Tua di Jalan
October 2, 2007
Bersyukur, kadang-kadang kita jarang melakukan hal ini belakangan ini. Kita cenderung melihat sesuatu hal dari sudut pandang yang berbeda.
Saya kemarin untuk kesekian kalinya bersyukur, mengenai apa? Mengenai trayek yang saya tempuh dari rumah menuju kantor. Rumah saya di daerah Ciledug, kurang lebih berjarak 9 KM dari kantor saya di bilangan Palmerah. Saya biasa mengambil jalur "belakang" dengan melewati Joglo, Pos Pengumben, lalu ke Kemandoran. Memang sepanjang jalur tersebut ada titik-titik kemacetan.
Namun, tidak sebanyak titik-titik kemacetan di daerah pusat kota. Kemarin sore, jam pulang kerja saya pergi ke Blok-M untuk membeli sesuatu. Saya pergi dari kantor (Palmerah) ke arah Semanggi, di situ rencananya saya akan naik Busway ke Blok-M. Sepanjang perjalanan saya mendapatkan banyak titik-titik kemacetan yang cukup parah, ditambah pula dengan banyak dari pekerja yang ingin pulang cepat-cepat agar bisa berbuka puasa di rumah
Karena jarang melewati trayek tersebut pada jam pulang kerja, saya merasa agak terguncang merasakan kemacetan yang terjadi. Maklum, biasa lewat jalan belakang dan pulang di atas jam tujuh malam. Saya jarang mendapatkan pengalaman (ataukah rasa stress?) seperti ini.
Saya melihat tampang-tampang pekerja yang letih (mungkin karena mereka berpuasa juga ya?) berdesak-desakan di busway dan merasakan pahitnya kemacetan di Jakarta. Saya bersyukur saya tidak (mungkin belum?) mengalami perjalanan seperti ini setiap hari.
Ini yang mereka bilang dengan "tua di jalan" ya? karena saya sendiri sudah sangat lelah sesampainya di Blok-M. Betapa ruwetnya lalu lintas ibukota pada sore di hari-hari kerja. Membuat stress di kantor tambah meningkat di perjalanan pulang.
Saya bersyukur mendapat rute yang tidak (belum) membuat stress, dan saya bersyukur bahwa saya masih dapat menggunakan sepeda tercinta saya sebagai moda transportasi ke kantor yang nyaman, sehat, dan malah dapat mengurangi stress.
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Okay, life must go on, right? So with the spirit of Sumpah Pemuda and the recent festive of Pesta Blogger 2007. I officially announce that:
It's just around the corner, not very far away.
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So please... please update your bookmark, I will forever graceful if you do that. But if you are reading my blog through my Feedburner account, worry not, I will automatically update the link. That goes to my other social networking related link.
I won't delete this blog, though. I will keep it as past archives of my writings.
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saya rumah di bekasi, kantor di kebon jeruk. setiap hari menghabiskan waktu 4-5 jam di perjalanan (pp).
cuma, yang saya rasakan bukan pada stres di jalan, karena saya bisa manfaatkan untuk baca atau tidur. tetapi betapa banyak waktu yang terbuang agak percuma. saya sedang berpikir keras untuk pindah rumah, cuma masalahnya istri saya kerja di bekasi. fyuh, beratnya hidup ini, kakaka…
On October 6, 2007 at exactly 9:09 pm
hehe, memang begitulah dilema hidup di ibukota mas Daus. Mudah-mudahan (meski sedikit pesimis sih) gubernur yang baru ini bisa merevolusioner sistem transportasi di jakarta tercinta ini.
On October 8, 2007 at exactly 2:12 pm