Kissed from parallel universe!

Kid, it has been years you have not known that you are incomplete. As an older brother, who cannot stay along beside you when you awake alone in every morning. Who failed to feed you when you are hungry. Who does not hear your voice when you are crying. Who is not able to give you a hug when you are scared. And who had never said goodbye when I was going to leave.

Or who cannot spend days to see you around, to keep an eyes on you while you are fixing your toycar, to get laugh together while seeing funny movies.

I bet you, many of them have asked someone who you do not know who is she. They told many good stories about person you haven't heard her name before. Do not listen to them. Just please disregard them, at least until you grown up. You are too fragile to know what have happened. Though, days to come does not promise to get you any stronger. Till you are ready to discover what the reality is.



Ready for having breakfast!

Kid, look at my eyes. Do I look to have an intention to leave you alone?

I know you are frightened when the storm hit, there is no warmth shoulder to lean your fear on. I know you are distracted when you wake up, but none beside you. And I only am be able do nothing from here, distance divided us. It was like I am having affairs with parallel universe when I recall you, and ended worrying you extremely. But kid, I see your confusion. I come and go without alert. When I suddenly come home, you were just staring at me and flustered. You took a while to be conscious, I read your thought saying like "Is he really coming? Is he?" then you just got excited when you realize that it was me, you are not dreaming, kid! It was me! And you finally messed my face up. You touch my nose and my hair, making sure that you meet person you want to see so badly then you kissed me a lot. I recognize your facial showed me how you mad and happy at me in the same time, then you put smile on your face with excitement.

Beside you, I drove where you find remote control car you like a lot. I was involved to choose a pair of apparels which suit on you. I bought you Donuts you like the most. I paid what I owed on you. 


 Kondangan dressed!


I am sure you are asking me these confusions,

"Where the hell have you been?"

"Why the fuck don't you get home for long time?"

"Who the hell are you really?"

"Why did you do this to me, bitch?"

"Why didn't you ask me for permission when you leave, bitch?"

And I have no idea to answer.

I am sorry for making you get confused. You have never known what adults faced in life, when people are considering too much to choose which one is better. Because option on getting adults was not as simple as choosing the red or blue toycars. I am sorry for never talking to you in a phone, it will just waste my tears to hear your voice. I was just always not ready to say "Hello" as hard as saying "Goodbye" to you. I could not handle if you were screaming at me when I have to go. It will be even worse for me to see your face on farewell, I can't. Then I always decide to disappear from you, and what I know is nothing, whether you are crying out to find me or not. At least I don't feel guilty on you. It is better, I think.

In this your 3rd birthday, I am sorry for not home. For not bringing you cake, for not teaching you how to slice a cake in a good way. I realized that I am not a good brother. And this is your second time that no Mama beside you when you blow birthday candle. And you unluckily only have once an opportunity to celebrate your birthday with Mama, no any longer.

I always wish the best for you, and keep getting stronger, kid! Stay active and talkactive! In the near future when you are bigger, I hope you to read this and make you sure that I never leave you.

HAPPY 3rd Birthday Aron! Kissed from parallel universe!

Where the soul of ambisious is getting started?

Di usia ini, bahkan aku baru menyadari ada sebuah stepping stone besar yang akhirnya mengubah hidup menjadi so much wonderful and full of colors. Sesuatu kejadian yang tidak pernah terlupakan itu, hanyalah sebuah perkara kecil yang dilakukan banyak anak kecil di saat duduk dibangku kelas tiga Sekolah Dasar. 

Bermula dari kantor Bapak yang mengadakan lomba 17 Agustusan, di sebuah hall yang sangat besar bernama Puri Makutoromo, kota Salatiga. Kantor bapakku berkumpul untuk mengadakan acara dalam skala regional yaitu Jateng dan DIY. Tidak tahu pastinya berapa, namun kira-kira sekitar 700 orang menghadiri acara besar tersebut, ditambah dengan lomba-lomba yang biasa ada di lomba tujuh belas agustusan. 

