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Sunday, April 24, 2011
Everybody had a special memory – a sweet one – of the first time ever in a special occasion in a whole life. Some time come flash in our mind when lay down on bed, alone, watching Television or heard a special, old songs. It is interesting to writing it down, may entertaining you and the readers as well.
All special memories set in chronological order formed the colorful milestones as my Life Journey
I wish to share mine, make me wondered and amused too that it had been happened in my Life. Some of these experiences had been written in somewhere in my Biography book, 2008 edition or in the Blog jingga-senja.blogspot.com separately. Now I want to specify each one in one special topic.
FIRST KISS
When I was in the last year of Junior Economic high school at Sibolga town, North Sumatra, I had a close friend, in the same school in the lower class, a dark skin, shorter then me. When I returned home from high school holiday outside town in 1960, I visit her one early night at her home across the river of my home.
When the time to say good bye, she saw me the way in the dark, till to the edge of the river. Suddenly, I was stunned when my lips touched by hers, just for a second. She was shorter, she had to hold me to reach my mouth. The initiative come from her, not me anyway.
I was shocked when met her again 28 years later in 1988, she was one of our guests when my family had a big traditional banquet at my home across the river. She said :”Did you knew me?”, she said. I just smile.
It was happened in 1960 when I was 17 years of age.
AWAY from HOME
Sibolga sunset
Not spoil son
I was not a spoil only son beside 5 sisters. Since childhood try to achieved something better.When study in senior high school in 1959, the distance from my village is 110 kilometers away in Padangsidempuan town, southern part of North Sumatra province. Of course, my family longing for me, but I back home just once in a while, 3 months or more or in holidays. I start on my own, including to apply to Economic high school, my Daddy or sisters let me do it alone. This occurrence as a first mile stone for my life journey.This is my first time far away from home when I was young in 16 years old
BOARD a SHIP
Even though my Daddy hold me – as only boy – not going to University far away in Java island, I insisted to go with my bossom student friend, Mr.Parlaungan Hasibuan. Ultimately my parent let me go, we say good bye to my family in 1962, drive a Bus to Medan to catch up a ship line from Belawan, harbor town.
We spend few days at Hotel in Medan and for the first time in my life stayed as a Hotel's guest before aboard the ship from Belawan to Tanjungpriok port of Jakarta. Say good bye to Sumatra island and become the 2nd mile stone for my life.
Since then, I visited home not regular yearly basis but depend on our class and the ticket as well.
Since then, I visited home not regular yearly basis but depend on our class and the ticket as well.
This is my first time aboard a ship when I was 19 years old
THE First JOB
Gajah Mada University, Yogjakarta
Gajah Mada University, Yogjakarta
Writing and reading
This is my first entered a temporary job in magazine business when I was 25 years old
FIRST FLY
This is my first time aboard a plane when I was 26 years old.
ABROAD
Kuala Lumpur
When the factory building on the process, in the beginning of 1970, I was sent abroad along with my Bos brother, Mr.Hutabarat senior and several executives from different companies in the country and one from Burma to a factory belong to Guthrie Sdn.Bhd, Port Klang, Malaysia to follow the training on the spot in a factory. I was fly by Garuda airline to Singapore before transferred to Malaysian airline at Changi airport.
This is my first time going abroad to Malaysia and overnight at Singapore, I was 27
MEET MY WIFE
Bandung aloon2, 1977
Bandung aloon2, 1977
God had set in advance who will be our soul mate. It was fate that I knew my mother in law first then my wife. When I studied at Gajahmada University in Yogjakarta, Central Java, Rauli Pasaribu – then my wife - study at Junior high school at Yogjakarta too. Even I stayed in the same city, stayed in a dorm with her uncle, I never met her. When she moved away to Senior high school far away in other city, Bandung, West Java, we
( including her uncle) try to meet her in a Catholic dorm, unfortunately we were not allowed to enter the dormitory.
( including her uncle) try to meet her in a Catholic dorm, unfortunately we were not allowed to enter the dormitory.
Not until 7 years later, when I was worked at Rubber factory at Jambi city, I met her mother, happened to be Car workshop owner, where my company Jeep fixed regularly.
When 1970 Christmas holiday, she return home to Jambi and stunned to saw a nice girl , the daughter of car workshop owner.
This time is the first met her and got married in 1970, I was 27 years of age
FACTORY MANAGER
Graduated from Banking mayor then assigned as a Rubber Factory manager needed a hard works, supervised 6 senior managers who managed 6 departments (Production, Procurement, Finance, Technique, Laboratory and HRD ) while my ages quite young 28 years. I praised myself could run a modern facilities with my economic background. All products were for export with a standard quality tested in company Laboratory and Government Laboratory as well.
I was young and had blessed wiyh 2 small kids, then aware of my kids future, we decided to leaved the good pay check, then unemployment for a while before entered Bank BRI.
I spent 2 years run this Factory in Rantauparapat town, 5 hours drive from Medan city to the southern part of North Sumatra province.
In 1971 for the first time as a Rubber Factoryfactory manager in my age 28 years
MY FIRST KID
Monas garden, Jakarta,1973
Monas garden, Jakarta,1973
I hold my wife’s shoulder walking around back and forth in a guest room of a Mrs.Sembiring, a nurse's house to help a faster, a smooth baby deliver, expecting on April 12, 1970 late at night. We pray a lot hopefully the time deliver sometime before midnight, before the day turn to 13th.
After spend a long time exercising walking back and forth, we had to wait sometime and back home. Then at dawn I had to run fast from my house to nurse house when the liquid emerged. A dog run after me made my step run faster. Ultimately, delivery taken place at 13th not at nurse home but in General hospital at Rantauprapat, East of North Sumatra province, when I run a Rubber factory.
My first daughter, Vera Maryati born when I was 29 years old
VICE BANK BRANCH MANAGER
Bank BRI Kupang
Bank BRI Kupang
Spend a quite short period of time, 2 years and half in Job training period, in 1978 Bank BRI management promoted me as a Vice Bank BRI Branch manager at Kebumen, Central Java, as a programmed plan to covered the shortage of many branches belong to Bank BRI all over the country.
Not only working experiences quite short, for me it was the first time as Government officials as a Bank executive with a lots of facilities such as company car along with a driver and housing after lived in rent a small house and take the Bus to work.
This is my first job as a Bank executive, in 35 years of age
BANK BRANCH MANAGER
Never ever imagine in my life that one day will seated in a high ladder in Government office as a Bank branch manager ( in 3 Branches). Take quite a long time, 4 years as a Vice branch managers in two Branches (Kebumen, Central Java and Kupang, in Timor island) and 7 time as an acting Branch Managers, replaced a definitive Branch manager who took a leaved for a 2 weeks working days holiday.
My first branch is Atambua branch in 1981 in my age 38 year
THE FIRST HOME
Recent home, Kelapa Gading, Jakarta
Recent home, Kelapa Gading, Jakarta
Since married in 1970 with 4 children, in 1982 in 39 years old it was the right time to have our home sweet home. Still fresh in my mind when followed a training in Jakarta, had the opportunity to visit a friend’s house in Kelapa Gading real estate in North Jakarta. I had interested to indent a small house and paid for the down payment..
We signed a loan from Citibank, Jalan Sudirman, Jakarta to paid it full and pay installment monthly basis from my salary. We had to save a lot and pay the installment in the first place before buy something else.
My first home was in Kelapa Gading,in 1982 when I was 39 years
I share above stories may encourage readers to work and achieved the dream and reach better then my experiences and share to others as well. If you wouldn't mind to write it to me, I will be please to post it here in this Blog
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