kerja kerja

Puji Tuhan, Alhamdulilah, Thanks God aku sudah dapat kerja..

Sesuatu yang patut disyukuri, ketika orang-orang lain berjuang berbulan-bulan, apply dan interview di sana sini, aku cuma harus berjuang sebulan.  I set a target, to start working by August, and thanks God it came true!! :))

Perjuangan kerja yang 'cuma' sebulan juga bukan perjuangan yang mudah.  Tetap ada masa-masa galau menunggu telepon, perasaan unsecure menunggu panggilan selanjutnya, sampai parno mikirin plan B, C, D, E   kalau sampai nggak lolos di perusahaan-perusahaan itu.

Aku sangat bersyukur diberi kemampuan untuk mengerjakan tes-tes kerjaan di perusahaan terkait.  In fact, I always find it FUN when it comes to IQ test :P  selalu ada rasa penasaran buat ngerjain setiap soalnya. Another challenge when I was looking for a job is, that I go off-track from my field, applying something very unrelated with the course I studied in uni.  Tapi bayangan itu jelas, aku tahu aku nggak mau dan nggak suka kerja di science lab atau di pabrik.  Jadi, buat apa membuang waktu dan pura-pura mencoba menjalani sesuatu yang aku nggak suka cuma demi formalitas course dari university.  And so, in every interview I went through, they always ask this matter.  Why do I want to work in the industry, why I decided to study biotech back then, why I want to waste my 4 years knowledge into something I am not really familiar with.  

If people ask me if my biotech course is a waste, I would say no.  I did learn a lot of things, about science and non-science.  I enjoyed learning it, despite of the laboratory report and loads of scientific journal I have to read.  

Hal lain yang sangat aku syukuri adalah, ternyata pengalaman internshipku di TNS Malaysia juga yang mengantarku di titik ini, working in market research company.  Keterima internship di industri yang tidak aku mengerti aja udah seperti kebetulan, tidak pernah terbayang sebelumnya bisa menggeluti bidang ini as my real career.  Terima kasih banyak untuk pihak-pihak yang mensupport pencarian kerja Mikhal, dan percaya akan kemampuanku.  Untuk mentor di TNS yang tidak pernah berhenti mensupport, untuk temen SMA yang masukin CV ku, family yang mendoakan, dan teman-teman lain yang udah mau bertukar pikiran soal kerjaan. I can never thank you enough. *hug*

And so, here I am,

Mikhal Anindita

Research Associate

Millward Brown Indonesia

jauh dekat

jauh dekat itu relatif

pernah saya begitu dekat dengan teman secara fisik
satu atap satu kelas
tapi kok ya rasanya tetap tidak dekat
bukan mustahil hari-hari berlalu tanpa percakapan berarti
cukup basa basi

jauh dari orang-orang tersayang bukan hal baru
apalagi buat saya yang tinggal di negeri antah berantah
saya boleh dibilang jauh secara lokasi dari teman-teman lama,
tapi kok ya saya lebih update dari mereka yang sekota bahkan sekampus

dekat itu di hati
jarak boleh diukur, 
tapi jauh dekat berhak berkata lain

Home is where your heart is

I am going back home tomorrow, at the same time, I will also leave my other home.

I am leaving Malaysia for good.  So this is it, finally it is the time to leave.  Four years.  This has been amazing four years, full of laughter and experiences.  It feels like yesterday, the moment I was doing MUFY and entered Monash.  And now, I have completed my 3-years Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology) course.

I am grateful and thankful for everything had happened during my study in Malaysia.  The time spent with MUFY friends, W15 and church friends, science classmates, with the band, and engineering friends.  This life wouldn't be this memorable without all of them.  Malaysia has become my second home, other than my GBS home.  While others struggled with homesick, I couldn't stop myself to arrange my next holiday plan, my next trip to explore KL, to explore Malaysia.

So how do I feel?  Sad? Let's not focus on the melancholic part.  No matter what, I am leaving for the better.  I am going to the next step of life, working life.  I might have no clue what will happen next, but I believe there is a great story has been prepared for me.

Wish me luck! ;)