Sunday, August 10, 2008

>Sang Guru

Acara “Mario Teguh The Golden Way” yang ditayangkan MetroTV setiap Minggu pukul 19.00 sangat menginspirasi. Acara yang kutonton tadi adalah tayangan kedua. Tayangan perdananya 3 Agustus 2008. Aku sangat merindukan acara seperti itu. Sebuah acara pencerahan bagi semua manusia yang menginginkan kehidupan yang berkualitas. Acara serupa pernah pula dibawakan Komarudin Hidayat dalam acara “The Great Lecture Series” di Metro TV juga. Aku sangat tersentuh dengan materi yang disajikan. Materi yang sederhana yang ada di kehidupan sehari-hari tetapi seringkali luput dari pemaknaan kita. Materi itu disajikan dengan bahasa dan bahasan yang ringan tapi sangat bermakna. Agaknya memang inilah ciri orang pintar membuat sesuatu yang sulit sekalipun menjadi mudah sehingga orang yang paling awampun bisa mengerti. Lain halnya dengan orang yang kelihatan pintar yang membuat sesuatu yang sangat mudah menjadi sangat sulit sehingga hanya dirinya saja yang bisa mengerti.

Tuturan jernih dari Gede Prama punya daya magis dan filofosi tinggi.Aku selalu menanti tulisannya di Kompas Sabtu. Aku juga memiliki kopi tuturannya dari Telkomsel di dalam hard disk laptopku. Ia rutin hadir memberi pencerahan di Bali TV. Kita tunggu saja ia punya acara serupa Mario Teguh dan Komarudin Hidayat di Metro TV.

>“Hotspot” dan Budaya Massa


Dulu Jogja dikenal dengan banyaknya sepeda onthel yang digunakan warganya termasuk mahasiswa di dalamnya. Tapi sayangnya ketika aku memasuki Jogja pada 2000 romantisme itu tak kujumpai hingga kutinggalkan Jogja pada 2006. Namun, setelah dua tahun kutinggalkan slogan Jogja BERHATI NYAMAN telah berubah menjadi Jogja BERHATI HOTSPOT. Demam hotspot memang sedang melanda warga Jogja saat ini. Dari kampus, mall, cafĂ© ampe warung angkringan orang-orang tenggelam dalam dunia maya. Aku pernah merasakan ber-hotpot di Amplaz Desember lalu. Kisah yang lebih berwarna bisa disimak di rubrik “Kehidupan” pada Kompas Minggu, 8 Juni 2008.

Sungguh kemajuan teknologi informasi sekarang ini membuat dunia serasa makin sempit aja. Bagaikan dunia yang dilipat seperti judul buku Yasraf Amir Pilliang, budayawan dari ITB. Aku yang berada di pedalaman hutan Kalimantan bisa berinternet ria. Berburu dna mengunduh nformasi yang menarik, ngeblog, mengunjungi fs-nya temen-temen ampe ngobrol dengan teman-teman yang terpisah ratusan hingga ribuan kilometer dariku. Gile….dunia ada di ujung jari kita!

”High culture” yang dulu hanya digawangi oleh kaum elit bangsawan dan pemuka agama yang menghasilkan karya yang melangit mendapat perlawanan dari kaum awam yang cenderung ralistis dengan melahirkan “low culture”. Seiring perkembangan masyarakat kedua kebudayaan itu berbaur menghasilkan budaya pop atau budaya massa. Tampaknya budaya massa menemukan jodohnya dengan kehadiran internet. Setiap orang bisa berekspresi dan bereproduksi kebudayaan tanpa jarak, tanpa bias jender, tanpa memandang SARA. Setiap orang punya hak yang sama di dunia ini untuk menjadi apa yang dia mau. Cocok dengan bunyi sebuah iklan, “Kutahu yang kumau” bukan “Kutangmu yang kumau” lho hehehe……

Menurut Ono W. Purbo, pakar teknologi informasi, perkembangan internet tak bisa dilepaskan dari kebudayaan yang mendukungnya. Masyarakat yang melek internet membutuhkan kebudayaan membaca dan menulis yang kuat. Masyarakat kita tengah menghadapi loncatan kebudayaan. Masyarakat kita masih berkebudayaan oral, sedikit pendokumentasian. Alhasil banyak karya nenek moyang yang lenyap tanpa bisa dinikmati anak-cucunya. Seperti yang terjadi pada kebudayaan Melayu. Tetapi untungnya ada orang-orang yang mencintai kebudayaan Melayu berusaha mengumpulkan kembali serpihan-serpihan kebudayaannya yang tercecer entah kemana. Mereka mendirikan www.melayuonline.com dari Yogyakarta. Bravo buat mereka!!!

