Friday, January 22, 2021

2 BULAN BERSAMA TUHAN

Inilah kisahku ketika 2 bulan Tuhan berjalan bersamaku.

Setelah melewati proses rekrutmen yang cukup panjang, pengorbanan yang tak kecil, kerinduan akan keluarga yang harus ditahan, dan semangat untuk bertahan, FINALLY I'm here. Hari ini, 23 Januari 2021, tepat sudah 2 bulan aku bekerja di salah satu perusahaan yang kuidamkan dengan posisi yang sudah kuincar sejak aku lulus kuliah. Kalau ingat lagi kebelakang, God's Providence sungguh nyata bagiku. Mujizat Tuhan itu masih ada.

Bagaimana tidak, aku yang kala itu harusnya sudah tidur karena memang sudah larut, tiba-tiba membuka aplikasi pencari pekerjaan dan masuk ke bagian "application history". Kagetnya aku ketika melihat ada undangan untuk mengikuti tes tertulis dan interview yang ternyata sudah dikirim oleh HRD sejak seminggu yang lalu, tapi baru sempat kubuka malam itu. Tapi Puji Tuhan, dari ribuan lamaran yang sudah kukirim, ada satu yang memberikan kesempatan kepadaku untuk mengikuti tes masuk. Tapi, masalahnya adalah tes itu diadakan BESOK (jumat) dan secara offline. Artinya, aku harus mengambil resiko untuk berangkat ke ibukota "hanya" untuk mengikuti tes tersebut. Aku pun berdoa. Kalau Tuhan melancarkan semuanya, aku akan berangkat. Akhirnya, keesokan harinya aku berusaha keras menghubungi HRD untuk meminta re-schedule tanggal tesku karena tidak mungkin aku berangkat hari itu juga dari Manado ke Jakarta. Tesnya jam 10. Tidak akan ada waktu yang cukup bagiku untuk belajar atau bahkan untuk beristirahat. Dan, setelah usaha yang tak sedikit, aku akhirnya tersambung dengan HRD tersebut melalui telepon kantor mereka. Ia pun memberi kesempatan kedua untukku mengikuti tes pada hari senin (3 hari dari sekarang). Ketika kurasa Tuhan melancarkan semuanya, aku pun langsung minta izin ke keluarga untuk berangkat ke Jakarta dan diizinkan. Puji Tuhan aku memiliki keluarga yang selalu mendukung keputusanku, bahkan seberapa tidak masuk akalnya itu.

Akhirnya, aku tiba di Jakarta hari minggu siang. Dan dengan penyertaan Tuhan aku dipertemukan dengan orang-orang yang tepat disini. Aku tinggal bersama kenalanku yang sudah kuanggap kakakku sendiri. Aku pun mengikuti tes hari seninnya. Aku tersenyum ketika melihat lembaran soal. Semua yang kupelajari semasa kuliah, ada disini. Aku mengerjakan soal tes dengan cukup santai. Terima kasih dosen-dosenku khususnya Sir Sibilang dan Ma'am Soewignyo. Materi yang beliau-beliau jelaskan, sangat terngiang-ngiang sehingga memudahkanku ketika mengerjakan soal tersebut.

Satu minggu kemudian, aku mendapat email kembali dari HRD. Aku lolos tes tertulis dan akan langsung diinterview oleh user (manager) keesokan paginya. Aku pun mempersiapkan diri untuk interview. Dan Puji Tuhan, interview tersebut berjalan lancar. Bahkan, menurutku, interview lebih gampang dibanding tes tertulis minggu lalu. Aku pun optimis dengan hasilnya. Seminggu kemudian, aku mengecek email. Tidak ada. Ku cek lagi. Tidak ada. Memang tidak ada. Aku pun mulai pesimis. "Aku mungkin tidak diterima," pikirku. Tapi, aku masih semangat. Aku aktif melamar sana-sini. Targetku adalah aku harus mendapatkan pekerjaan dalam 1 bulan ini. Akhirnya, aku mendapat panggilan tes di salah satu perusahaan besar. Aku mengikuti tes tersebut. Dan setelah melalui proses screening awal, hanya aku yang terpilih untuk diinterview oleh HRD yang kemudian akan dilanjutkan oleh user.