Sebagai gambaran, Taufik Fitriyanto kelas 3 SD adalah seorang yang totally nerd, kecil, dan agak songong. Sampai sekarang pun tidak berubah sifatnya, menyebalkan. Itulah kenapa I am kind of a bulliable-enough kid. Bullied is my daily meal. Biasa saja, tidak pernah sakit hati atau mungkin minder atau takut. Malah makin songong. Dia adalah anak kecil yang tidak seperti anak kecil lainnya, malah sangat berbeda. Keberadaannya di dunia sosial seolah tak pernah dianggap, atau lebih mudahnya gagal di kehidupan sosial. Dia memiliki dunia nya sendiri, menghabiskan waktu belasan jam untuk memikirkan sesuatu hal yang tidak penting untuk anak seusia nya. Bahkan, kelas satu SD pun sudah sangat visioner yaitu sudah memikirkan 20 tahun mendatang akan menikah dengan seseorang yang tidak perlu disebut namanya, serta sudah merencakan memiliki anak kembar yang entah kenapa bernama Sandy dan Randy. Dan dua nama tersebut malah sekarang adalah orang yang berada di closest circle in my life.

Look alike, bedanya ga pake kacamata.

Anyway aku punya foto dengan pose yang sama dan penampilan yang kurang lebih sama dan potongan rambut yang sama, di depan lemari pas mau berangkat les. Dan itu foto kelas 3 SD juga, so I need to find it again. Nanti dirumah mau ngubek-ngubek album foto, ah!

Beberapa opsi yang ada finally pilihanku jatuh ke lomba balap kelereng yang diletakkan diatas sendok sambil digigit. Sebagai anak SD, tidak ada yang spesial untuk mengikuti lomba tujuh belasan, apalagi hanya lomba kelereng. Sama sekali tidak spesial, dude! Persiapan seminggu, iya seminggu aku mempersiapkan berbagai macam strategi untuk memenangkan lomba balap kelereng. Cukup random kalau dipikir-pikir, kenapa cuman lomba balap kelereng aku mempersiapkannya dengan matang?

Sebelumnya tak pernah terpikir untuk ikut lomba, seolah gak penting. Bahkan apa sih fungsinya lomba itu? Balap kelereng, pula? Tapi entah kenapa aku mempersiapkan beberapa strategi memang aku rancang dan aku lakukan sendiri tanpa bantuan siapapun. 

Dude, for the sake of God, why the hell is this kid was going to do unimportant thing?

Pertama, mencari berbagai macam sendok makan yang berbeda ukuran dan berbeda bahan. Ada sendok plastik, stainless steel atau bahkan sendok bebek. Kedua, mencari lokasi yang berbeda konturnya misalnya jalanan berbatu, jalanan aspal, jalanan rata dan jalanan yang masih tanah asli. Ketiga, mencari hambatan. Misalnya kursi yang ditata agar kita berjalan zigzag. Keempat, sebagai preemptive action aku juga berlatih menggunakan kelereng dengan berbagai macam ukuran.

Kebayang kan gimana ribetnya, bahkan untuk hal yang sepele, mungkin sangat tidak berarti bagi orang lain. Pastinya ada alasan kenapa aku mempersiapkan semua hal itu, karena aku belum pernah ikut lomba dan belum tahu medan perang nya seperti apa. Medan perangnya terdiri dari beberapa aspek utama yaitu sendok, kelereng, lokasi, dan hambatan. Untuk meningkatkan probability kemenangan, itulah kenapa aku mempersiapkan itu semua. Selain mempersiapkan itu semua pastinya latihan rutin adalah suatu keharusan.

