Tanpa judul

Tak ada yang abadi di dunia ini. Begitu juga blogging.

KRL Serpong

Pagi ini untuk pertama kalinya saya naik kereta api dari Stasiun Sudimara, Jombang (Ciputat?) dan turun di Tanah Abang. Sampai di kantor jam 07.30. Senang rasanya kalau perjalanan lancar. Sebelum naik kereta, saya bertanya ke beberapa orang untuk meyakinkan diri saya bahwa saya naik kereta yang dimaksud. Kalau tahu pagi ini perjalanan lancar, kemarin akan saya bilang thank God it's Sunday.

Gaji lewat ATM

Kemarin kawan-kawan di kantor dan saya mendapatkan kartu ATM dan buku tabungan dari sebuah bank karena mulai bulan Mei 2009 gaji pegawai akan dibayarkan lewat bank tersebut. Keributan terjadi di ruang kerja. Mereka membicarakan mengenai cara menggunakan ATM untuk mengganti password, mengambil uang dan transaksi keuangan lainnya. Ternyata ada beberapa kawan yang berusia 45 tahun ke atas belum pernah memiliki dan menggunakan ATM. Akhirnya diputuskan salah seorang kawan yang sudah terbiasa menggunakan ATM untuk memandu mereka.

Pembicaraan berkembang sampai kepada cara pembayaran hutang yang mereka miliki di bank lain dan koperasi, juga mengenai tempat pengambilan uang. Gaji yang biasanya mereka terima di kantor, nantinya harus diambil di luar kantor. Apabila antrian terlalu panjang di ATM atau di Bank terkait yang terdekat, akan mengurangi jam kerja mereka. Apabila transaksi dilakukan di tempat yang agak jauh dari kantor atau rumah mereka, maka mereka akan mengeluarkan dana tambahan untuk bayar angkutan umum.

Perasaan saya campur aduk melihat keadaan itu. Tertawa melihat ketidaktahuan mereka, terharu karena kesederhanaan dan ketulusan mereka, pegawai negeri sipil golongan I dan II. Mereka menerima apa saja kebijakan atasannya. Saya salut kepada kinerja mereka, kawan-kawan saya, yang tetap tinggi, tanpa mengeluh dengan beban kerja dan hidup yang mereka tanggung.

something for me to contemplate that i got from my friend through e-mail

When I die…..
A wise and saintly rich man, sensing his approaching death, called his son to his side and gave him these instructions: "My son, I shall be leaving you very shortly. On the day when I die, and they have washed my body and come to wrap it in the shroud, I want you to put one of my socks on my foot. This is my final request of you." Soon after this, the old man did indeed die, leaving behind his goods and property, his children and his dependents. Family, friends, acquaintances and neighbors attended his funeral. The body had been washed and was almost completely wrapped in the shroud, when the son remembered his father's wish. Finding one of his old socks, he handed it to the washer of the dead, saying, "In accordance with my father's last request, please put this sock on his foot." "That is quite impossible:' Said the man. "Such a thing is utterly impermissible in Islam. I cannot act against the Shariah." Despite this valid objection, the son insisted, "That was my father's final request; it must certainly be carried out." The washer of the dead was unmoved. "If you won't take my word for it," he said, "go and ask the mufti. He will confirm what I tell you, that it is not permissible." Holding up the funeral, they consulted the mufti, preachers and scholars, all of whom declared that this was not permissible in Islam. Just then, an aged friend of the deceased interrupted the debate with these words to the son: "My boy, your late father entrusted me with a letter which I was to hand over to you after his departure. Here, this letter belongs to you." So saying, he gave him an envelope. Taken by surprise, the boy opened the envelope and read out the contents of his father's letter. "My son, all this wealth and property I have left to you. Now you see: at the last moment, they won't even let you give me an old sock to wear. When you yourself come one day to be in my condition they will also refuse to let you keep anything but your shroud. Eight yards of shroud are all you will be able to carry over from this fleeting world into the Hereafter. So pull yourself together and be prepared. Spend the fortune I have left you, not for the satisfaction of vain desires, but in ways pleasing to Allah, that you may achieve honor in both worlds."