Tapi, satu minggu kembali berlalu dengan cepat dan sayangnya tidak ada kabar dari perusahaan-perusahaan yang sudah kulamar di Jakarta. Malahan, banyak perusahaan di Manado yang menelponku untuk menawarkan beberapa pekerjaan. Aku pun bimbang. Mungkin aku seharusnya di Manado saja. Aku ingat keluargaku yang sudah kubebani. Kala itu, hari kamis 19 November 2020, aku menangis sejadi-jadinya. Aku ingin pulang. Akupun mencari cara untuk mendapatkan uang tiket untukku balik ke Manado. Aku teringat masih memiliki uang di salah satu organisasi. Aku mencoba menghubungi Ketua dengan maksud untuk meminta uang tersebut. Aku mengirim pesan lewat WA padanya. Jam 15.38, aku chat "sore kak 🙏🏻" dan TEPAT satu detik kemudian, ya satu detik kemudian, ada telepon dari nomor yang tak kukenal. Dengan suara parau karena masih menangis, kuangkat telepon. Tak kusangka, itu adalah nomor pribadi HRD dari perusahaan pertama (yang membuatku berangkat ke Jakarta). 


Aku kaget setengah mati. Dengan singkat, ia memberitahuku kalau aku diterima dan akan mulai masuk hari seninnya . FYI, keesokan harinya, aku mendapat telepon dari perusahaan besar yang kulamar sebelumnya. Aku juga diterima. Tapi, aku sudah menandatangani kontrak, jadi tidak kuterima.

TERIMA KASIH TUHAN. Ketika aku sudah putus asa bahkan ingin balik ke Manado, disitulah mujizatNya bekerja. Jika Tuhan dengan cepat meloloskanku di perusahaan itu, mungkin aku akan menjadi tinggi hati karena berpikir ini semua karena usahaku. Jika Tuhan belum menjawab doaku untuk masuk di perusahaan itu, mungkin aku sudah terlanjur balik ke Manado dan mengubur rapat cita-citaku untuk bekerja di perusahaan tersebut. Tapi, waktu Tuhan sungguh SEMPURNA. Ia tahu kapan harus menjawab doaku. Tidak terlambat atau terlalu cepat bahkan satu detik. Bahkan berkatnya sungguh melimpah. Ia memberikan lebih dari apa yang kupikirkan.

Akhirnya, tanggal 23 November 2020, aku secara resmi masuk kantor. 

Tak mudah memang memasuki dunia pekerjaan yang masih sangat asing lingkungannya bagiku. Menerapkan apa yang sudah kupelajari semasa kuliah adalah KEHARUSAN. Andai aku tahu demikian, pasti aku akan belajar lebih giat lagi semasa kuliah dulu. Ahhh, aku langsung teringat dosen-dosenku dulu yang dengan berkobar-kobar menjelaskan materi yang muridnya sendiri kurang yakin itu akan dipakai dipekerjaan nanti atau tidak. Setidaknya itulah yang kupikirkan dulu. Tapi hal ini 100% SALAH jika terjun di dunia pekerjaan apalagi di bidang "perauditan". Aku bahkan harus membuka kembali buku kuliah dulu seperti Accounting, Auditing, bahkan Taxation yang jarang kusentuh. Otakku yang sudah lama tak berpikir kritis, kini harus kembali kuasah.

Sungguh, satu minggu pertama kerja merupakan titik terendah dalam pekerjaanku. Aku merasa "paling bodoh" ketika melihat senior-seniorku yang sangat lihai memainkan jarinya ketika mengoperasikan Ms. Excel, yang sangat sigap "berdebat" dengan client ketika ada temuan (sesuatu yang aneh dalam laporan keuangan), yang sangat lancar ketika ditanya soal siklus akuntansi dan PSAK. Sifat "perfeksionis" yang kumiliki meronta-ronta tak terkendali. Aku sering menangis karena menganggap diriku bodoh karena ada pekerjaan yang tak kumengerti. "Aku ingin seperti mereka (seniorku)", pikirku. Tapi, aku lupa satu hal yang paling penting yaitu PROSES. Ya, proses. Mereka telah melewati proses yang sangat panjang untuk bisa menyandang status "Senior Auditor". Bukan cuma menghabiskan dua sampai tiga tahun, mereka juga telah mengikuti banyak training dan menghadapi banyak client. Proses ketika mereka "ditempa" itulah yang menjadikan seniorku hebat seperti sekarang. Dan aku, yang masih satu minggu bekerja sudah bersungut karena aku tidak seperti mereka? Sungguh keterlaluan kamu Gloria. Disitulah aku sadar. Proses adalah segalanya. Aku menjadi semangat. Aku menerima diriku sekarang yang tidak semahir seniorku, tapi yang terpenting adalah aku sangat ingin BELAJAR. Aku banyak bertanya. Rasa ingin mengembangkan diriku menjadi seseorang yang lebih baik. Dan, seiringnya waktu, aku akhirnya terbiasa dengan pekerjaanku. Semuanya terasa mudah dan menyenangkan, tidak seperti waktu seminggu pertama kubekerja. Bahkan, aku dipercayakan beberapa client tambahan karena pekerjaanku yang selesai lebih cepat dibandingkan teman-temanku yang lain.