Akhirnya pada hari H semua persiapan dan latihan sudah selesai. Peserta lomba kurang lebih 100 anak dari berbagai penjuru Jateng dan DIY. Aku sengaja keluar dari gedung melihat venue dimana pertempuran dilakukan. Lapangan yang luas itu memang agak sulit untuk dicari, namun sebuah meja bertuliskan "Lomba Balap Kelereng" mencerahkan pemikiranku. Ternyata venue nya tidak sesulit yang telah aku persipakan, hanya di sebuah lapangan yang lantainya sudah aspal dan tidak ada rintangan. Disitu aku merasa mungkin ini menjadi sebuah gambling, dimana setiap orang pasti bisa melewatinya. 

Jadi proses perlombaan ini adalah sistem gugur, dimana lombanya dilakukan setiap 5 orang. Dua terbaik setiap pertandingan akan maju ke babak selanjutnya, hingga akhirnya aku selalu menempati posisi pertama. Setelah beberapa kali pertandingan dibawah panas matahari, akhirnya melenggang ke final. Sampai, aku menjadi juara. 

Itu adalah trophy pertama yang aku dapatkan. Pertama kali memegang piala seolah-olah memenangkan lomba debat bahasa inggris sedunia. Waktu itu tidak bisa diungkapkan dengan kata-kata, bahkan saat dipanggil ke depan untuk penyerahan trophy dan hadiah pun dengan percaya dirinya berjalan dengan melihat ratusan orang di depanku dan bertepuk tangan. Menjadi artis sehari, tak apalah. Selain itu juga semua mata seolah-olah tertuju padaku. Karena biasanya, bahkan dilihat pun tidak.

Aku hanya tahu bahwa menang lomba adalah hal baik. Dan menyenangkan, karena banyak dapat hadiah, dan perhatian. 

Being in the center of attention in a good thing, is a good thing right?

Semenjak itu, karena banyaknya manfaat aku menjadi sering mengikuti lomba-lomba selanjutnya yang ada di desaku atau desa sebelah. Setiap tahun selalu menang, bahkan lebih parahnya lagi misal dari 7 lomba, 5 diantaranya aku juara satu. Ambisius sekali kawan. Hingga akhirnya, sampai sekarang mengkoleksi piala. Dan piala itu berasal dari berbagai macam lomba, so it was so colorful! Gak monoton lomba itu-itu aja. Meskipun piala beberapa piala hilang atau ada beberapa yang patah atau beberapa yang rusak atau beberapa juga tidak ada pialanya, tapi value nya hingga sekarang masih ada.

Yang tidak berubah dari Taufik Fitriyanto yang dulu hingga sekarang adalah well-prepared. Semenjak kuliah, tidak terlalu banyak mengikuti lomba meskipun lebih dari sepuluh sih. Karena banyaknya tugas kuliah sehingga memang tidak sempat atau tidak menemukan team yang cocok untuk lomba, biasanya lomba yang personal. Kedewasaan cukup mempengaruhi, aku memfilter beberapa perlombaan yang akan diikuti karena pastinya melelahkan. Still ambitious, but leveling up the elegance. Toh perlombaan kecil-kecilan tidak akan bernilai apa-apa di CV, cukup mencantumkan beberapa yang terbaik dan terkenal saja. Daripada membuang banyak waktu, I decide just mengikuti lomba yang skala cukup besar.

Keunikan dari lomba-lomba yang ditawarkan di perkuliahan adalah perbedaan karakter setiap lomba. Perbedaan culture dari setiap perusahaan yang mengadakan lomba mempengaruhi parameter lomba yang ada. Aku selalu melakukan deep research pada setiap lomba yang aku ikuti, dari karakter perusahaan hingga pattern dari pemenang beberapa tahun sebelumnya. Deep research membutuhkan waktu yang tidak sedikit, sekitar seminggu atau kadang lebih. Ditambah membuat persyaratan yang dilakukan untuk lomba, karena ke-perfeksionisan yang ada, alhasil membutuhkan waktu yang lama juga. Karena aku tidak mau asal-asalan ikut lomba, atau ikut lomba yang asal-asalan. So, I always do my best!

