In the middle of nowhere
Lately, sometimes I put that words as my status on Yahoo Messenger. And did you know? It’s not perfectly true, because I know where I am and of course I’m not lost here. And I’ve been here for several times and when I was here, I stayed more that 1 night.
Well, if you ask me to pointing somewhere on the Papua’s map, I’m pretty sure that I can point this place at the right place and I will only have a very little error for about 1-2 Km away from the barge because of the size of my finger I use to point it.
So, the reason is nothing, I only make my self remember that I’m a very little thing in this area who tried to do the best thing I could and not ruining everything on my work.
Everyday I wake up in the morning I realize that this is a new day and then I have to be ready for everything that I might face on the next hours of the day. And then I must push my self to be out from the bed and start my day with that in my heart. I know that this place is far away from the place I come from, but it will not be my excuse to be failed.
I started to join this project on August 28th, 2007 in a very low battery in my body, I fell that I was depress because I was a new guy in a new project and I don’t know anything at all about this project. Last time I check, I get involve in a thing called geophysics or earth physics was on June 2004 when I presenting my last project in front of my lectures. And from that day - I forgot the exact date - I come into an IT world, doing everything in computer and all that stuff and then by the time I know, I already join an Oil Company on August 2006, but still as an IT personnel.
Last August - 1 year after I join this Company - my superior asking me whether I like or not to join this project, a seismic survey on land and OBC parts. I told the bravely that I’m ready because I really want to learn and know everything in my educational background.
And there I am, on August 27, did not know what to do, got depression and all the tension in my brain. I have one best friend stay with me and he give me all the spirit i need that day. And who can win fighting with the time? at least not me. In the morning I know i had to go to the airport and be brave to go somewhere I never went before, do something that I never did before and be someone that I never been before.
By the time I get to Sorong, I realize that this was not an easy task, but it’s not a too hard work. But when my friend said “Don’t get too serious”, and I know couldn’t do that, because I need to be very serious and learn everything and take all the knowledge I could get as long as I’m here in the project. There are so many problems from the villagers, from the Contractor, sub-Con, transportation, and much more. Well… as i told before, this was and still not an easy task for a green like me. I tried to do my best, take a wrong decision, learn how to make a good -and it might be not the best- decision, and tried to survive and create a very nice end for the project.
The first 8 weeks was not easy, Sorong makes me boring because I don’t know what to do and everyone push me from everywhere. I start to stay on Standard-barge and feel that this place is better, because I always get any update soon after the update was release, and I have much more new knowledge which I will not get if I stayed at Sorong.
First day on last Fasting month is the hardest thing for me, I take my early breakfast at Sorong hotel, but then I went up to Standard on a very hot day and I don’t have any bright idea when is it the break fast time came. But it was a very nice experience to have fasting and tried not to break the fast not in the right time, and I survive the 30 days with only 12 days in Java.
I went back to Jakarta at September 25th and in the next day I went to the office for 2 days only and take 5 days off in Bandung. Then I flew again to Sorong on October 7th and start my duty again here until today. Went up to the barge to work on the Damage Claim payment on afternoon October 10th. Do the payment on Waliam village on October 11th, run for the rest of the payment to the villagers at Malabam, at some lines on Malabam, and to Seget for sign the papers on October 12. Catch the time back to Sorong at noon, so I can have the Ied at Sorong.
Only stay at Sorong until the next Tuesday and went up again to the barge until this very time.
I already have some programs works, inspection to the explosive storage at Pearl Oil Camp, watch how the gunboat works and see inside the LABO - where the recording tools take place.
well… it’s only the red-line of my daily in this project. I could not tell everything because it was very complex and everything was so great and exiting for a new guy like me. I wish I could do my best and have the best result too at the end.
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE?
NO!!! I’m here, I’m fine…
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