Terima kasih Tuhan. PenyertaanMu sungguh luar biasa padaku. Terima kasih telah membawaku ke tempat yang tepat, mempersiapkan semuanya dengan waktu yang tepat, memberiku pekerjaan yang tepat, bahkan mempertemukanku dengan orang-orang yang tepat.

Terima kasih keluargaku. Terima kasih karena selalu mendukungku, selalu ada disaat aku susah, tidak pernah menyalahkanku atas keputusan yang kubuat, selalu percaya bahkan menyayangiku dengan semua keterbatasan yang kumiliki.

Terima kasih Rahel dan Om Ronny, Tnt Elke, Vael, Niel yang dengan senang hati sudah membukakan pintu bagiku untuk tinggal. Terima kasih juga untuk Kak Exel, Kak Sindy, Bapak dan Ibu, Syren dan Vherner yang sudah menerimaku. Aku masih belum bisa membalas kebaikan kalian sekarang, tapi aku percaya Tuhan akan membalas kebaikan dan ketulusan hati kalian.

Terima kasih Ryan untuk semua pengorbanan, kepercayaan, dan dukungan kepadaku. Terima kasih sudah menjadi pacar bahkan sahabat yang terbaik. Semoga Tuhan memberkati hubungan kita.

Terima kasih B-Jo, sahabat-sahabatku tercinta. Dimanapun kalian berada, terima kasih karena telah selalu mendengarkan curhatku. Terima kasih karena masih menjadi sahabatku yang selalu ada hingga saat ini. Aku sungguh berdoa dan berharap kalian sukses dan kita bisa berkumpul bersama seperti sediakala.

Terima kasih kepada perusahaanku yang telah memberikan kesempatan kepadaku untuk mengembangkan diri. Bahkan kepada dosen-dosenku di Universitas Klabat yang sudah membekaliku dengan ilmu yang sungguh luar biasa.


- T E R I M A   K A S I H -

         

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

My Three Future Goals

Outline

Outline
1. Plan your letter. Think of your three goals. Write a topic sentence for each one.
  • Goal 1 : be a good person for everyone 
  • Goal 2 : learn and speak English well and correctly  
  • Goal 3 : graduate as soon as possible
2. Write a conclusion for your letter in the space provided. It should give an evaluation of your goals.

In short, I have set three future goals for my life and I should achieve all of it. I think that being a good person for everyone is the important things in this life. Because we are a human. We can live without other people, so we need to respect each other and being a person who is liked of everyone. Therefore, I will concentrate on my first goal. As a result, without achieve the first goals, I think that I will incapable to attain the second and third goal.





Cikarang, December 7th, 2016



Dear Me,

     This is an article I am writing to me, myself, with three future goals in it. I will open this article in four years and decide whether or not I have achieved these goals. The goals I have set for myself are to learn and speak English well and correctly, be a good person for everyone, and graduate as soon as possible. Let’s look at why I chose these goals and steps to take my three goals.

     First of all, my goal is to be a good person for everyone. As the Great King of Thailand from June 9th, 1946 until October 13th, 2016, Bhumibol Adulyadej said “A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good.” In order to achieve this goal which is be a good person, I will help my friends when they need a help. For instance, help them to finish the assignment, teach the business mathematics subject, and else. Then every day, I will come to the class on time or before lecturers. Also right now, I would respect each others without depend on religion, race, skin color or culture and background.

     Secondly, I would like to learn and speak English well and correctly. According to Wikipedia, right now, one of the most widely spoken and fastest spreading world languages today is English, which has over 900 million first- and second-language users worldwide. It is estimated to have as many as 600 million second-language speakers, including anywhere between 200 and 350 million learners/users in China alone, at varying levels of study and proficiency, though this number is difficult to accurately assess. Because of that, we need to know even speak English very well. Every day I will try to speak English at all times as well as possible. This month, I plan either to study hard in English 1 and English 2 subject and get a good score. Furthermore, I will not afraid to talk with foreigners and lecturers.