Benang merah telah ditemukan, dari sebuah lomba balap kelereng, hingga banyak lomba-lomba yang mengubah pandangan hidup, persahabatan, atau standard kehidupan. Mungkin dulu kalau tidak pernah mengikuti lomba balap kelereng, tidak akan mendapatkan pengalaman yang luar biasa seperti sekarang ini. All I can do just saying Alhamdulilah. 

This post is built by curiousity where my ambitious has just begun. I have been thinking heavily to figure it out where is everything just started.

Magical Days : Unilever Future Leaders' League 2015

Actually, I was blessed to be the part of this program or some people called it competition. Guys, believe me that I never feel like being in a competition stage, it was like I had fun together with another 29 outstanding students over Indonesia Universities. Thanks, Committee!

Key point:
- Meaningful
- Sleeplessness
- Dramas
- Fun
- Joys
- Sadness
- Tireless
- Happiness
- Ice cream (Walls is the part of Unilever, right? ;D )

Aula Unilever Mega Mendung Learning Center

Anugerah yang tak terkira itu ketika setelah pengumuman finalist, siangnya aku bertemu dengan Dimas mahasiswa Fasilkom '11 yang 2 tahun sebelumnya jadi finalist #UFLL juga dan kebetulan kami pernah sekelas Business Intelligence. Pertemuan yang tidak disengaja itu membuahkan hasil interogasi kepada Dimas karena memang doi sudah melanglang buana di berbagai penjuru dunia dan sering menang lomba-lomba berskala nasional atau internasional. Berdasarkan pengalaman Dimas, bahwa di #UFLL bakal bertemu orang-orang super ambisius yang menang lomba atau ke luar negeri untuk sebuah acara adalah hal yang biasa. Selain High Achiever kata Dimas bahwa mereka mempunyai karakter yang kuat masing-masing individu. Meskipun bukannya makin excited, tetapi malah semakin takut bertemu orang-orang UFLL. Takut terintimidasi secara otomatis, secara kebanyakan mereka adalah memang dibidangnya.Cukup random karena ketemu di sebuah restoran terkenal di daerah barel (*belakang rel) bernama SASARI. Jangan ngaku anak UI kalo gatau SASARI! Dengan muka berseri seri, banyak banget men yang gue tanyain. Dari apa aja yang harus dilakukan serta tips-tips mantapss dari Dimas. Thanks, bro!

Anyway tahun ini tema nya adalah Rexona!

*tiba-tiba pingsan bingung mau bikin inovasi Rexona kayak gimana. Maunya sih bikin Rexona rasa strawberry!

Kami merupakan 30 mahasiswa terpilih dari seluruh penjuru negeri untuk mengikuti 6 hari camp dari Unilever. Hari pertama dan kedua kami tinggal di Fave Hotel Jakarta yang lokasinya dekat dengan HQ Unilever di daerah Gatot Subroto. Hari pertama adalah having fun! Acaranya masih games-games mengenai leadership dan kekompakan, I know ini dibuat untuk saling mengenal satu sama lain. Kami dibagi menjadi 3 team besar untuk melewati beberapa games yang sudah di persiapkan oleh Maxima (kayak EO gitu2).

Pose 1

Pose 2


Setelah randomly order, kami dibagi menjadi 10 team yang terdiri masing-masing 3 orang akhirnya aku mendapatkan team dengan Tizar (Prasetya Mulya 13) dan Bianca (STEI ITB 12). Pikiran pertama pastinya kita sama-sama belum tahu karakter satu sama lain, dan kemampuan. Ditambah dua per tiga dari kami bukan berasal dari bidang yang berdekatan dengan Business/Management/Economics. Pertama tama sih merasa Zonk, bayangkan aja ada beberapa team yang anggotanya 2 orang bisa dari FEUI, FEB UGM, dan SBM ITB! Terlebih ini adalah kompetisi bisnis. Biarpun udah tahu mereka adalah manusia-manusia terpilih tapi ada kekhawatiran, kekhawatiran untuk tidak percaya kemampuan yang lain. Beruntung sekali aku sekelompok sama Tizar yang anyway dia President of AIESEC di prasmul yang pastinya jam terbang tinggi dalam hal ketemu orang-orang. Dia HR banget! Setelah fix dikelompokin, kami janjian ketemu di kamar Tizar. Kami saling sharing satu sama lain, curhat-curhatan satu sama lain, ngasih masukan hingga membuat rule yang harus kita taatin. Kita share apa yang kita suka, apa yang kita benci, apa yang tidak boleh dilakukan selama U-Camp. Berkat Tizar, kami diharuskan mengumpulkan 3 personality paling dominan yang ada dalam diri kami masing-masing untuk menentukan nama team. Nama team harus merepresentasikan diri kami semua, ya as we know kalo itu kan salah satu self-branding, eh team-branding denk

