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merasa nyaman

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Kenyamanan itu penting untuk banyak orang. Mungkin, untuk semua orang. Sebagian kecil orang menemukan kenyamanan dengan mudah, sebagian kecil lagi menciptakan kenyamanan dengan mudah, sebagian lain melakukan keduanya – tetapi dengan sedikit lebih sulit. – kalau kamu gimana?

Swiney.

Swiney.

Hari ini genap sebulan dua minggu saya kerja di kantor ini. Rasa nyaman itu muncul sejak minggu ketiga, dan terus memuncak sampai hari ini – di mana rasanya sungguh sangat nyaman sekali. Nyaman duduk di kursi warna pink itu, menghadap kaca jendela berwarna gelap itu, mondar-mandir ke dapur untuk membuat kopi dari stoples-stoples itu, bolak-balik ke kamar mandi itu, jalan-jalan ke meja di tengah itu, cemal-cemil makanan-makanan yang ada di atas meja itu, ledek-ledekan dengan orang-orang itu, termasuk mulai beraneh-aneh dengan beberapa orang itu.

Entah, kenyamanan itu muncul atau saya ciptakan atau diciptakan bersama. Jawaban yang politically correct, tentunya yang terakhir. Rasa nyaman itu diciptakan oleh saya, teman-teman sekantor saya, keanehan-keanehan yang terlontar dan termunculkan tanpa atau dengan sengaja, dan yang terakhir, oleh benda-benda yang ada di sekeliling saya.

Untuk yang terakhir ini, baru hari ini saya menyadarinya. Ternyata benda-benda punya efek yang cukup besar untuk menciptakan suasana nyaman. Boneka, mainan, pajangan, poster, semua benda itu ternyata punya kontribusi besar dalam menciptakan kenyamanan yang saya rasakan hari ini. Bukan hanya membuat ruangan kecil divisi new media itu menjadi lebih berwarna, lebih humane, dan lebih asik, tapi lebih dari itu – benda-benda itu membuat kami bicara, tertawa, bertukar pikiran, beraneh-aneh-ria, dan saling meledek satu sama lain.

stoples mini berisi makanan mini untuk kami yang mini-mini

stoples mini berisi makanan mini untuk kami yang mini-mini

Benda-benda mati itu diam, tidak bicara, tidak bergerak – tapi mampu jadi katalis untuk kami semua berbicara, bergerak, berimajinasi. Benda-benda mati itu diam, tidak bicara, tidak bergerak – tapi mampu merefleksikan diri kami dengan lebih dalam, membuat kami membuka diri terhadap satu sama lain dengan cara yang berbeda. Benda-benda mati itu diam, tidak bicara, tidak bergerak – tapi mereka punya peran sama besar dengan kami semua yang bicara dan bergerak di divisi kecil new media ini.

A day at the office

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One day at the office.

It starts at 8.30, when I walked off my car seat, took my bag, laptop, and my lunch box that is already placed nicely in a small japanese-patterned cloth tote bag. I then walked 10 meters into the orange gate. Many cars are already parked besides my car, and as I walked into the opened orange gate I can see the motorcycles parked inside the garage.

The sound of the water dripping in the little water fountain on the small front yard is audible now. I glanced to my left and see the 10-seaters long wooden table where my colleagues sometimes sit to have lunch or the every-friday-sharing-session. As I stepped on the front porch toward the front door I walked pass the round table with its four seats – I remember sitting here for my first week orientation.

My left hand reached the door knob and turn the door open. The admins are the first people I see. The first smiles and “good-mornings” for the day. My steps then continued towards my desk – in the nice little new media division room with the glass window that separates our room with the main room at the office. After putting my laptop on the table, taking out my notes, pen, and mobile phones, I took my seat.

The day starts with opening my laptop and proceeds to the usual email checking. Today, it continues with some phone calls, press-release writing, blog writing, presentation preparation, some money matters, and some snacks in between. There is usually applets in between as well. The large screen that could blind you should you look too intense and too long at it.

applets in the corner

applets in the corner

The day usually goes faster in the time before lunch. Then lunch come. Today, it is my meal box, plus an additional half-portion of tee-box bakwan. The portion is usually shared with a friend. After lunch, we drove to Cikajang in order to find the oh-so-longed-after pisang coklat seller. Today is, by the way, the second attempt, and still, we failed.

But, the disappointment does not last too long, because when we arrived at the office, the oh-so-helpful admin offered to send the office boy to buy them!! So there we were, as happy as birthday children, ordering the pisang coklat and ice cream (additional, yes), and then went back to our desks to wait… which turned out to end in vain because the pisang coklat was not there (it was finished for today). So, some of us make do with the ice cream and some with coffee. I was in the latter category.

The day moved on to the afternoon, where I started writing again, and finally – writing for my own blog as well. A good news for today: another friend has agreed to SEO my blog! So the SEO-ed blog will be a joint-project for both of us. I will update you on that.

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Then the day finally come to an end. It closed off with a tiny problem with a client. That will hopefully be resolved tomorrow. :)

Then the clock strikes 6. And I have promised my mom that I will go home now.

Cheerio, folk!