     The last but not least, I want to graduate as soon as possible. Many people include my boyfriend said, “Gloria, you have to study hard in order to rapidly passed and immediately find a job. Therefore, you can make your parents proud of you.” Actually, in order to achieve this goal, I enter to President University because when I studied at University President, I have a greater opportunity to graduate as soon as possible. In addition, it will be supported with study hard, being a good students and also do the assignment on time. My plan for next year, I will study harder, respect more to the lecturers, and never be late to submit the assignment.

     In short, I have set three future goals for my life and I should achieve all of it. I think that being a good person for everyone is the important things in this life. Because we are a human. We can live without other people, so we need to respect each other and being a person who is liked of everyone. Therefore, I will concentrate on my first goal. As a result, without achieve the first goals, I think that I will incapable to attain the second and third goal. 

Friday, November 25, 2016

Writing an Essay





Outline

Motion : THBT Lecturers are Responsible for Motivating Students to Learn
Thesis : I strongly believe about this motion which is lecturers are responsible for motivating students to learn
Argument 1 : Basically, motivating each other is obligated for all people not only the lecturers
Argument 2 : Lecturers are one of trained professionally to motivate people especially their students
Argument 3 : Lecturers should make the balances between assignment and motivation to students
Counter Argument : Many people think that motivation from lecturers is not effective because the college student is a mature person
Conclusion : One of the job of  lecturers is obligated or responsible to give any motivation to their students especially to learn


Essay
    Have you ever thought that nobody else gives you motivation to study in this university? Lecturers play a very important role in our lives. Some people believe that the lecturers responsible for motivating their students to learn are not so compulsive. However, I strongly believe in this motion in which the lecturers are responsible for motivating students to learn because all people should motivate one another. And the lecturers have to professionally motivate their students and make the balances between giving an assignment and providing the students with motivation.
      Firstly, I think that motivating another person is obligated not only for all people but also for the lecturers. In fact, in every single day when we talk to one another and want to make other people happy or spirited, we have to motivate them with our kind words that will in turn make them interested in doing something. As we know, not only the motivator but also the lecturer are obligated to motivateThe lecturers have to be responsibile for making their students interested in the subject that will be taught because an educator as human being has to motivate other peopleFor instance, when you are an extrovert who needs other people and attends a university and there is a subject that you do not likeyou, in my opinion, need a person who will motivate you to study the subject, and the person should be your lecturer. Because your lecturer is someone who will be your "parent" in this university who is "more mature" than you are. Besides, according to my personal experience, as an oldedaughter between two of us should motivate my sister to study well. Because as a humanam obligated to motivate another person. In addition, my sister wants to study more than she did previously when I didn’t motivate her yet. Therefore, the educators which are lecturers should or are obligated to motivate the students to learn.
     The lecturers are among those professionally trained persons to motivate other people, especially their students. The second reason why I agree to this motion is that, as we know, the lecturers used to learn psychology at their colleges or universities in which psychological methods may become the effective ones to motivate the students. Indirectly, they play a role in motivating the students to learn because they had already learnhow to make students interested in their study, have them attend the class, and the like. For example, when you learn how to swim, you have to be taught by an expert swimmer. It is the same as when you are motivated by your lecturer because it iactually their job. You can get any motivation from another person, but the lecturers are responsible for motivating you because it is one of their jobs to educate the people. Based on my experience3 months ago, I was fresh student of the President University. At the time, I joined the bridging program called "Matriculation" to improve my English skills. I was very stressed and bored to enter the class, because I realized that I was not good enough in English. Unexpectedly, the lecturer who taught that subject gave me motivation. And here I am. I am getting more and more motivated to learn English even though I know I have to learn it more. But the point is that the lecturers know our psychological aspects when we are not interested in something and they must motivate us because they really know our problems and other people’s problemsConsequently, we know that the lecturers have an ability to motivate the students well because it has been one of their jobs to motivate the students.
       The last but not least, the lecturers should make the balance between giving the students an assignment and providing the students with motivation. According to Matt DeLong and Dale Winter, Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Mathematics: Resources for Professional Development, Mathematical Association of America, 2002, it is stated that teachers or lecturers should give their students motivation. It is because that giving an assignment will not make students stressed about the assignment or the subject that an educator will presentBy way of illustration, you are a college student. Sometimes, lecturer will give you a lot of assignments with their deadlines. I think you will get stressed because of them. You need some motivation, especially from the lecturer who gives you the assignment. You can imagine when the lecturer gives you so many assignments without any motivation. For some students with a good or perfect GPA (Grade Point Average), it doesn't matter. How about the students with a low GPA? They will be doubly stressed. Even, I think they don't want to attend the class anymore. So, you need not only an assignment from the lecturers but also their motivation to make the balance. In my experience,  I haa friend with lower grades in her class. She was so stressed because of the grades but, at the same time, her lecturer always gave her motivation. Only by the motivation did she become more enthusiastic to study and didn't give up. Thus, I was made convinced by this topic because of such a reason.
     Many people think that a lecturer’s motivation is not effective because college student is a mature person.  Personally, I realize that some people may believe that mature person doesn't need motivationespecially from lecturer, but the truth is that a mature person needs motivation too. We are humans who still need other people as our motivation. In the future when you become a parent, do you think that you don't need your parents to motivate you? I think you still need motivation from another personsuch as your mother or father. It also applies to a college student. It doesn't matter how old you are, you still need motivation. 
     In conclusion, there is no doubt that lecturers should be responsible for motivating student to learn. One of lecturers jobs is that she or he is responsible for giving his or her students motivation to learn. I believe that everybody still needs motivation; even, student needs a lot of motivation from the lecturers.