Maafkan kami!

Brainstorm! anyway itu udah ambil makanan berkali-kali

Akhirnya tertulislah 9 personalities dari diri kami semua (yang ada di buku catetan si Bea) menghasilkan sebuah nama team sesuai kesepakatan dan personalities itu semua yaitu ------------------------>>>

-----------------------------------------"Sherlock Team"--------------------------------------------------

Sherlock team ini berisi dari orang yang bener-bener diverse background banget! Awalnya aku sama Bea jiper sih, gimana gak! Hampir semua yang disini adalah mahasiswa marketing atau ekonomi atau management atau yang mirip-mirip itu. Ditambah mereka itu manusia-manusia super yang prestasinya memang, ya begitulah. Super Human. Walaupun beruntung sih ketemu orang-orang hebat seperti mereka. Kepikiran kenapa harus Sherlock juga mungkin karena keanehan karakter kami kali ya, kami kan manusia-manusia geeks yang karakternya self-centric tapi punya skill yang tidak bisa di remehkan. *uhuk. Pemikiran-pemikiran kami yang out of the box dan cenderung super random sih aslinya mah, akhirnya kami manage it well!

Yang sudah ditekankan dari awal bahwa kami harus jadi diri kami sendiri, we don't need to be another person to win this competition. Intinya just the way we are.

I learned a lot from this program. I ended up with active-critics person in every single department provided. I asked question and argued in a very specific yet comprehensive with powerful idea *sombooonngggg. We raised our team to brand as awkward, strange, weird and anything what usually people name it as an underestimation yet others made it into a click-by-glamorous-and-high-classes-branded. I think we are having a very strong characters in this competition.

Foto Ala-ala

Disaat kelompok lain panik lagi presentasi akhir, wajah kami malah out of control!

Kak Egaaa! Fotoin kami! *teriak
Disaat team yang lain foto ala Future Leaders yang membanggakan, apalah kami!

Detik-detik disaat orang-orang panik mempersiapkan presentasi
Kami malah karaokean sambil main billyard, Luar biasa!

Partying after all waves we've been through!


Beberapa hari mata ngantuk, otak random kayak stop, bangun pagi-pagi, menyelesaikan case dan pastinya prepare buat hari-hari selanjutnya. Schedule yang padat, rasanya mau cabut sebentar aja gabisa. Lagian gak mungkin ada alasan buat cabut, seru banget coy!

Akhirnya setelah hari ke-5 pengumuman pun datang, Yoshh! We are considered to enter Grand Final Round!


Grand finalist yang sebenernya deg-degan setengah mati dibelakang backstage!


Presentasi di depan Direktur Unilever Indonesia, Mr Hemant Bakhsi!

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Finally, we got 2nd winner!
Yossh!

Dan juga setelah Team Sherlock merekrut beberapa teman lain untuk Viral Promotion Challenge, kita menang juga! Thanks a lot buat Jordan (FEUI 12) & Bayu (UB 12) yang menyumbang likers terbanyak yaitu 1000 likers dan 800 likers! Gaes, kalian berdua artis yak? Thanks to bring us the Handphone home!

Team Sherlock on Viral Promotion Challenge!