Ber-hotspot di kantor Telkom Tarakan

>“Maskot” and my ex-boss

Last month I watched “Maskot”, a comedy movie. It was very funny movie which express romantic love story and family value. It made me smiling and laughing to refresh my mind from some problems in my life at this moment.

Here’s its synopsis.

A tale of family values, traditions, trust, wealth, self – worth, and love that is sometimes difficult to express. The story begins with the grandfather, Sasmita who has instilled all his faith into one chicken, after the loss of his entire chicken farm. Sasmita believes this lucky chicken has brought him good fortune as he opened a new business, selling soy sauce, which flourished over the next several years and became one of the largest

company known as Ketjap Tjap Ajam Medja.

One day, during a ceremony to hand over ownership of the company to his only son, Widjaja (El Manik), Sasmita’s playful young grandson, Dennis (Ariyo Wahab), caused an accident which ruined one of the factory’s machines and eventually led to the destruction of all of the other production machines. Witnessing the destruction of the factory which he has build over the years made him suffer a heart attack immediately. As he takes his final breath, Sasmita’s last words to Widjaja was to protect the lineage of the lucky chicken and keep the family fortune in tact.

Dissappointed in his only son for bringing such trouble to the family, Widjaja decides to punish him by sending him to a different country to further his education, in hope of Dennis returning home as a responsible and disciplined adult. A few years have passed, and Widjaja is able to rebuild the company and restore the family business under the same name jus as it was before, basing his newfound luck on the new “sacred” chicken mascot. However, disaster struck once again and brought the symbol of the lucky chicken to an end, causing Widjaja to fall ill. This is when he decides to relinquish ownership of the family business to his now mature son, Dennis. Apparently, handing over the company to his son was not as easy as Widjaja expected.

The Board of Directors of the company and its Vice – President, Misran (Butet Kertaredjasa), highly doubte the capabilities and qualifications of the young successor. Obviously, the uncertainty of Misran was clouded by his jealousy of Dennis, who has not been involved in the family business throughout most of his life. Widjaja also believed that the future of his business relied heavily on the luck that was brought to them by the symbol of the chicken. Therefore, he asks Dennis to leave in search of a new mascot chicken, in order to continue the family fortune. If he is able to achieve this, he will have earned a place in the family business, proving worthy as a deserved successor. The Board of Directors and Misran disapprove of this controversial condition.

Dennis decides to begin his journey in finding of the new family mascot, hoping there is still time to prove his self – worth to his father and the company. As he embarks on his journey, Misran generously offers to assist and accompany him. However, behind his generosity lies a hidden motive to make sure Dennis does not succeed in his mission.

The journey brings them to a small village, where Dennis believes reside the chicken he is in search for. He believes this even more so when he meets a beautiful, mature village girl by the name of Maruti (Ulie Auliani), whose open – minded thirst of life catches his attention, though it seems there is more to her than meets the eye. As their attraction grows, a local man named Sapari (Epy Kusnandar) becomes agitated after having discovered he also has feelings for Maruti.

Although having to face many obstacles from Sapari and Misran in his difficult journey to find the mascot, Dennis also discovers there is more to himself, and his one true love.

In the end of the movie, running text showed and informed all of actors, scripwritter, director, producer, and executive producer. But, I was shocked when I knew who was the executive producer: Andre Djokosoetono! I know this man. I didn’t believe with my eyes at this moment. “How can he involve in the movie project? Does he expanse his business?” I asked to myself. Andre Djokosoetono was my boss at a company I had worked before.

I had worked as Management Trainee at the biggest land transportation in Jakarta, Blue Bird Group (BBG), almost two years ago. I had been placed in head office at Mampang Prapatan Street, South Jakarta. His room was only five metres from my room. He could watching me any time from his room because the hall which apart us made from glass. Someday I got wrong number. I would like to call security number on 112 but I pressed 102. “Good afternoon. Please call Pak Soleh. Pak Sigit (one of board commissary) is waiting him,” I asked. Fifteen minutes later, Pak Sigit called me again. He asked me whether I had called Pak Soleh. And then I dialed 102. “Good afternoon. Please call Pak Soleh because Pak Sigit has been waiting him for more than fifteen minutes. Ok?” I asked. “Do you know with whom you speak right now?” somebody replyed. I think I knew his voice. Oh, no! I looked back and I found Mr. Andre was watching me and he still hold a phone in his hand. Damn! I think he was angry. But, all of my friends in our room laughed loudly. They thank that was a very funny stuff ever happened in that room. Hahaha…….I was very stupid, till now I guess.