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Research Report

Outline

1. Plan your research report about your classmates. Look back at the groups you created in Part 4. Each group will be the topic of a paragraph. Write a topic sentence for each of the three or four groups you made.
  • Paragraph 2 : The type with the largest number of students in my class which is almost half the Management-2 is “Parent’s Wishes” type.
  • Paragraph 3 : The “Confused” type is the second of the smallest number of students that have been choose
  • Paragraph 4 : The second type with the largest number of students in Management-2 is “Egoist” type.
2.  Write a draft of the concluding paragraph for your composition. It can either summarize or evaluate the results, or it can predict the future. 
 
In conclusion, the “Egoist” people have the clear reason from their self, but what will happen to the “Parent’s Wishes” people or “Confused” people? Will they stay at President University to study, or resign from President University and change into the other college? I think that most of them will resign as my two-friend in Management-2 class because it is not their real reason and passion. It is just because of other person or perforce even if they want to stay and study at President University, I think that they will not be happy and peace.
 
The Reasons Why You Study at President University



     Why the people choose President University as their college? What actually the real reasons that make them to study at President University is? Is it because of their parents or the ability of President University itself? To find out the answer, I conducted a research and asked to each of my classmates what she or he reasons to choose President University as their place to study and live. After looking over their answers, I realized that there are three types of students in my class, Management-2. There are the “Parent’s Wishes” type, the “Confused” type, and the “Egoist” type.

     The type with the largest number of students in my class which is almost half the Management-2 is “Parent’s Wishes” type. When I asked them about the reason why them study at President University, they answer that obey to loyal with their parents is the first reason. Many students in President University say that they study at President University which is the international university in Indonesia because of their parent’s wishes. Actually, they have a college or university that they like to studied but because they love their parents, finally they choose President University.
     The second type with the largest number of students in Management-2 is “Egoist” type. There are so many students in President University says that, “It’s my dream university”, or “President University is the first choice college that I love because President University have a lot of benefit in the future”. Therefore, the reason why they study at President University is about their dream. 
     The “Confused” type is the second of the smallest number of students that have been choose. There are so many students in Management-2 class that study at President University because they are confused about the university that they want to study. They do not know where they going after graduation at the Senior High School. Therefore, in the others name, they study at President University because they confused about it.
     The third type with the smallest number of students in Management-2 is “Egoist” type. They say, “It’s my dream university”, or “President University is the first choice college that I love because President University have a lot of benefit in the future”. Therefore, the reason why they study at President University is about themselves. 
     In conclusion, the “Egoist” people have the clear reason from their self, but what will happen to the “Parent’s Wishes” people or “Confused” people? Will they stay at President University to study, or resign from President University and change into the other college? I think that most of them will resign as my two-friend in Management-2 class because it is not their real reason and passion. It is just because of other person or perforce even if they want to stay and study at President University, I think that they will not be happy and peace.