Bukan masalah menangnya, program ini mengajarkanku banyak self-improvement, teamwork, dan terakhir adalah persahabatan. Bayangin aja, baru 2 hari aja kita ketemu, udah kayak kenal bertahun-tahun, men! Kayak udah punya chemistry!

 We are the future leaders!

See you Guys!


*Note: Untuk foto-foto lengkap keseruan kami bisa dicek disini
tinyurl.com/ufll2015

Dan dua video yang selalu bikin baper!
#UFLL2015 Afterglow

Emotions

Now, I have a reason staying in a funeral


Since that tragedy, I started to vacant schedule for visiting her. I redeemed my guilty, for sure. Since really, I haven’t seen her in the last time, I was getting away for a while.
Walked in between of gravestone, I thought. I captured distinct conditions every step I walk. I saw classes. In the middle of out-of-control thought, I classified it clearly. I looked in the next right three steps from where I stand, I have seen blue glamorous gravestone design. Stood by strong architecture. Pinky flowers around. Closes by are clean. And little bit sparkling. No wild grasses around. Written by golden ink epitaph. I assumed it as a wealthy woman who has been being loved by her family, and around 30. In the left side, I found 2 tiny stones in a parallel ordered standing face to face with decorated with natural wild grasses. Not dirty, I mean it needed to be cleaned for years. Unorganized well. I couldn’t spot its name clearly. Grasses height was mostly surpassing them.
From those realities, I seized value. Not about caste, but more. It represents in a way how high the grade of true love.
                                    
Loyalty.
Talking about commitment in caring something whether they are exists or not. Does it hard? I illustrated it as knowing what kind consequences of “caring to a little cocoon will be a flying butterfly someday, or consequences of talking to the mannequin which never give a feedback”. Allocate time to visit a stone in a place where the latest man will be stayed at. In a silent yet devoutly clear of people’s presence, I have come. I expected nothing, nor feedback. With sincere, I stayed. I need to make sure that her gravestone is always clean. I wholeheartedly was getting hurt looking around, looking at the stones were not keep maintained. I presented to bring the public that “She” was being loved that much by us.

Commitment.
Being brave to commit for getting hurt, every come will never be back, again. I scheduled, not only for now but forever. Commitment for memory. I come to memorize it. I grabbed it. Since two different feels were running, “I come to reminisce it or I come to forget it”. I confused. Since paradoxal substances come frequently. I still have not established, which way I should go for.

When I was a little boy, I got no feels of going to funeral. I come to people did not meet before, no no, I come to a stone, and I have to go, they said. I did my complimentary activities, with no feeling. Still hard finding a reason, “Why should I have come to here?” was a repeating question. I have no tendency.
Now, I have known. Visiting to funeral for a while means anything. I presented a loyalty and commitment. I intended to make everyone sees, that “She” was being loved by us, really.

The perk of being me: Unilever Future Leaders’ League 2015

Sebelumnya so sorry kalau postingannya banyak yang gak penting, actually blog ini kayak diary online kali yaa, setelah disadarkan buat menulis hal-hal menarik yang udah gue dapetin.

Disuatu malam yang random, diantara tugas yang menumpuk, di kehidupan tengah malam di dunia maya yang tak henti-hentinya hidup aku tidak sengaja melewati sebuah post yang menegangkan ~so over. Lampu sudah dimatikan, pintu sudah dikunci, susu sudah diminum.

Menyebalkan, memang. Fanspage “Unilever Careers” dengan ratusan ribu likers yang menampilkan selembar shortlisted finalists dari berbagai penjuru Indonesia, kenapa harus tengah malam? Apakah kegembiraan dan penyesalan selalu didukung oleh gelapnya malam? Apa mereka tak pernah terpikirkan kalo kegalauan manusia datang 99% pada malam hari? Anyway itu 99% kegalauan datang malam hari itu based on experience, bukan nyari di Scopus maupun ScienceDirect, so take it easy!

