu yang merupakan gerbang dari sebuah kristal mimpi yang pernah terkirim meski tidak dengan penuh keyakinan. Dalam satu tahun kristal ini akan menjadi nyata, dan segala puji untuk-Nya yang telah menyiapkan ini meski aku telah sebelumnya pernah berburuk sangka.

Life is a matter of good choice, never the bad one because you will never take it if it is bad. The problem is sometime we forget to thanks for that choice, and think that the universe had betrayed us. If bad thing happens, that's only a storm. And for all the storm, even the stronger one, just believe that "this too, shall pass".

Behind it you will see the beauty of the sunlight...

Down to Earth vs Laws of Attraction

You are what you think?? Is that true, beware of that thaught

Sebuah buku berjudul Thinking Now mengupas bahaya dari seseorang yang terlalu tenggelam dalam dunia mimpi. Bahwa meski tipis tetap ada garis tegas yang memisahkan antara kehidupan dan alam mimpi dan khayalan. Bahwa mimpi setinggi jerapah naik enggrang di atas monas tetap tidak akan mengubah kehidupan tanpa penerimaan bahwa kita masih hidup di kolong jembatan di bawah underpass.

Think global act local. Mungkin itu yang disarankan oleh penulisnya. Boleh saja mimpi digantungkan di pesawat Apollo yang mau pergi ke Mars tapi tetap harus bangun pagi terus mandi jangan lupa gosok gigi. So sometime hard coffee should wake me up from my day dreaming. Face the truth that there is still much a high way before the dream come true. Dan tidak akan sampai kalau tidak bangun dan melangkah meski masih mengantuk berat.

Garis tegas itu, the slight border between dreamer and insanity, akan mudah untuk pecah apabila mimpi segede bagong itu hingga waktu yang telah dibayangkan masih terlalu jauh untuk diwujudkan. Maka antara Sang Pemimpi dengan Sang Insanity pun bergabung. Tanyakan pada Nietzche atau Freud bagaimana rasanya. Atau tanyakan pada para executive muda yang akhir-akhir ini menemukan hobi Extreme Sport baru, yaitu Suicidal Bungee Jumping alias bunuh diri dari atas gedung atau apartemen mewah.

So I think it is time to walk down to earth. Saatnya menginjak bumi kembali karena Sang Pemimpi-pun harus bekerja mendekatkan diri pada garis takdir.

You are what you do, that is for sure

The Equilibrium

Pergi ke Belitung memberikan aku banyak hal. Pertama, bahwa alam masih menyimpan sejuta rahasia untuk dibuka, aku masih setitik semut yang sudah lelah dan bangga ketika berhasil berjalan melintasi meja makan. Kedua, perjalanan ke situs Laskar Pelangi - Tanjong Pandan, Tanjung Binga, Penambang Pasir, Kelapa Sawit - membuat racun Andrea Hirata lebih merasuk dalam pemikiranku. Bahwa tidak ada mozaik dalam kehidupan yang terjadi secara kebetulan, bahwa hidup ini masih panjang untuk berhenti dalam sebuah cangkang siput emas, bahwa dunia masih luas untuk dijelajahi dengan niat yang keras, bahwa kecerdasan manusia memungkinkan untuk tidak terbatas.

Dan ketiga, ada satu titik dimana jiwaku jatuh di ekuilibrium, titik dimana ekspektasi bertemu dengan realitas. Tidak akan ada pekerjaan yang mudah, tidak akan ada uang halal yang cepat untuk didapat. Hukum ekonomipun berlaku untuk rezeki yang halal (tidak untuk koruptor sepertinya). No gain without pain.

Entah Andrea Hirata sedang trance, entah novel itu hiperbolic, entah aku orang yang terlalu banyak berkhayal tapi satu hal bahwa memang di siklus ini aku harus bercermin kembali. Ini bukan cangkang emas dimana aku menjadi raja kecil, bukan aquarium dimana aku telah menjadi yang tercepat, bukan kolam ikan yang tanpa predator.

Ini samudra baru, dengan langit yang penuh misteri.