Hi there,

Another late post from me. Kinda busy rite now. Let’s me wrap it up.

Makan siang abis dari CIFOR Darmaga

Hampir tiga minggu setelah gempa padang, aku dapat kerjaan untuk nemanin kolega kita dari Empa, Joerg Klausen, yang punya kerjaan untuk instalasi sistem inlet dan kalibrasi pengamatan karbon dioksida dan metana di Bukit Kototabang (it’s pretty cool, very sophisticated and think it’s the best of CO2 measurement in the country. I should make a posting about it later). Kebetulan sebelum dia tiba di Sumbar, BMKG Jakarta meminta dia untuk meninjau lokasi pemantauan kualitas udara yang ada di Cibeureum, Bogor. Singkatnya, aku menghabiskan 4 hari bersama Joerg hilir mudik Bogor-Jakarta-Bogor trus balik lagi ke Jakarta. Kunjungan yang menarik, banyak pengetahuan teknis dan non teknis yang di dapat. Hari Jumat, 23 November, aku, Joerg, dan Firda (yang kebetulan abis ikut training di Serpong) berangkat bareng dari Cengkareng ke Padang.

Instalasi CO2-CH4 Analyzer w/ Joerg

It was almost a week we were busy everyday. Kita melakukan pemasangan kalibrator unit untuk CO2, trus kalibrasi SO2 dan NOx analyzer, memasang head inlet baru untuk Nephelometer, juga kalibrasi CO dan ozon. Joerg knew exactly what he was doing, so we felt very helpful. Not only technically, but also theoretically. Very different with our experts who sometimes just know how to assemble/arrange/install without considering the basic knowledge or just know the theory but zero experience in installing. He leaved Indonesia on Friday, 29 November with things he left to us for maintaining the system installed.

Seminggu kemudian, kita kembali disibukan dengan urusan akreditasi ISO 17025 (which somehow has been removed from my mind!). Jadilah kita kembali berkutat dengan urusan dokumen yang koq ya ga kelar-kelar. Selalu aja yang harus diedit/ditambah/dikurang/dihilangkan sampe kita bosen liatnya. Yang datang kali ini rombongan dari BBIA Bogor yang emang udah jadi konsultan kita dalam penyusunan dokumen ISO.

Minggu depan, rencananya ada acara workshop tentang Tsunami di Bukittinggi. Secara posisi kita dekat dengan Bukittinggi, jadi udah pasti kita juga bakal sedikit direpotkan meski kita gak terlibat langsung dalam kegiatan ini. Huppf, another busy week then.

Well, that’s it. Hopefully I can be more up-to-date in writing this blog. Ta-ta..

PS. Huaahhh, dah ketinggalan dua bulan lom unduh Heroes season 4!!!

The Aftermath

Bukittinggi, September 30th 2009

We were on our way to go home when the 7.6 R earthquake shocked our car. We thought there was a problem in the tire before we realized that it was the problem on the land. People run, searching a place where they felt save. Some of them were praying, some of them crying. Really, that was a shock. Electricity was going down soon after that. We managed to arrive at the home. Families are gathered near the Guess House. Children were crying in the arms of their parents. And then the rain came as it was not enough to make us suffer after the shake.

Fortunately for us, there were no serious damage. But unfortunately for them who live near the epicenter of the quake. Padang, Pariaman, Mentawai. It is estimated that as many as thousands people lost their life. And for those who survived, well, it is like hell on earth. Many of them think that it is better to be died on the disaster than life with nothing else left. It’s sad…

We send our pray to those who had lost their life and for their family, so may The Almighty always give the strength and faith and bless to continue their life.

God Bless Us