Pastinya kolom disebelah kanan bertuliskan Universitas masing-masing finalis yang notabene selalu di dominasi oleh anak-anak UI, ITB, UGM lagi dan lagi. Dan harus bersaing dengan orang-orang seperti itu lagi dan lagi. Yes, accepted! Ga berharap sama kompetisi satu ini berhubung udah tau pendaftarnya pasti manusia-manusia ambis dengan pengalaman organisasi segudang dan prestasi gemilang. Of course karena selection process nya melibatkan CV, Bisnis model dan essay inovatif. Singkat kata hari itu gak tidur sampe abis subuh. Duh, kepikiran. Kepikiran gimana plan marketing automation atau bahkan analisis market biar gak salah sasaran, atau malah kepikiran gimana nanti jualan Rexona ke orang-orang sensi yang punya Underarm problem atau body odor yang mengganggu terus gue dimaki-maki karena menyinggung perasaannya, terus dibawa ke tempat penjagalan terdekat. Nooooooo! Kepikiran sesuatu hal yang gak penting sih, baca pengalaman-pengalaman tahun sebelumnya aja katanya seru banget U-Camp nya!

Unilever memiliki 5 Departemen besar yaitu Supply Chain Management, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, dan Sales. Pertama soksokan mau apply di Supply Chain Management, dengan PD nya membaca soal yang bener-bener out of context dari SCM yang di pelajari di Fasilkom. Kurang lebih pertanyaannya “Apabila kamu menjadi Quality Manager, tolong identifikasi isu kualitas dari Rexona dan silahkan solve problemnya”, akhirnya gue teriak-teriak minta tolong beneran! Engga, akhirnya membuka slide dari awal sampe akhir sampe bolak balik gak nemu, close! Lelah dengan kehampaan ini, kehampaan ide maksudnya! Singkat kata pindah ke Marketing dengan membuat Business Model tentang Marketing Automation Rexona dengan ide yang super hits (Rahasiaa!) yang akhirnya membentangkan karpet merah melenggang ke Final.

Berhari-hari membaca pengalaman-pengalaman mereka di U-Camp tahun-tahun sebelumnya kayaknya seru. Gimana gak seru, bolos kuliah coy seminggu! Ditambah lagi acaranya di Bogor, sudah lama tak menghirup udara sejuk sepoi-sepoi ala gunung *bring me back to Boyolali!


Kekhawatiran satu persatu mulai sirna mendekat setelah hari H mendekat. Dannnnn, the war has just begun!

Participate in a Friendly City

The closest relationship between the house (where we live) and the environment is a town. The city provides a wide range of elements required by the community to carry out its activities and boost the economy. City and residents interconnected with one another to create a longer life. It was called a symbiotic mutualism because they can not stand alone and can not live without one another. Focusing on the development of a city, it usually developed with many big capitalist projects who take over a wide range of land to be used as a place to conduct business. Not one, but sometimes the government forgets the eviction of the local residents who previously lived. Friendly city concept is a good concept in a development town, where the city has an index of security, peace, non-polluting, and transportation connected. Aspects of child-friendly and environmentally friendly are also included in the city's friendly concept.

The following aspects that support the concept of Friendly city:

1. Friendly to children.
In this aspect assessed on the basis of public facilities that are not harmful to children. With design that has been made in such a way, it should be able to cope with accidents in children. As a concrete example is the design of a garden fence made of iron that sharp edges with a height of less than 1 meter. Circumstances where a small child can be injured by the barbed wire, the city eligible children are expected to minimize the accident committed by a small child less than 10 years old.

2. Friendly to the elderly.
The existence of elderly who still like other normal human activity, can be found in many cities. It should be facilitated, because the elderly have limitations in physical motion. The example that has been implemented is the Pelican Crossing. The system is a system that made the traffic light is provided button if you want to cross the road. “Pelican Crossing” helps the elderly and citizens to reduce the risk of road accidents due to lack of aware of the traffic light.

3. Friendly to tourists.
Provided many signs are easily to understand layman, for example, direction at the intersection as well as some important information that can be obtained with a simple tourist.

4. Less pollution.
In addition to increasing the capacity of green space, reduce air pollution is also done by reducing the number of motorized transport in a city. There are basic things that cause people choose not to use motorized transport (bicycles) is a Habit. Habit, a town that predominantly uses bicycles as a primary mode of transportation will produce a healthy habit for life, because they always exercise anywhere. To invite people aware of cycling, should be given the socialization of the direct impact of cycling on health.

5. Public transport is connected.
Transportation is basically designed to enable residents to mobility. Transportation connected with each other, it will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of mobility.

6. High security.
Crime is the most frightening specter for anyone who lives in the city. With a high control of the government for security, then the more people feel safe anywhere and anytime. There is no fear for all those who were in the city.

Instead of waiting for the government to make policy and other preparations, we as citizens must also have full awareness to make changes. Here are some tips to make our city a city that is friendlier:
1. Cycling
2. Expand to walk
3. Helpful against tourists
4. Choosing public transport rather than private transport (motorized)
5. Participate maintain environmental hygiene

Friendly City concept is suitable for a wide variety of the city that has foundations in a wide variety of sectors of the economy. The seriousness of the government is expected here to create a city that is convenient for all.


*This post is dedicated to satisfy Asia Pacific Urban Youth Assembly (APUF-6) task.

Taufik Fitriyanto
Universitas Indonesia
Indonesian Delegate for Asia Pacific Urban Youth Assembly 2015

Home for All: Inclusive city

The place for all citizen members are required to provide a happiness, safety, and live-able. As the bottom level of hierarchy in the regional organization, City acts whole what society needed. The nation's neighborhoods are separated by income, assets, and educational background.

Inclusive City

How does a city become one that inclusive of all? First it must address the growing divide between the rich and poor, the lack of affordable housing, relations between the community and law enforcement, and concerns about gentrification.[1]

City as a platform for society to grow up has to supply a pleasant condition for members. Various backgrounds society should be satisfied to enhance the city's human resources quality. Somehow Several Cities that has a big economy that could be the center of attraction to be lived in. Let us analyze what were required by society:
1. Various ethnics
2. Various cultures
3. Various ages

Various ethnics impact to the society requirements. The needs of the various tribes in need of some specific requests such as the minimarket by providing certain foodstuffs. For instance, an Arabic who live in the plains of Europe, Arabic who already live there expect a place that provides a wide range of foods that could make the Arabic could eat Arab food. While outside else they needed a restaurant close to Arabic food.
Various Cultures also directly affects the survival of society in a city. Culture someone who variegated example in terms of transport, there are some people who tend to use the bike when going to work or to school. There is also the use of a car or bus.

Various ages are also an important milestone for a city. In the presence of small children and the elderly in the manufacture and design of various kinds of policy must be adjusted properly. City for All really designed for all people in various fields with diverse demographics.

With a different culture and a different tribe, a city is expected to be a means by which to support the various needs of society in the mobilization. The mobilization effects on the economy of the city, so the transportation is also a means to accelerate the economy.

Design and Development Perspectives

By realizing in the vary requirement, designs of facilities that are free for citizen should be adapted by many characters. It can be achieved if government does an active action to know further about what elder, children, and disable people needs. It will need a longer time to plan a specific –and comprehensively design that allowed by society. For example, pedestrian is needed by all stages of society. It activates walking-behavior to press down the traffic jam that caused by over capacity of vehicles. By applying a very enjoyable pedestrian, people who previously used to mobile by private car, can be turned to maximize the pedestrian as the part of healthy campaign and decrease the number of vehicles around road. 

City is expected to provide a wide variety of platforms that can be used or obtained by society. The various needs of the society should be covered in line with the economy of a city. Government must routinely emphasize the “Different value” in the city. 

[1] http://www.planetizen.com/node/76428/building-inclusive-city



*This post is dedicated to satisfy Asia Pacific Urban Youth Assembly (APUF-6) task.

Taufik Fitriyanto
Universitas Indonesia
Indonesian Delegate for Asia Pacific Urban Youth Assembly 2015